West Hartford, CT

Attorney James A. Welcome provides comprehensive legal advocacy for clients throughout Connecticut, focusing on personal injury, workers' compensation, immigration law, and criminal law. He offers in-depth representation for trials, arbitration, mediation, and appeals. He has been recognized as a 'Top 40 Under 40' lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers Association and holds a Superb Rating on Avvo. He has been included in the Super Lawyers® list as a top Immigration Attorney from 2013-present. With over two decades of experience, he handles each case personally from start to finish. His staff is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and he serves clients across Connecticut, New York, and in certain immigration cases, nationally and internationally. He is also involved in community service and is a member of several legal associations.

James Aspell

James F. Aspell is the principal and managing attorney of the firm, which he started in 2006 following 20 years of litigation practice in a mid-size firm in Hartford, Connecticut. He focuses his practice in workers' compensation, personal injury litigation, insurance subrogation law, social security disability law, personal bankruptcy, and residential real estate. He is recognized by judges, Commissioners, and attorneys, and has been Peer Rated for his legal ability and ethics by Martindale Hubbell. He has successfully handled hundreds of cases at trial and appellate levels before the Connecticut Worker's Compensation Commission, and in Connecticut State, Federal, and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Courts. Jim is a Board Certified Connecticut Worker's Compensation Specialist and has held the Recommended Insurance Attorney designation from the A.M. Best Company since 2005. He was admitted to practice in Connecticut State and Federal Courts in 1986, Mashantucket Tribal Court in 1991, and the United States Supreme Court in 1992. He is a 1986 graduate of Western New England College School of Law and a 1983 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University. He has served as an adjunct faculty member in Aviation Law at the University of New Haven and is active in several professional associations.

Michael J. Walsh

Michael J. Walsh is a founder and principal of the Walsh Woodard LLC law firm. He has dedicated his practice to the representation of individuals in personal injury actions. Mr. Walsh is board certified, and twice re-certified, as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA).

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.

Bruce H. Stanger

Bruce H. Stanger has been practicing law for approximately 45 years, specializing in litigation including family law, divorce, product liability, construction law, professional negligence, shareholder disputes, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and general commercial litigation. He also handles business and commercial law matters. A graduate of Western New England College School of Law (1977, cum laude) and the University of Hartford (1974, B.S.E.E.), he began his legal career as a law clerk for the Appellate Session of the Superior Court. Stanger is admitted to practice in all Connecticut state and federal courts and is a member of several professional organizations including the Hartford County Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, American Bar Association, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, and the International Association of Collaborative Professionals. He has been recognized in Who’s Who in American Law.

Patrick Kennedy, a firm partner, is a lifelong resident of Connecticut. His practice is devoted to handling cases for injured people, including medical malpractice, wrongful death, automobile and trucking negligence, product liability, and premises liability claims. Patrick has had significant success at trial and, as a result, was honored to be elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Fellowship in the Academy is limited to only 500 U.S. trial attorneys under the age of 70. Patrick is also a member of the Connecticut chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) which is comprised of the top trial lawyers in the community who are vigorously engaged in civil litigation. Patrick has been recognized as a “New Leader in the Law” by the Connecticut Law Tribune. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America in the field of Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation and, in 2018, was named Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year” in Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation - Hartford. Patrick has been Recognized by New England Super Lawyers Magazine and Connecticut Magazine every year since 2010. Patrick is on the Board of Governors of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and is a member of the Medical Malpractice Committee and Continuing Legal Education Committee. Patrick is a member of the Hartford County and New Haven County Bar Associations, the Connecticut Bar Association and American Association for Justice. Patrick currently resides in Cheshire with his wife and three children.

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.