Rebecca A. Iannantuoni

Attorney Robert (Bob) L. Berchem is the founding partner of Berchem Moses PC. Bob serves as President of the firm and Chair of its Business Services Department. He graduated with honors from Fairfield University in 1962, and from Villanova Law School in 1965 where he was first in his class and the editor of the Villanova Law Review. Following law school, Bob clerked for the Honorable William H. Timbers, Chief Judge of the United States District Court. After working for Judge Timbers in both t...

Jane Elaine Ballerini practices in the areas of commercial real estate law, commercial finance and general commercial and business law. She represents local and national banks in the extension of asset-based, mortgage and construction loans to commercial borrowers. Attorney Ballerini is one of a few practicing U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Designated Attorneys in the State. Her sub-specialty is representing traditional lenders and Certified Development Companies in transactions inv...

John J. Kennedy, Jr. is the founding partner of Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge, LLC. In 1988, John formed Kennedy & Johnson, along with David Johnson. John is an accomplished trial attorney, spending most of his 35 years practicing in Connecticut, representing injured clients before juries. After more than three decades practicing law, John still finds trying cases to juries in automobile accident, premises liability, medical malpractice and product liability cases his passion. In...

Douglas S. Skalka graduated from Cornell University in 1982 and received his law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1985, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Probate Law Journal. Prior to joining Neubert, Pepe & Monteith in 1995, Attorney Skalka was a partner with the firm of Whitman, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, where he was responsible for the firm's business reorganization practice in its Greenwich, Connecticut office. Attorney Skalka has represented secured and unsecure...

Heather Berchem offers guidance to nursing homes, assisted living communities, CCRCs, and other providers on various regulatory, compliance, risk management, and reimbursement matters. Her legal services encompass assistance with regulatory compliance, survey and certification matters; IDRs and IIDRs; ALJ appeals; licensure and ownership changes; certificates of need; Medicare and Medicaid audits and appeals; HIPAA compliance; security breach investigations and reporting; contract and policy ...

Mitchell S. Jaffe is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Mitchell S., who practices law in New Haven, Connecticut, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Mitchell S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Deborah Monteith Neubert is a founding partner of Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. Attorney Monteith's practice focuses on Construction Law & Design Professionals Liability. She also practices in the areas of Employment & Labor Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation. In her broad construction law practice, Attorney Monteith performs contract drafting and negotiations, specification review, change order negotiations, claims analysis, project close-outs, dispute resolu...

Jeffrey M. Donofrio has been practicing law in Connecticut since 1990. Jeff's practice is focused, by design, on 3 areas: construction law, municipal law and commercial litigation. In addition to his extensive expertise in the foregoing areas of the law, Jeff's responsiveness, passion and commitment to clients, ability to understand each client's unique needs, and his efficiency enable him to effectively serve the needs of many local municipalities and businesses of all sizes. Jeff's approach...

Vimala B. Ruszkowski is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Health Care and Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants. Vimala B., who practices law in Shelton, Connecticut, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Vimala B. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Stanley is a founding partner of the firm Bergman Horowitz & Reynolds which merged with Withers in 2002 to create Withers Bergman in the US. His practice encompasses all phases of tax law, estate planning and trusts (both domestic and international), business law and advising on pension plans. He is a contributor to various tax periodicals and co-author of a book on the design of pension and profit sharing plans which is part of the tax management service published by the Bureau of Nation...