North Stonington, CT

Paul Levin

Attorney Paul Levin was admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut beginning in 1989 and in the New York Federal district court beginning 1992. He is a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Connecticut Bar Association, and the National Association for American Justice. Presently, attorney Levin serves on the AAJ’s National Public Affairs Committee which is by invitation only. He is rated by AVVO (Independent Lawyer Research Organization) as “Superb” and has been recognized by Hartford Magazine as a Top Personal Injury Lawyer in the Greater Hartford, CT area (2010,2018), selected to “ Superlawyers” in the personal injury category multiple years (2013-2022). Paul co-founded Levin, Rojas, Camassar & Reck, LLC in order to pursue lawsuits in the U.S. on behalf of premature infants who developed necrotizing enterocolitis along with his partners, attorneys Rojas, Camassar & Reck. Since that time in the early days of the Covid pandemic, the Firm has gone on to expand its mission to represent and advocate on behalf of other vulnerable populations and individuals. Attorney Levin along with his partners are actively representing military veterans and their family members who were exposed to contaminated underground water while on base in Camp Lejune, North Carolina. The Firm has also taken on other corporate entities ignoring public health and safety problems associated with unclean cabin air bleeding into the passenger and crew compartment during flight operations which are known to be associated with aerotoxic syndrome and filed one of the first cases against Airbus Industries in Federal District Court in New York. Attorney Levin and his partners believe that there are many more individual and mass tort cases to come that the Firm will advance in order to secure justice and good financial outcomes for those affected.

Paul Levin

Attorney Paul Levin was admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut beginning in 1989 and in the New York Federal district court beginning 1992. He is a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Connecticut Bar Association, and the National Association for American Justice. Presently, attorney Levin serves on the AAJ’s National Public Affairs Committee which is by invitation only. He is rated by AVVO (Independent Lawyer Research Organization) as “Superb” and has been recognized by Hartford Magazine as a Top Personal Injury Lawyer in the Greater Hartford, CT area (2010,2018), selected to “ Superlawyers” in the personal injury category multiple years (2013-2022). Paul co-founded Levin, Rojas, Camassar & Reck, LLC in order to pursue lawsuits in the U.S. on behalf of premature infants who developed necrotizing enterocolitis along with his partners, attorneys Rojas, Camassar & Reck. Since that time in the early days of the Covid pandemic, the Firm has gone on to expand its mission to represent and advocate on behalf of other vulnerable populations and individuals. Attorney Levin along with his partners are actively representing military veterans and their family members who were exposed to contaminated underground water while on base in Camp Lejune, North Carolina. The Firm has also taken on other corporate entities ignoring public health and safety problems associated with unclean cabin air bleeding into the passenger and crew compartment during flight operations which are known to be associated with aerotoxic syndrome and filed one of the first cases against Airbus Industries in Federal District Court in New York. Attorney Levin and his partners believe that there are many more individual and mass tort cases to come that the Firm will advance in order to secure justice and good financial outcomes for those affected.

Stephen M Reck

Named a Super Lawyer for five consecutive years, is a “Lawyer of Distinction”, and is a member of the American Association for Justice. Attorney Reck is the first lawyer in the country to file a lawsuit against the makers of Similac and Enfamil alleging that their products increase the risk of NEC in premature infants. It all started when a concerned mom called the office and explained what had happened to her daughter. Since that day, Stephen has dedicated his time to these cases, working tirelessly to try to stop the dangerous practice of feeding cow’s milk-based formulas and fortifiers to preemies in the NICU. If you think this may have happened to your child, call our office today or fill out the “contact us” form, we’ll be happy to listen to your child’s story and see if we can help. In 1991, Stephen M. Reck received his J.D. Magna Cum Laude from the Quinnipiac College School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He obtained his LLM Degree in 1995 from Columbia University School of Law, where he was designated a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Ever since, Attorney Reck has been practicing law in southeastern Connecticut. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut state and federal courts, as well as in Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He established the Law Firm of Stephen M. Reck, LLC in 2006. He is a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and the New London County Bar Association. Attorney Reck is also a frequent seminar presenter to attorneys and bar associations on topics such as jury selection and trials. He served as adjunct professor at Quinnipiac College School of Law where he instructed students in “Legal Skills” for several years. Attorney Reck has worked with medical experts, economists, and liability experts, whom he can call upon during trials to help strengthen your position. He can provide numerous examples of cases in which insurance companies offered his clients nothing or almost nothing, yet he was able to win financial compensation by taking the cases to trial. Attorney Reck has the highest dog bite verdict in the State of Connecticut.

Stephen M Reck

Named a Super Lawyer for five consecutive years, is a “Lawyer of Distinction”, and is a member of the American Association for Justice. Attorney Reck is the first lawyer in the country to file a lawsuit against the makers of Similac and Enfamil alleging that their products increase the risk of NEC in premature infants. It all started when a concerned mom called the office and explained what had happened to her daughter. Since that day, Stephen has dedicated his time to these cases, working tirelessly to try to stop the dangerous practice of feeding cow’s milk-based formulas and fortifiers to preemies in the NICU. If you think this may have happened to your child, call our office today or fill out the “contact us” form, we’ll be happy to listen to your child’s story and see if we can help. In 1991, Stephen M. Reck received his J.D. Magna Cum Laude from the Quinnipiac College School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He obtained his LLM Degree in 1995 from Columbia University School of Law, where he was designated a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Ever since, Attorney Reck has been practicing law in southeastern Connecticut. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut state and federal courts, as well as in Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He established the Law Firm of Stephen M. Reck, LLC in 2006. He is a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and the New London County Bar Association. Attorney Reck is also a frequent seminar presenter to attorneys and bar associations on topics such as jury selection and trials. He served as adjunct professor at Quinnipiac College School of Law where he instructed students in “Legal Skills” for several years. Attorney Reck has worked with medical experts, economists, and liability experts, whom he can call upon during trials to help strengthen your position. He can provide numerous examples of cases in which insurance companies offered his clients nothing or almost nothing, yet he was able to win financial compensation by taking the cases to trial. Attorney Reck has the highest dog bite verdict in the State of Connecticut.

John J. Nazzaro

In 2018, Attorney Nazzaro left the Connecticut Superior Court bench to return as a litigator. In 2023, because he is the only former judge actively litigating in Connecticut, Super Lawyers magazine featured him in a cover story. In February 2024, Attorney Nazzaro joined Levin, Rojas, Camassar & Reck, LLC to focus on negligence, malpractice, products liability, and mass tort litigation. In 2007, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell appointed Attorney Nazzaro to be a Judge. In 2016, Governor Dannel Malloy re-appointed him to his second term. Previously, Attorney Nazzaro served as both the Chief Presiding Civil Judge and Chief Presiding Criminal Judge at G.A. 10 in New London. He also served in Hartford, Tolland, Windham, and New Haven, managing civil, criminal, family, jury, and courtside matters. As a jurist, he wrote more than four hundred decisions. As an attorney in 1995 he became Board Certified in civil law with the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Before working as a Judge, Attorney Nazzaro was a Partner in the firm of Rome McGuigan, P.C. and Reardon and Nazzaro, P.C. For several years, he managed a solo trial practice. He is a former organized crime and public corruption prosecutor and was named a Super Lawyer in 2007. In 2023, National Trial Lawyers named him to the list of top one hundred plaintiff’s trial lawyers. In that same year, he was selected by his peers to Best Lawyers in America. He is active with the American Association for Justice and the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. He graduated with honors from the University of Bridgeport/Quinnipiac Law School in 1984. While there, he won The Best Speaker Award. In 1980, he received his bachelor’s in journalism with honors from Southern Connecticut State College, including the department’s Book Award. Before attending law school, Attorney Nazzaro was a network radio news reporter for CRN, International. He covered Campaign ’80 and worked for the Mercury Broadcasting Corporation. After he was admitted to the bar as an attorney, for ten years he continued work in the news media co-hosting a cable TV public affairs program, “The Cutting Edge,” distributed throughout the country. He taught Speech at Southern Connecticut University. In 2016, the Connecticut Law Tribune bestowed an Excellence award to the jurist for “Outstanding Achievement and Professional Accomplishment.” As a Judge, he has lectured on the law and appellate advocacy at the Yale Law School, Quinnipiac School of Law, and The University of Connecticut School of Law. While a Judge, he also served on the Judicial Branch Speakers’ Bureau. He has lectured on the law for the Connecticut Bar Association and the Connecticut Judicial Branch. Judge Nazzaro is on the Executive Committee of the NAACP New London Chapter. He is past chair of its education committee. He lectures on justice, substance abuse and community re-entry from incarceration. He is a member of the National and Connecticut Asian-Pacific Bar Association. He is a trailblazer. He was the second Asian Pacific American Judge appointed in Connecticut. He is a member of the New London County Bar Association and a past member of the county bar associations of Hartford, New Haven, and Tolland. During his professional career Judge Nazzaro found time to coach youth football and soccer and chair non-profit organizations. Judge Nazzaro is married to Laurie Nazzaro (nee Thorpe) and has three grown children, Miranda, who is a breaking news reporter for Thehill.com in Washington, D.C., Alexander, who is a senior designer for Meta/Facebook in New York, New York, and Elliot, a veteran who served with the U.S. Navy. Judge Nazzaro credits his parents, Augustine (Gus) Nazzaro and Shin Nazzaro for giving him a great foundation in his youth. He was born into a military family at Fort Huachuca, Arizona in 1958. His father was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. Gus Nazzaro dropped out of high school in 1943 to join the U.S. Navy to fight in the Pacific. Later his father earned his GED while in the U.S. Army. Gus learned fluent Japanese and workable Italian, French and German. The Judge’s father was a staff Sergeant for General Douglas MacArthur in Fukushima, Japan. During the American occupation, he met Shin, a food inspector for the Japanese government. They married and had four sons. Judge Nazzaro calls Gales Ferry, Connecticut his hometown. When not working as an attorney, Judge Nazzaro has many interests including his faith and church, writing, health and fitness, surfing, scuba diving, fly fishing, and music. Although Attorney Nazzaro was a prosecutor and known for putting away dangerous criminals when he moved to private practice to protect the injured, he would occasionally take on a case where an innocent man was charged with a crime he did not commit. In State v. Frank Crandall, he represented an innocent man who was falsely accused of arson. A crime carrying up to a 20+ year sentence. Attorney Nazzaro defended this innocent man and after the jury rendered its verdict. Not guilty. The jury was so moved by Attorney Nazzaro’s closing argument that the jurors drove to the defendant’s neighborhood and told all of his neighbors that the defendant was innocent. It was a great day for American Justice. Judge Nazzaro is a born litigator and zealously fights for the injured and protects the most vulnerable.

John J. Nazzaro

In 2018, Attorney Nazzaro left the Connecticut Superior Court bench to return as a litigator. In 2023, because he is the only former judge actively litigating in Connecticut, Super Lawyers magazine featured him in a cover story. In February 2024, Attorney Nazzaro joined Levin, Rojas, Camassar & Reck, LLC to focus on negligence, malpractice, products liability, and mass tort litigation. In 2007, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell appointed Attorney Nazzaro to be a Judge. In 2016, Governor Dannel Malloy re-appointed him to his second term. Previously, Attorney Nazzaro served as both the Chief Presiding Civil Judge and Chief Presiding Criminal Judge at G.A. 10 in New London. He also served in Hartford, Tolland, Windham, and New Haven, managing civil, criminal, family, jury, and courtside matters. As a jurist, he wrote more than four hundred decisions. As an attorney in 1995 he became Board Certified in civil law with the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Before working as a Judge, Attorney Nazzaro was a Partner in the firm of Rome McGuigan, P.C. and Reardon and Nazzaro, P.C. For several years, he managed a solo trial practice. He is a former organized crime and public corruption prosecutor and was named a Super Lawyer in 2007. In 2023, National Trial Lawyers named him to the list of top one hundred plaintiff’s trial lawyers. In that same year, he was selected by his peers to Best Lawyers in America. He is active with the American Association for Justice and the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. He graduated with honors from the University of Bridgeport/Quinnipiac Law School in 1984. While there, he won The Best Speaker Award. In 1980, he received his bachelor’s in journalism with honors from Southern Connecticut State College, including the department’s Book Award. Before attending law school, Attorney Nazzaro was a network radio news reporter for CRN, International. He covered Campaign ’80 and worked for the Mercury Broadcasting Corporation. After he was admitted to the bar as an attorney, for ten years he continued work in the news media co-hosting a cable TV public affairs program, “The Cutting Edge,” distributed throughout the country. He taught Speech at Southern Connecticut University. In 2016, the Connecticut Law Tribune bestowed an Excellence award to the jurist for “Outstanding Achievement and Professional Accomplishment.” As a Judge, he has lectured on the law and appellate advocacy at the Yale Law School, Quinnipiac School of Law, and The University of Connecticut School of Law. While a Judge, he also served on the Judicial Branch Speakers’ Bureau. He has lectured on the law for the Connecticut Bar Association and the Connecticut Judicial Branch. Judge Nazzaro is on the Executive Committee of the NAACP New London Chapter. He is past chair of its education committee. He lectures on justice, substance abuse and community re-entry from incarceration. He is a member of the National and Connecticut Asian-Pacific Bar Association. He is a trailblazer. He was the second Asian Pacific American Judge appointed in Connecticut. He is a member of the New London County Bar Association and a past member of the county bar associations of Hartford, New Haven, and Tolland. During his professional career Judge Nazzaro found time to coach youth football and soccer and chair non-profit organizations. Judge Nazzaro is married to Laurie Nazzaro (nee Thorpe) and has three grown children, Miranda, who is a breaking news reporter for Thehill.com in Washington, D.C., Alexander, who is a senior designer for Meta/Facebook in New York, New York, and Elliot, a veteran who served with the U.S. Navy. Judge Nazzaro credits his parents, Augustine (Gus) Nazzaro and Shin Nazzaro for giving him a great foundation in his youth. He was born into a military family at Fort Huachuca, Arizona in 1958. His father was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. Gus Nazzaro dropped out of high school in 1943 to join the U.S. Navy to fight in the Pacific. Later his father earned his GED while in the U.S. Army. Gus learned fluent Japanese and workable Italian, French and German. The Judge’s father was a staff Sergeant for General Douglas MacArthur in Fukushima, Japan. During the American occupation, he met Shin, a food inspector for the Japanese government. They married and had four sons. Judge Nazzaro calls Gales Ferry, Connecticut his hometown. When not working as an attorney, Judge Nazzaro has many interests including his faith and church, writing, health and fitness, surfing, scuba diving, fly fishing, and music. Although Attorney Nazzaro was a prosecutor and known for putting away dangerous criminals when he moved to private practice to protect the injured, he would occasionally take on a case where an innocent man was charged with a crime he did not commit. In State v. Frank Crandall, he represented an innocent man who was falsely accused of arson. A crime carrying up to a 20+ year sentence. Attorney Nazzaro defended this innocent man and after the jury rendered its verdict. Not guilty. The jury was so moved by Attorney Nazzaro’s closing argument that the jurors drove to the defendant’s neighborhood and told all of his neighbors that the defendant was innocent. It was a great day for American Justice. Judge Nazzaro is a born litigator and zealously fights for the injured and protects the most vulnerable.

Scott D Camassar

Scott D. Camassar graduated Magna Cum Laude from University of Connecticut in 1992, with a B.A. in Sociology. He went on to earn his J.D. in 1995 from Western New England College School of Law where he was an editor of the Western New England Law Review. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut state and federal courts, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Attorney Camassar joined the Law Firm of Stephen M. Reck, LLC in 2008. Before this, he spent 5 years with Gordon, Muir & Foley, LLP in Hartford, preceded by almost 8 years at the Reardon Law Firm, P.C. in New London. Across these positions, he represented plaintiffs and defendants in a full spectrum of civil and personal injury cases. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Connecticut Bar Association, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, and the New London County Bar Association. He has also served on the CBA’s Resolution of Legal Fee Disputes Committee. Attorney Camassar has presented seminars to attorneys and claim professionals on topics such as automobile injury cases and civil trial skills. He has achieved the ‘Distinguished Peer rated for high professional achievement’ rating by Martindale-Hubbell and has been peer-selected to serve as an arbitrator of other attorneys’ cases. Attorney Camassar has tried numerous cases on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, securing compensation for the injured and protecting the interest of clients who have been sued. He continues to try cases of various types and complexity. His most notable jury verdict was when he won $2,523,500.00 for a woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury after she was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer.