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Trudie R. Hamilton

Trudie R. Hamilton

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  • Waterbury
  • thamilton@carmodylaw.com

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Legal Services

  • Medical Malpractice Defense
  • Litigation
  • Professional Liability Defense

Education

  • University of Dundee, Scotland, LL.B., 1975 Faculty of Law,
  • University of Dundee, Scotland, J.D., 1975 M.A., History, First Class Honors, Class Rank, First Place
  • University of Connecticut School of Law, 1980, cum laude

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  • Connecticut

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

Trudie R. Hamilton

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Trudie practices in the defense of major personal injury, medical malpractice and product liability cases. Over the last 25 years, Trudie has successfully defended cases on behalf of national and international product manufacturers, a national medical testing company, a New England University, as well as Connecticut hospitals and doctors, Connecticut police officers and a Connecticut public utility.

“Trudie is a fine lawyer.” 

Chambers USA, 2021

Affiliations

  • American College of Trial Lawyers
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court: Barrister
  • Waterbury Bar Association
  • Connecticut Bar Association

Distinctions

  • Chambers USA Guide - Litigation: General Commercial, 2021
  • Best Lawyers® - Litigation, 1995-2023
  • Connecticut Super Lawyers® - Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice, 2006-2021
  • New England Super Lawyers® - Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice, 2007, 2008, 2016
  • Top 50 Women, New England Super Lawyers®, 2007, 2008
  • First woman in Connecticut to be inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
  • First woman elected to membership in the Connecticut Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates
  • First woman in Connecticut listed in Best Lawyers®
  • Certified Civil Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy
  • Appointed to the Board of Regents, American College of Trial Lawyers as Regent to Downstate New York, Vermont and Connecticut, 2010
  • Top 25 Women Lawyers in Connecticut, Connecticut Magazine, 2009, 2016, 2018
  • Connecticut State Chair, American College of Trial Lawyers, 2008
  • First Class Honors, Class Rank, First Place, University of Dundee, Scotland
  • Awarded Class Medal in each of the four years, University of Dundee, Scotland
  • Scholarships for Academic Excellence, University of Dundee, Scotland
  • Member, American Bar Association Special Committee on Medical Professional Liability
  • Chair, American College of Trial Lawyers Award for Courageous Advocacy Committee, 2003–2006
  • Member, Sandra Day O’Connor Jurist Award Committee, 2007
  • Chair, Connecticut Bar Association Grievance Committee, Litchfield County, 1988–1994
  • Chair, State of Connecticut Medical Legal Committee, 1983-1987

Experience

  • Successfully tried to verdict cases involving brain damage, quadriplegia, death and patient suicide.
  • Successfully defended multiple claims against a national medical testing laboratory arising from claims of employee tampering with pregnancy genetic tests.
  • Successfully defended claims of physician misdiagnosis resulting in severe injury and death and claims of negligent surgery resulting in quadriplegia and death.
  • Successfully defended claims of mismanagement of labor and delivery resulting in severe infant brain damage.
  • Successfully defended claims of sexual abuse in the course of the psychiatrist/patient relationship.
  • Successfully defended psychiatric malpractice claims relating to suicide and homicide.
  • Successfully defended multiple personal injury claims relating to mold exposure.
  • Successfully defended multiple cancer claims relating to alleged Benzene exposure.
  • Represented a major international manufacturer in personal injury and death cases involving claims of defective design of motorcycles, All Terrain Vehicles and personal watercraft.
  • Represented a New England University in trial of claim involving a cheerleader accident resulting in quadriplegia.
  • With her partner, Anthony Fitzgerald, she successfully defended a Connecticut public utility claim that a young woman’s brain cancer was caused by exposure to electric and magnetic fields from residential power lines. This case had been identified by the national plaintiffs’ bar as a key case in nationwide litigation claiming that electric and magnetic field exposure caused childhood brain cancer and leukemia.

31 Carmody Attorneys Selected to the 2021 Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars in Connecticut Lists

October 12, 2021
Carmody is proud to announce the selection of 31 of its attorneys to the Connecticut Super Lawyers® or Rising Stars lists for 2021. Selected attorneys are noted below. Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in the state are selected as Super Lawyers® and no more than 2.5%
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September 20, 2021
Carmody is pleased to announce that 30 attorneys have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2022. Three Carmody attorneys have also been recognized as "Lawyer of the Year". Congratulations to David T. Grudberg, William J. Hennessey, Jr. and Peter M. Nolin. Only one lawyer is recognized
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