Stamford- Norwalk, Connecticut family law lawyer represented the Plaintiff and Defendant in a divorce.


The parties were married in 2007 and have four minor children born issue of the marriage. The plaintiff commenced this action for dissolution on June 3, 2020.

By way of a memorandum of decision filed on November 9, 2022, following a trial at which both parties and ... More...    $0 (08-20-2024 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action.


This action for dissolution of marriage went to judgment on December 7th, 2017, the agreement of the parties was incorporated into the judgment #103/103.1). Before the court are Plaintiff’s postjudgment motions ##114 and 114.20, for modification of alimony and support, #114.30, contempt citation,... More...    $0 (01-15-2020 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action.


The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court dissolving Plaintiff's marriage to Defendant, holding that Plaintiff was not entitled to relief on his allegations of error. At issue in this case was the extent to which a Connecticut court may enforce the terms of a "ketubah," a contract ... More...    $0 (08-01-2023 - CT)

Hartford, Connecticut family law lawyers represented the parties seeking a divorce.


Action for the dissolution of a marriage, and for other relief, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford, where the court, Prestley, J., accepted the parties' stipulation to bifurcate the trial as to the issue of custody; thereafter, the case was tried to the court, Prestley,... More...    $0 (02-20-2024 - CT)

Fairfield, Connecticut family law represented Plaintiff and Defendant in a divorce action.

Action for the dissolution of a marriage, and for other relief, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Fairfield, where the plaintiff filed motions for contempt; thereafter the case was tried to the court, Egan, J.; judgment dissolving the marriage and granting certain other relie... More...    $0 (02-13-2024 - CT)

The defendant, whose marriage to the plaintiff previously had been dis-solved, appealed to this court from the judgment of the trial court,claiming, inter alia, that the trial court erred when it went beyond the scope of this court’s remand order in a prior appeal involving the parties when construing their separation agreement, which had been incorporated into the dissolution judgment, and calc... More...    $0 (01-02-2018 - CT)

New Haven, Connecticut immigration criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Sheldon Stephenson, who was charged with immigration fraud conspiracy.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Jodian Stephenson operated Stephenson Immigration and Legal Services, LLC, in Bridgeport. Between 2011 and 2017, Jodian Stephenson conspired with others, including Sheldon Steph... More...    $0 (12-12-2020 - CT)

The defendant, J.M.F., appeals from the judgment of conviction of attempt to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 (a) (2) and 53a-54a (a), assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1), and risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant raises the following seven claims:(1)thetrialcourtabusedi... More...    $0 (01-03-2017 - CT)

.Thedefendantappealsfromthejudgment ofconviction,renderedafteratrialbeforeathreejudge court(panel),ofmurderinviolationofGeneralStatutes § 53a-54a (a) and tampering with evidence in violation of General Statutes § 53a-155 (a). On appeal, the defendant claims that the panel improperly concluded that hehadfailedtoprovehisaffirmativedefenseofextreme emotional disturbance by a fair preponderance of the... More...    $0 (05-07-2016 - CT)

This certified appeal addresses the scope of the marital communications privilege codified in General Statutes § 54-84b.1 The defendant, Sheila Davalloo, was convicted, after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. The defendant appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirmingthatconvictionafterconcludingthatherstatements to her husband, Paul Christos, did not... More...    $0 (04-16-2016 - CT)

Thedefendant,ErynGilligan,appealsfrom the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial,ofoperatingamotorvehiclewhileundertheinfluence of alcohol or drugs or both in violation of General Statutes§ 14-227a(a)(1).Thedefendantclaimsthatthe trial court erred by (1) admitting into evidence expert testimonyregardingthequantitativeresultsofherurine test and (2) finding that she was a second off... More...    $0 (03-28-2016 - CT)

The defendant, Daniel B., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of attempt to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 and 53a-54a. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, (2) the trial court unduly restricted his access to certain information regarding a confidential informant who testified ... More...    $0 (03-28-2016 - CT)

This direct appeal,following an inquiry into allegations of juror misconduct, comes to us almost sixteen years after the defendant, Ruben Roman, was convicted of murder in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53a-54a, assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1), criminal possession of a pistol in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53a-217c (a... More...    $0 (02-08-2016 - CT)

This breach of contract action, filed by the plaintiff, R.S. Silver Enterprises, Inc., against the defendants, Henry Pascarella and Riversedge Partners, returns to this court following our remand to the trial court for resolution of a jurisdictional challenge to the plaintiff’s standing to prosecute this action, as pleaded in thedefendants’ twenty-firstspecial defense. R.S. Silver Enterprises, In... More...    $0 (02-01-2016 - CT)

This certified appeal addresses the scope of the marital communications privilege codified in General Statutes § 54-84b.1 The defendant, Sheila Davalloo, was convicted, after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. The defendant appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirmingthatconvictionafterconcludingthatherstatements to her husband, Paul Christos, did not... More...    $0 (01-01-2016 - CT)

A jury found that the defendant, the
Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, acted
negligently and recklessly when it assigned Father Ivan
Ferguson, an alcoholic whose admitted acts of child
molestation were understood to be linked to his drinking,
to serve as the director of Saint Mary’s Elementary
School in Derby (Saint Mary’s School), where he sexually
abus... More...    $0 (06-27-2015 - CT)

The question that we must resolve in
this appeal is whether a trial court may properly deny
a motion for modification of alimony and child support
solely on the basis that a party’s voluntary actions gave
rise to the alleged substantial change in circumstances
warranting modification. The defendant, Fusaini
Mohammadu, appealed to the Appellate Court from the
judgment ... More...    $0 (12-10-2013 - CT)

In this certified appeal,1 we consider certain remedies available to the trial court to address litigation misconduct and we clarify the scope of our holding in Ramin v. Ramin, 281 Conn. 324, 351, 915 A.2d 790 (2007). Daniel King, the substitute defendant and administrator of the estate of David Berzins (administrator), appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the trial court’s... More...    $0 (09-17-2012 - CT)

The plaintiff, Peter Larson, appeals from the judgment of the trial court (1) reducing the amount of alimony and child support payable by him to the defendant, Matilde Larson, (2) finding him in contempt for failure to comply with the prior child support and alimony orders and (3) ordering him to pay the defendant’s attorney’s fees.1 On appeal, the plaintiff claims that each of the court’s o... More...    $0 (09-24-2012 - CT)

The self-represented plaintiff, Georgina Spilke, appeals from the judgment of the trial court awarding her $30,003 against the defendant, her former husband, Kenneth Spilke, and $1 in nominal damages against the defendant Jennifer Ballard1 on her vexatious litigation claim. The defendants cross appeal from the judgment rendered against them. The vexatious litigation action stemmed from a motion fo... More...    $0 (09-24-2012 - CT)

The principal issue in this appeal is whether a physician who fails to advise an unaware patient of the potential driving risks associated with her underlying medical condition breaches a duty to the victim of the patient’s unsafe driving because of the failure to advise. The plaintiff, John Jarmie, appeals from the judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendants, Frank Troncale, a physic... More...    $0 (09-24-2012 - CT)

The plaintiff, Nancy Daoud, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered against her, following a hearing on a motion brought by the defendant, Whitney M. Cook, to compel compliance with an arbitration award requiring the plaintiff to use reasonable commercial efforts to rent office space not being used by her. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly: (1) determined that... More...    $0 (09-16-2012 - CT)

The sole issue in this certified appeal in this child custody action is whether the Appellate Court properly dismissed the appeal of the plaintiff, Maureen J. Khan, from the trial court’s order of contempt, due to the absence of a final judgment. The plaintiff appeals, following our grant of her petition for certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court dismissing her appeal from an or... More...    $0 (09-16-2012 - CT)

The plaintiff, Mark C. Langley, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered in connection with the underlying dissolution action in which the trial court entered several financial orders.1 The plaintiff claims that the trial court, in fashioning its financial orders, improperly (1) considered the entire length of the parties’ relationship, rather than the length of the marriage at issu... More...    $0 (08-21-2012 - CT)

The defendant, Michael T. Dan, appeals from the trial court’s judgment modifying his alimony obligation to the plaintiff, Mary Lou Dan. The defendant claims that the court’s modification of his alimony obligation was improper as a matter of law and otherwise an abuse of its discretion. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The following undisputed facts are relevant to our consider... More...    $0 (08-28-2012 - CT)

The plaintiff, Caroline Hirschfeld, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting her motion for contempt and ordering the defendant, Robert B. Machinist, to pay an additional $36,959 in alimony for the 2007 taxable year and $17,731.97 in attorney’s fees.1 On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court incorrectly interpreted a provision in the separation agreement and, in doing so, impr... More...    $0 (08-29-2012 - CT)

The defendant, Daniel Young,1 the administrator of the estate of Karolina Young, appeals from a series of postjudgment orders of the trial court. The defendant claims that the court erred when it denied his ‘‘motion for order that [the] parties immediately list for sale the real estate subject of this action’’ and, instead, ordered the property sold to the plaintiff, Clifford Young, subjec... More...    $0 (08-27-2012 - CT)

The plaintiff, Ann Myles, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the motion of the defendant, Robert Myles, for an order that the plaintiff refrain from further disseminating or discussing the content of the transcript of the court’s November 25, 2008 hearing on custody and parenting issues (visitation hearing). On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court, Shay, J., exceeded it... More...    $0 (07-03-2012 - CT)

The defendant, Cary Brody, appeals from judgments of the trial court rendered in connection with the underlying dissolution action awarding to the plaintiff, Felicia Pierot Brody, a $2.5 million lump sum alimony payment and granting the plaintiff’s two postjudgment motions for contempt. The defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) rendered its judgment dissolving the parties’ marri... More...    $0 (07-17-2012 - CT)

The defendant, Vernon Stancuna, appeals from certain postjudgment orders entered by the trial court in this dissolution action. Specifically, the defendant claims that the court abused its discretion by (1) permitting the plaintiff, Liubov Stancuna, to travel with the parties’ minor children outside of the United States without prior notice to the defendant and (2) requiring that the defendant p... More...    $0 (05-08-2012 - CT)

The plaintiff, Daniel Lynch, challenges a myriad of financial orders entered by the trial court at the time of the dissolution judgment and thereafter. In his appeal, the plaintiff claims error in the court’s disposition of two pendente lite motions and three of the financial orders of the judgment. In his four amended appeals, the plaintiff raises five additional claimed errors in various postj... More...    $0 (04-24-2012 - CT)

The self-represented defendant, Richard Friedberg, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dissolving his marriage to the plaintiff, Marianne Howatson. At points in his brief, the defendant asserts that the court abused its discretion, the evidence does not support the court’s financial awards and the court was biased against him. The defendant, however, provided no legal analysis to suppor... More...    $0 (04-24-2012 - CT)

The defendant, David L. Curtis, appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered following a hearing on a motion for contempt, ordering him to reimburse the plaintiff, Theresa N. Curtis, now known as Theresa N. Flatley, for a portion of certain child care expenses. The defendant claims that the court (1) violated his right to procedural due process by not allowing him to call the plaintiff a... More...    $0 (04-17-2012 - CT)

The defendant, Derek S. Hopson, appeals from the judgment of the trial court ordering him to reimburse his former wife, the plaintiff, Darlene L. Hopson, for one half of their son’s college expenses pursuant to their separation agreement, denying his motion for a credit toward these expenses in the amount of child support payments he made after the son entered college and denying his request for... More...    $0 (05-17-2012 - CT)

The defendant, Kathleen J. Otto, appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court granting the application of the plaintiff, Regina Canty, administratrix of the estate of Shamaia Smith, for a prejudgment remedy. On appeal, the defendant contends that the plaintiff, who is a creditor of her debtor spouse, Kenneth Otto, Sr. (Otto), cannot collect the debt from the defendant, a nondebtor spouse, by brin... More...    $0 (05-01-2012 - CT)

The plaintiff, Cara L. Allen, appeals from the postdissolution judgment of the trial court denying her motions for contempt, denying her motions to reconsider, staying proceedings on her motion to reopen pending resolution of this appeal, and granting the motion of the defendant, Alfred H. Allen, Jr., for contempt. The plaintiff claims that the court erred in (1) finding her in contempt and failin... More...    $0 (04-04-2012 - CT)

This case comes before us upon our acceptance of certified questions of law from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit pursuant to General Statutes § 51-199b (d).1 The certified questions are: (1) Under Connecticut law, does absolute quasi-judicial immunity extend to conservators appointed by the Connecticut Probate Court?; (2) Under Connecticut law, does absolute quasi-judici... More...    $0 (04-04-2012 - CT)

The plaintiff, Robert L. Peterson, appeals following the dissolution of his marriage to the defendant, Laurie Sykes-Peterson, from the trial court’s prejudgment determination that the parties’ prenuptial agreement had expired during the pendency of the dissolution action pursuant to a provision rendering the agreement void on the seventh anniversary of the parties’ marriage (sunset provision... More...    $0 (02-16-2012 - CT)