Avon, CT

John L. Laudati

John L. Laudati is a Partner at Murphy, Laudati, Kiel and Alfano, LLC, specializing in Civil Litigation, Personal Injury Law, Collaborative Law, Family Law & Mediation, and Criminal Law. He is recognized as a Connecticut Super Lawyer and has received multiple awards for his litigation skills.

Andrew S. Groher

For more than 30 years, Andy has been representing people in Connecticut who have suffered life-changing events through no fault of their own. He has represented clients injured as a result of aviation accidents, catastrophic automobile and truck collisions, medical malpractice, defective products, including prescription and over the counter medications, premises liability, and police misconduct. Over those years, Andy has tried numerous cases in State and Federal Court, obtaining multi-million dollar verdicts and similar settlements on behalf of many. In order to consistently achieve the best results for his clients, Andy brings his ethic of hard work and sense of fairness to his representation. He strongly believes in the firm’s credo that “the best interests of the client always comes first.” It is this belief and sense of doing what is right that has led him to offer services to clients that go far beyond his office practice, including pro bono representation of victims of the 911 terrorist attacks, service on the Board of the Connecticut Traumatic Brain Injury Association and countless hours spent advocating for injured citizens before the state General Assembly.

William R. Davis

RisCassi & Davis, P.C. began when Bill Davis joined Leon RisCassi in the practice of law in Hartford in 1955. Throughout his long career, Bill Davis has consistently sought to pass on to younger attorneys not only his courtroom skills, professionalism, and collegiality, but also the importance, responsibility, and meaning of being a trial lawyer representing injured victims seeking justice. He has accomplished this through seminars and lectures at professional associations and by generously sharing his wisdom, experience, and knowledge as a mentor for other lawyers in the firm and throughout the state. From 1970 through 1987. Mr. Davis taught Trial Practice courses at the University of Connecticut School of Law, which now has a trial practice courtroom bearing his name.

Margaret Fogerty Rattigan

Margaret Fogerty Rattigan is Of Counsel, specializing in Construction Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Debt Collections, Arbitration and Mediation of Construction Disputes, Personal Injury Claims, Sexual Abuse Claims, Home Improvement Act Claims, New Home Construction Claims, Administrative Agency Practice, and Probation Litigation. She has received a Distinguished Rating by Martindale Hubbell and is recognized by Connecticut Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers.

James D. Bartolini

Listed in every edition of Best Lawyers in America® since 1989-90, Jim began his career at RisCassi & Davis, P.C., when he was a student in Bill Davis’s Trial Practice class at The University of Connecticut School of Law. Jim then accepted a position as a law clerk at the firm and then began his practice here in 1975. Building on the skills he first learned from Bill Davis, Jim has successfully tried many complicated medical malpractice and product liability cases as well as numerous motor vehicle accident cases and other personal injury claims. He has won multi-million dollar verdicts and has also achieved many such results by mediation and settlement.

John J. Houlihan Jr.

From the onset of a legal career that has spanned three decades and yielded millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for injured people, John J. Houlihan, Jr. has always taken a personal interest in the concerns of his clients. In fact, long after his cases are resolved, he remains connected with his clients, considering it the highest honor that he receives a significant percentage of referrals both from former clients and other attorneys. Distinguished by his work ethic, attention to detail, and intellectual curiosity, Mr. Houlihan is tenacious in pursuing the factual details, expert witness testimony, and legal precedents necessary to construct sound cases with the goal of maximizing the prospects for a favorable settlement or verdict. He has handled cases throughout the state and beyond, securing favorable results in complicated personal injury cases of all types. He began at RisCassi & Davis, P.C. as a summer intern in 1979 and knew immediately that he wanted to build his legal career at the firm. In 1994, he was appointed Managing Partner, overseeing the daily administration of the firm along with his considerable caseload.

David M. Moore

Attorney David M. Moore provides practical legal solutions in divorce, family law, personal injury, probate, and DUI defense. With over 36 years of experience in state courts, he has built a reputation for delivering personalized legal solutions. He focuses on humane, future-focused resolutions and has extensive experience in both negotiation and litigation.