Attorney Profiles

Neal L. Moskow, a founding member of the firm, focuses his practice in the areas of construction law and litigation, commercial, banking, and civil litigation, employment law and litigation, personal injury litigation, and mass tort (drug, medical device, and toxic tort) litigation. Recognized by judges, juries, and his peers as an outstanding litigator, Mr. Moskow is an AV Rated attorney with almost twenty years of experience as a litigator and has successfully brought and defended hundreds of cases at both the trial and appellate levels of the Connecticut and federal courts. Mr. Moskow is also a certified member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an association generally recognized as including the top trial lawyers in America. Membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum is reserved for lawyers who have recovered million and multi-million dollar verdicts. Mr. Moskow was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1989 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as well as the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court.

Mr. Moskow earned his Juris Doctorate from Boston University Law School in 1989 and his B.A. from the University of New York at Albany in 1986, magna cum laude.

Mr. Moskow is on the faculty of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Institute (a National Institute of Trial Advocacy/Connecticut Bar Association organization) and teaches at the Institute's annual "trial lawyer boot camp," an intensive 4-day training session for both novice and experienced litigators. In addition to teaching trial practice, Mr. Moskow lectures extensively on diverse topics and for a wide range of audiences, including programs sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Association, Lorman Education Services, National Business Institute, industry trade groups, and private companies. Representative topics on which he frequently speaks include: Connecticut's construction laws (mechanic's lien law, surety law, Home Improvement/New Home Contractor's Act, and the Fairness in Construction Financing Act), employment law, court motion practice in Connecticut, automobile accidents and insurance law, and Connecticut foreclosure law.

In May 2008, Mr. Moskow was appointed to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for In Re: Trasylol, Federal Multi-District Litigation #1928, where he serves as Federal-State liaison. Mr. Moskow is also involved in the hormone therapy, heart device, and Vioxx litigations, among others.

In 2004, the Connecticut Bar Foundation named Mr. Moskow a James W. Cooper Fellow. Selection as a Cooper Fellow requires demonstrated superior legal ability and devotion to the welfare of the community, state, and nation and the advancement of the legal profession. In 2007, Mr. Moskow was appointed to the Connecticut Statewide Grievance Committee's Fairfield County hearing panel. Mr. Moskow has also been named as a Connecticut SuperLawyer in general civil litigation by Law & Politics and the publishers of Connecticut Magazine.

Mr. Moskow has had numerous reported cases and important results. Representative cases include Distasio v. Perkin Elmer Corp., 157 F. 3d 55 (2nd Cir. 1998); Original Grasso Const. Co., Inc. v. Sheperd, 70 Conn. App. 404, 799 A.2d 1083, cert. denied, 261 Conn. 932, 806 A.2d 1065 (2002); Stamford Wrecking Co. v. United Stone America, Inc., 99 Conn. App. 1, 912 A.2d 1044 (2007). Mr. Moskow is also a court appointed fact finder/arbitrator for the Connecticut Superior Court and frequently mediates and arbitrates matters for private parties at the request of other lawyers.

Mr. Moskow is an active member of numerous professional and civic organizations including: the Connecticut Bar Association (Litigation, Employment, and Commercial Law Sections), American Bar Association (Torts and Insurance Practice Group and the Construction and Surety Group), Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice (Section on Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts, Daubert Litigation Group, Ephedra Group, PPA Group, Hormone Replacement Therapy Group, and the Vioxx Group), and the Connecticut Employment Law Association. Mr. Moskow has previously served as Associate Editor for Sidebar, the Connecticut Bar Association's Litigation Section's newsletter, and as an Executive Board Member for the Connecticut Bar Association's Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section. Mr. Moskow is currently Director of Education and a board member at Temple Beth Tikvah in Madison, Connecticut. Mr. Moskow also serves as a board member with various community organizations. In his non-working hours, Mr. Moskow devotes his time and energy to his wife and four children.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial, Banking, and Civil Litigation
• Construction Law
• Construction Litigation
• Employment Law
• Personal Injury
• Pharmaceutical Litigation
• Real Estate

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1989
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1990
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1990
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1990

Education

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1989
  J.D.
  
  
• State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, 1986
  B.A.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  
  
• Cornell University
  
  

Published Works

• "Connecticut's PJR After Pinsky" (Co-Author), Sidebar, Fall, 1997

Representative Cases

• Distasio v. Perkin Elmer Corp., 157 F. 3d 55 (2nd Cir. 1998)
• Original Grasso Const. Co., Inc. v. Sheperd, 70 Conn. App. 404, 799 A.2d 1083 (2002)
• Original Grasso Const. Co., Inc. v. Sheperd, cert. denied, 261 Conn. 932, 806 A.2d 1065 (2002)
• Stamford Wrecking Co. v. United Stone America, Inc., 99 Conn. App. 1, 912 A.2d 1044 (2007)

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Instructor, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Diverse Topics Connecticut Lien Law, Lorman Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Diverse Topics Connecticut Lien Law, National Business Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Diverse Topics Connecticut Lien Law, Connecticut Bar Association
• Frequent Lecturer, Complex Construction Issues, Lorman Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Complex Construction Issues, National Business Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Complex Construction Issues, Connecticut Bar Association
• Frequent Lecturer, Construction Law, Lorman Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Construction Law, National Business Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Construction Law, Connecticut Bar Association
• Frequent Lecturer, Motion Practice in Connecticut, Lorman Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Motion Practice in Connecticut, National Business Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Motion Practice in Connecticut, Connecticut Bar Association
• Frequent Lecturer, Automobile Accidents and Insurance, Lorman Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Automobile Accidents and Insurance, National Business Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Automobile Accidents and Insurance, Connecticut Bar Association
• Frequent Lecturer, Foreclosure Law, Lorman Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Foreclosure Law, National Business Institute
• Frequent Lecturer, Foreclosure Law, Connecticut Bar Association

Honors and Awards

• AV Rated Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell
• James W. Cooper Fellow
• Connecticut SuperLawyer in General Litigation

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice
  
  
• American Bar Association
  
  
• Connecticut Bar Association
  
  
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
  
  
• Connecticut Employer Lawyers Association
  
  
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
  
  

Birth Information

• May 14, 1964, Boston, Massachusetts