Branford, CT

Christopher F. Wanat graduated with Honors and Distinction with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College in 1984. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from The Dickinson School of Law in 1987, where he served on the Law Review. He is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell and has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America® for his work in Defense Litigation. He began his career at Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn and formed his own firm in 1992. In 2005, Attorney Wanat was appointed by Federal District Court Judge Janet Bond Arterton to serve as a Special Master for the District of Connecticut. For over 10 years, he has served as Adjunct Professor at The University of Connecticut School of Law, currently teaching the Intensive Trial Advocacy course. His practice is focused on cases involving commercial disputes, contractual law, products liability, construction, automobile negligence, premises liability, medical malpractice, municipal liability, and toxic torts. In 1998, Attorney Wanat was Board-Certified as a Trial Attorney in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He was re-certified in 2003, 2008, 2013 and 2018. Attorney Wanat has tried multiple jury cases to verdict, in addition to participating in numerous arbitrations, both as an advocate and arbitrator. Attorney Wanat is admitted to practice in the Connecticut State Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorney Wanat has also served as mediator for hundreds of complex litigation matters and also participates on the CBA Fee Dispute Panel. Attorney Wanat has also appeared before the Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Courts and regularly participates in seminars regarding litigation issues. Attorney Wanat is a member of the American Association for Justice and the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Tort and Insurance Practice section of the American Bar Association. Attorney Wanat was also selected as one of ten Connecticut mediators to the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. Attorney Wanat has been elected by the Board of the American Bar Foundation to be a Fellow.

Mark A. Milano graduated from Boston College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Theology, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated tenth in his class from University of Connecticut School of Law in 1985. He served as law clerk to Associate Justice Angelo G. Santaniello at the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1985-86. He is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell. He began his career at Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn and formed his own firm in 1992. Attorney Milano was appointed by Federal District Court Judge Janet Bond Arterton to serve as a Special Master for the District of Connecticut. His practice is focused on cases involving construction accidents and claims, commercial and personal insurance coverage disputes, products liability, contractual law, automobile negligence, premises liability, medical malpractice, municipal liability, toxic torts, and employment law. Since 1998 Attorney Milano has been Board-Certified as Trial Attorney in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Attorney Milano has tried multiple cases to verdict, in addition to participating in numerous arbitrations, both as an advocate and arbitrator. He has also appeared before the Connecticut Supreme Court, the Connecticut Appellate Court and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and regularly teaches seminars and CLE courses on litigation issues. Attorney Milano served as Counsel to the West Haven Redevelopment Agency from 1992 to 2004. He is a member of the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association and the Tort and Insurance Practice section of the American Bar Association. Attorney Milano is admitted to practice in the Connecticut State Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. He is a past President of the University of Connecticut School of Law Alumni Association. He is a member and past Chairperson of the Board of Directors for Notre Dame High School of West Haven. He is a past officer and member of the Board of Directors of Shepherds, Inc. Attorney Milano has been selected by a peer review process as the 2022 Lawyer of the Year for Litigation - Insurance in New Haven by The Best Lawyers in America, and a Top Attorney in New England by New England Super Lawyers Magazine.

Peter L. Milano graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications in 2009. He received his Juris Doctor from New England Law|Boston in 2013. During law school, Peter worked at Tufts Medical Center, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Family Estate Planning Law Group. After law school, Peter served as a law clerk to the judges of the New Haven Superior Court. Attorney Milano is admitted to practice in the State of Connecticut, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court and the Mohegan Tribe Gaming Disputes Court. His general areas of practice include cases involving civil litigation, personal injury and motor vehicle liability, insurance defense, municipal liability, subrogation claims, commercial and construction litigation. Peter was an Executive Board member and past President of the New Haven Young Lawyers Section of the New Haven County Bar Association where he undertook numerous projects such as the annual Horn of Plenty food drive with New Haven Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, the annual Toys for Tots toy drive and volunteer events at Connecticut Food Bank. He is also an active member of the West Haven Bar Association and the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association.

Sean C. Connors received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with a minor in Business degree from Providence College in 1988. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law in 1992. Attorney Connors is admitted to practice in Connecticut and the United States District Court, District of Connecticut. He has participated in numerous arbitrations, both as an advocate and arbitrator. Attorney Connors has lectured at seminars on third-party practice in Connecticut. His practice is focused on personal injury, municipal liability, premises liability, contractual law, construction claims, product liability, medical malpractice and insurance defense litigation. He has tried multiple jury and court cases to verdict as well as appeared before the Connecticut Appellate Court. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association and the Greater New Haven Shoreline Youth Hockey Association. He is presently serving as a member of the Board of Directors for Madison Baseball. He is also a member of the Connecticut and American (Litigation Section) Bar Associations and the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and Defense Research Institute. Mr. Connors is an invited member of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys and the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance.

Stephen G. Murphy, Jr. graduated from Williams College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Economics in 1975. He graduated with High Honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1987. He served on the Law Review as Articles Editor. He served as law clerk to Justice Arthur H. Healey of the Connecticut Supreme Court. His practice began in 1988 and is focused on the defense of claims involving products liability, automobile negligence, contractual law, premises liability, medical malpractice, municipal liability, toxic torts, construction claims, employment claims and commercial and personal insurance coverage disputes. He has tried multiple jury and court cases to verdict as well as appearing before the Connecticut Supreme Court, Connecticut Appellate Court, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the American Bar Association, Member of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association, Executive Board Member and past President of the New Haven County Bar Association and the American Inns of Court.

Nathan Rosadini has been an Associate at Milano & Wanat since 2018.He represents a variety of clients in complex litigation in federal and state court. Since 2022 Attorney Rosadini has been consecutively elected to Connecticut’s Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. His practice focuses on litigation matters concerning insurance defense and coverage, premises liability, negligence, and personal injury. Attorney Rosadini also has experience handling a variety of commercial disputes involving breach of contract, product liability, unfair business practices, construction litigation, employment matters, and bad faith allegations. He has represented a diverse range of clients from multinational corporations, insurance companies, and national retailers, to small businesses and individual clients in every aspect of the litigation process before Federal, Appellate, and State Courts. Attorney Rosadini graduated from Providence College and received his Juris Doctorate degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in the State of Connecticut, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court.

Attorney Saraco's practice focuses on civil litigation. He has practiced in both State and Federal Courts in Connecticut. He has successfully tried numerous jury and bench trials to verdict. His practice areas include personal injury, catastrophic injury and wrongful death, commercial litigation, construction litigation, municipal liability litigation, premises liability and insurance defense. His bar admissions include the State of Connecticut in 1999 and United States District Court, District of Connecticut in 2000. He received his J.D. from Quinnipiac College, School of Law, Hamden, Connecticut in 1999. At Quinnipiac, he earned a Distinguished Academic Achievement Award and Excellence in Clinical Work Award. He served as a Law Clerk intern for United States Magistrate Judge William Garfinkel at the United States District Court in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He received his B.S. from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut in 1994. He is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and New Haven County Bar Association. He has volunteered as a coach for East Haddam/Moodus Little League for the past twelve years. He also served as a Commissioner on the Town of East Haddam's Planning and Zoning Commission for six years.