Kristan Maccini, a principal and founding member of the firm, regularly appears in state and federal courts throughout Connecticut representing law enforcement officers, boards of education, public officials, land use commissions, firefighters, emergency response personnel, and all other municipal employees.
She defends general and professional liability claims, including negligence, nuisance, highway defect, and civil rights claims, including claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, from inception of the lawsuit through to conclusion, having tried matters successfully, in both state and federal court. She is committed to obtaining the best results for her clients, often obtaining early dismissal through motion practice.
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, JD 2001
- Boston College, Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, BS 1993
Admission
- Connecticut
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Honors/Awards
- America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators: 2020-2021
Representative Matters
- Kyzer v. Borough of Naugatuck, No. 3:19-cv-1511 (JBA), 2022 WL 2802349 (D. Conn. 2022)
- Kelley v. City of Danbury, No. CV18-6051612-S, 2021 WL 5919784 (Conn. Super. Ct., Complex Litigation Docket at Waterbury, Dec. 3, 2021)
- Borelli v. Renaldi, 376 Conn. 1, 243 A.3d 1084 (Conn. 2020)