Professional Honors

Bill Davis, Jim Bartolini, John Houlihan and Michael Jainchill are all listed in the Best Lawyers in America ®, 2007, © 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC, in the category of personal injury litigation.

Michael C. Jainchill and John J. Houlihan, Jr., have both recently been honored by admission into the American College of Trial Lawyers, an organization whose mandate is to improve and elevate the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice and the ethics of the profession.

In 1995, Bill Davis was honored by the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.

Bill Davis, Jim Bartolini, Michael Jainchill, John Houlihan, Gene Swain have all been invited to join the American Board of Trial Advocates, an organization of limited membership open only by invitation.

Gene Swain served as President of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association for the 1999-2000 term. He succeeded Andy Groher who served as CTLA President during the 1998-1999 term. Leon RisCassi, Bill Davis, and Jim Bartolini all served as President of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association in the past. Six of our attorneys serve on the Board of Governors of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.

Kathy Calibey serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Hartford County Bar Association.