- College of the Holy Cross, B.A., ~ with high honors
- University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D.,
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Bar Admissions
- Connecticut ; 1981 Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; 1982
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1996
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1993
- Overview
- Experience
- Distinctions
- News & Media
- Affiliations
Overview
Peter Nolin has practiced in the areas of commercial, insurance, real estate, corporate and environmental litigation since 1982. His practice over these years has been evenly split between state and federal courts. He has litigated a diverse range of business disputes. He has recently tried insurance bad faith and real estate claims to successful plaintiff’s verdicts. In the last several years he has tried, unfair trade practice and business tort and environmental cases to multimillion dollar damage awards. He has both prosecuted and defended non-compete and employment cases. He served as class counsel in a multi million dollar business tort claim which settled before the Connecticut Superior Court complex docket in Stamford, CT. Attorney Nolin was appointed by the Governor to the Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission on which he served from 1995 to 1999. He was elected to the Norwalk Common Council in 1993 on which he served through 2001 and was selected for one year terms as President of the Council in 1997, 1999, and 2001. He also served as the Corporation Counsel for the City of Norwalk from 2005-2007.
Areas of Practice
- Arbitration
- Bad Faith Insurance
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Class Actions — Plaintiff
- Cleanup & Superfund
- Commercial Insurance
- Deceptive Trade Practices
- Directors’ & Officers’ Liability Insurance
- Errors & Omissions Insurance
- Federal Trial Practice
- Fidelity, Guarantee & Surety
- Hazardous Waste
- Life & Health
- Property & Casualty
- Real Estate Litigation
- State Appellate Practice
- State Trial Practice
- Title Insurance
- Water Pollution
- Wrongful Termination — Employee
- Wrongful Termination — Employer
Experience
Representative Cases
- Heyman Associates No. 5, LP v. FelCor TRS Guarantor, LP, 153 Conn. App. 387 (Conn. App. 2014)
- Fine v. Town of Westport, 2014 WL 2696767 (Conn. Super. Ct. May 12, 2014)
- Ryan v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, 2010 WL 7863486 (D. Conn. 2010)
- Emerald Investments, LLC v. Porter Bridge Loan Company, 2007 WL 1834507 (D. Conn. 2005)
- Design Innovation, Inc. v. Fisher-Price, Inc., 463 F.Supp.2d 177 (D. Conn. 2006)
- Victor G. Reiling Associates v. Fisher-Price, Inc., 450 F.Supp.2d 175 (D.Conn. 2006)
- Times Fiber Communications, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of Illinois, 38 Conn. Rptr.642 (Conn. Sup. Ct. 2005)
- Cole v. Aetna Life & Casualty, 70 F. Supp.2d 106 (D. Conn. 1999)
- McKiernan v. Green, 2005 WL 1670619 (Conn.Super. Ct. 2005)
- Finley Associates, Inc., v. Crossroads Investment Co., LLP, 2001 WL 34093574 (Conn. Sup. Ct. 2001)
- Sealy Connecticut Inc,. v. Litton industries, Inc., 93 F. Supp.2d 177 (D. Conn. 2000)
- Cole v. Aetna Life & Casualty, 70 F. Supp.2d 106 (D. Conn. 1999)
- Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Millstein, 129 F.3d 688 (2nd Cir. 1997)
- Crepeau v. Gronager, 795 F. Supp. 1238 (41 Conn. App. 302 1996)
- Gateway Bank v. Mandanici, 12 Conn. L. Rptr. 27 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1994)
- Morrill v. Kennedy Funding Capital Corp., 1994 WL 728803 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1994)
- Arawana Mils Co. v. United Technology Corp., 795 F. Supp. 1238 (D. Conn. 1992)
- Connecticut National Bank v. Lorenzato (221 Conn. 77 1992)
- Sauerwein v. Bell (17 Conn. App. 697 1989)
- In re Nulman’s Appeal From Probate (13 Conn. App. 811 1988)
- Sochard v. St. Vincent’s Medical Center (8 Conn. App. 6 1986)
- Kowolsky Properties v. Sherwin Williams Co. Inc. (7 Conn. App.136 1986)
Distinctions
- Selected as a Local Litigation Star in Benchmark Litigation, 2022
- Selected “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America in Stamford, Connecticut for Insurance Law, 2022
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Land Use and Zoning Law, 2023
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Insurance Law, 2021-2023
- Selected for inclusion in Connecticut Super Lawyers® in the area of Business Litigation, 2007-2021
News
Affiliations
- Fairfield County Bar Association, President, 2014
- Corporation Council City of Norwalk, 2005 – 2007
- Norwalk Common Council, 1993 – 2001
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Norwalk Planning Commission, 1990 – 1993
- Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission, 1995 – 1999
