Rowe, Joan Allen

Paul C. Gusmano joined the firm in February 1991, after serving as a clerk in the New Haven County Courthouse, assigned to the Honorable George W. Ripley, judge of the Superior Court. Gusmano currently concentrates in the area of civil/personal injury litigation and serves as the firm's managing attorney. Admitted to practice in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for Second Circuit and the United States Supreme Court, Gusmano is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the New Jersey Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, American Association for Justice, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

He is on the Board of Directors for the Regional Network of Programs, a community-based substance abuse treatment facility, as well as various committees for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Gusmano also serves as an attorney trial referee for the Connecticut Superior Court, Judicial District of Fairfield.

Gusmano received Bachelor's degrees in Political Science and English from Rutgers University in 1987. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from the Quinnipiac College School of Law in 1990, while studying law at Queens College/Oxford University.

Gusmano is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization whose membership is limited to attorneys who have obtained settlements or judgments of $1 million or more. (Please note past settlements or judgments are no indication of the value of your case.)