Donn A. Swift
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Product Liability, Personal Injury, Injuries
52 Trumbull Street, P.O. Box 1612, New Haven, CT 06510
About Donn A. Swift
Practice Areas
- Product Liability
- Personal Injury
- Injuries
Education
- University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1981J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Member of McAuliffe Law Honor Society
- Honors: Recipient, The American Jurisprudence Award, Criminal Procedure
- Honors: Recipient, The American Jurisprudence Award, Insurance Law
- Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1978B.A.
- Major: Politics
Representative Cases
- Potter v. Chicago Pneumatic
- Murtha vs. City of Hartford
- Maio vs. City of New Haven
- Estate of Marshall vs. Naugatuck Housing Authority
- Campos vs. La Quinta
- Hutter vs. Dichello Distributors
- Taylor vs. HANA
- Potter v. Chicago Pneumatic
- Murtha vs. City of Hartford
- Maio vs. City of New Haven
- Estate of Marshall vs. Naugatuck Housing Authority
- Campos vs. La Quinta
- Hutter vs. Dichello Distributors
- Taylor vs. HANA
Classes and Seminars
- Lecturer, Pretrial Discovery Seminar, University of Bridgeport, 1986
- Lecturer, Tort Reform I Seminar, Connecticut Bar Association, 1989
- Lecturer, Nuts & Bolts Seminar, Closing Argument, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1990
- Lecturer, Nuts & Bolts Seminar, Expert Witnesses, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1991
- Lecturer, Pretrial Preparation, New Haven County Bar Association Seminar, 1990
- Lecturer, Evidence in Trial Practice Seminar, National Business Institute, Inc., 1991
- Lecturer, Bad Faith Seminar, National Business Institute, Inc., 1993
- Lecturer, Trying Automobile Cases Seminar , National Business Institute, Inc. Seminar , 1995
- Lecturer, Bad Faith Litigation Seminar , National Business Institute, Inc., 1996
- Lecturer, Premises Liability Seminar , National Business Institute, Inc., 1994
- Lecturer, Effective Motion Practice in Connecticut Seminar, National Business Institute, Inc., 1998
- Lecturer, Trying the Soft Tissue Case Seminar, National Business Institute, Inc., 1999
- Lecturer, A Practical Guide to Federal Court Rules and Procedures Seminar, National Business Institute, Inc., 1999
- Lecturer, Adjusting the Auto Claim Seminar, National Business Institute, Inc., 2000
- Lecturer, Damages in Civil Practice Seminar, National Business Institute, Inc., 2000
- Lecturer, Damages in Civil Practice Seminar, National Business Institute, Inc., 2003
- Lecturer, Personal Injury and Tort Law, New Haven County Bar Association Nuts and Bolts CLE Series, 2002 - 2004
- Lecturer, Orlando, Florida, Evidence Acquisition and Retention, HADA Seminar, 2002
- Lecturer, Admissibility Of Evidence and Expert Testimony in Connecticut Seminar, National Business Institute, Inc., 2004
- Lecturer, Smoke Detectors, the First Line of Defense, HADA Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, 2004
- Lecturer, Expert Testimony Seminar, National Business Institute, Inc., 2006 - 2008
- Lecturer, HADA National Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, Reasonable Accomodations , 2010
- Lecturer, CT, NAHRO, on Reasonable accommodations, 2013
- Lecturer, MRHP Seminar on Fair Housing, 2015
- Lecturer, NAHRO Seminar on Fair Housing, 2016
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1981
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1989
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1991
Other Affiliations
- New Haven County Bar Association, 1982 - Present (Member)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 1993 - Present (Associate)
- Connecticut Bar Association, Civil Justice and Insurance Sections, 1982 - Present (Member)
- American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1988 - Present (Member)
- Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association, 1988 - Present (Member)
- Defense Research Institute, 1985 - Present (Member)
- U.S. District Court, 1990 - Present (Special Master)
- Connecticut Superior Court - Attorney Trial Referee, 1991 - Present (Arbitrator and Fact Finder)
- Private ADR Mediator/Arbitration, 1988 - Present
- New Haven County Bar Association (Chairman, Mentor Program)
- The Connecticut Superior Court (Fact Finder and Arbitrator)
- United States District Court of Connecticut (Magistrate)
- Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
- Defense Research Institute (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Connecticut Bar Association (Member)
- New Haven County Bar Association, Mentor Program (Chairman)
Past Positions
- Connecticut Superior Court, Research Clerk, 1981 - 1982
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 40 years of experienceCriminal Law, Worker's Compensation, Administrative Law, Juvenile, Probate
- 56 years of experienceCriminal Law, Civil Litigation, Business Law, Commercial Law, Family Law
- 44 years of experienceMedical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Personal Injury, Injuries, Product Liability, Intellectual Property
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