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Todd Michaelis

Todd Michaelis

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Education

  • Boston College Law School, J.D., 2009
  • University of Connecticut, B.S., 2004

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  • Connecticut 2009

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Todd represents clients in complex matters involving a wide variety of business and commercial disputes including contract litigation, products liability litigation, insurance coverage litigation, employment and restrictive covenant litigation, corporate governance disputes and business torts, and personal/reputational injury litigation. He regularly practices in Connecticut’s state courts and the Federal District Courts in Connecticut and New York. He has also handled appeals before Connecticut’s Supreme and Appellate Courts and before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Todd has represented the region’s major electric utilities; chemical companies; insurance companies, agents, and brokers; physician groups; individual tort victims; financial institutions; municipalities; and closely-held businesses and their owners.

Areas of Practice

  • Complex Litigation
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Business Torts and Unfair Trade Practices
  • Contract Disputes
  • Personal Injury
  • Defamation
  • Cost recovery actions
  • Uniform Commercial Code
  • Utility and energy law
  • Bankruptcy
  • State Trial and Appellate Practice
  • Federal Trial and Appellate Practice

Affiliations

  • Connecticut Bar Association

  • Waterbury Bar Association, Board Member, Treasurer

  • Waterbury Regional Chamber of Commerce, Young Professionals of Waterbury Region, Task Force Committee Member

Distinctions

  • Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2022-2025

  • Connecticut Super Lawyers® – 2024

  • New Leaders in Law, Connecticut Law Tribune, 2022

  • Rising Star, Connecticut Super Lawyers® – Civil Litigation, Defense, 2014-2019

  • Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau Civil Litigation Program

  • Boston College Appellate Advocacy Program

Community

  • Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, Board Member, Executive Committee Member, Secretary
  • Former Children’s Community School, Board Member, Finance Committee Chair and Treasurer

Experience

  • Part of team that obtained dismissal of $200 million federal court subrogation action against gas transmission company arising from power plant explosion; authored motions that led to the dismissal.

  • Successfully defended a major insurance provider in an arbitrated breach of contract dispute involving more than $1,000,000 in potential damages.

  • Successfully defended a physician group in an arbitration concerning an employment and contract dispute.

  • Won a Superior Court trial to obtain recovery for a utility company for damage to its facilities.

  • Successfully defended an appeal concerning a reinsurance dispute before the Connecticut Appellate Court.

  • Successfully defended an appeal on behalf of a health care products manufacturer and distributor before the Connecticut Supreme Court.

  • Obtained summary judgment in federal court on behalf of a manufacturer involved in contract dispute.

  • Part of a team that obtained summary judgment in federal court on a behalf of an international manufacturing company against a qui tam plaintiff alleging violations of former false marking statute.

  • Served as lead counsel for utility company in multiple commercial property damage actions.

  • Defended numerous personal injury cases.

  • Negotiated favorable settlements on behalf of a variety of clients in a variety of matters.

Carmody Lawyers Named to the 2024 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars Lists

October 09, 2024
Carmody is pleased to announce that 33 of its lawyers have been selected for inclusion on the Connecticut Super Lawyers® and Connecticut Rising Stars lists for 2024. Super Lawyers recognizes lawyers who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice. Please visit www.SuperLawyers.com/SelectionProcess to learn more information on the selection process.
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Carmody Lawyers Named as ‘Litigation Stars’ in 2025 Benchmark Litigation

October 03, 2024
Carmody’s Litigation practice was recognized for 18 of its lawyers for the 2025 edition of Benchmark Litigation. Lawyers were honored for their litigation work across many specialty areas, including product liability, intellectual property and real estate. Additionally, Carmody's lawyers received distinction on both the Connecticut and the national level. 40
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Carmody Lawyers Named as ‘Litigation Stars’ in 2024 Benchmark Litigation

October 18, 2023
Carmody’s Litigation practice was recognized for 19 of its lawyers for the 2024 edition of Benchmark Litigation: Douglas A. Balko Maureen Danehy-Cox Jason R. Gagnon David T. Grudberg Damian K. Gunningsmith David S. Hardy Sarah S. Healey John R. Horvack Jr. Gary S. Klein Marc J. Kurzman Fatima Lahnin Todd
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