Robert L. Schwab

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...

One of the founding partners of the firm, Tom currently concentrates his practice in the area of personal injury . After litigating in matrimonial law and personal injury matters for more than 25 years, Tom decided to transition exclusively into personal injury. He represents clients in all types of personal injury, as well as nursing home negligence and medical malpractice matters . Legal Career He is a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Just...

Lou is a partner in the private client and tax team at Withers Bergman LLP. He concentrates his practice on estate planning and administration, income tax planning and commercial transactions with a particular emphasis on planning for closely held businesses. His work for clients focuses on a variety of matters, that touch on creating wealth and business succession structures to general legal business advice and spans a wide range of industries including real estate, manufacturing, and profes...

John is a special counsel in the litigation and arbitration team at Withers Bergman LLP. He is a trial lawyer in the firm’s commercial litigation team. He practices in the areas of complex trust and probate litigation in state and federal courts, both at the trial and appellate levels. Outside of the courtroom, John advises directors, officers, shareholders, investors, trustees and beneficiaries on corporate governance and fiduciary issues and conduct in an effort to minimize litigation...

Rosemarie Paine is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Rosemarie, who practices law in New Haven, Connecticut, has been recognized since 2011. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Rosemarie is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Richard A. O’Connor has dedicated his professional career to the representation of physicians and hospitals in medical malpractice litigation and has more than 30 years experience in such endeavors. Attorney O’Connor has tried numerous cases alleging medical malpractice in both the State and Federal Courts and has additionally handled appeals to the Connecticut appellate level courts. Attorney O’Connor also represents physicians with Department of Public Health matters from ...

Clifford A. Merin is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Clifford A., who practices law in New Haven, Connecticut, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Clifford A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Daniel Petroskey is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Daniel, who practices law in Waterbury, Connecticut, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Daniel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Attorney Wieler was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised on the shoreline in Branford, Connecticut. She attended Northfield Mount Hermon School in Northfield, Massachusetts and graduated from there in 1982. She received her B.A. in English and Economics from Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut in 1986 and her J.D., cum laude, from Vermont Law School in South Royalton, Vermont in 1991. She attended the University of New Haven's Masters in Tax program in 2014. She practiced in ...

Betsy Ingraham is a trial lawyer. She has tried more than twenty cases to verdict in Connecticut’s state and federal courts, winning a string of remarkable victories for her clients. Representing plaintiffs, Betsy has obtained multiple seven- and eight-figure verdicts, including the largest plaintiff’s verdict in Connecticut in 2016. Representing defendants, she obtained a complete defense verdict for the only officer-involved shooting fatality to go to trial in Connecticut in the...