Guiding businesses and business owners on general and complex legal matters requires skill, knowledge, timing, and patience. So does fly fishing the tropical flats and the cold New England waters. As an attorney, I am an experienced advisor on many matters, including: mergers & acquisitions, contracts, negotiations, licenses, international transactions, business partner disputes, succession & estate planning, tax, and real estate transactions. If you would like to talk about fly fishing, I am also passionate about striped bass, tarpon, bonefish and snook (among others). Sharing stories and opportunities for either are always welcomed and interesting conversations. After viewing the experiences and demands of my family’s manufacturing business first-hand, I attended business school at Bryant University, studying family business management. I have also studied international business in Florence, Italy. Prior to attending law school I was a business consultant with a computer technology firm, advising business owners on how to effectively leverage new technologies to solve real business problems. All of these experiences have cultivated a practical, solution-based approach that I bring to each matter that comes before me.

As an advisor I am a problem solver and a deal advisor. I lean upon my business and legal backgrounds to understand my client’s business or personal needs and goals, and to focus on practical solutions that fit those needs, the matter, and the economics involved. Through this approach I have had the pleasure of assisting various clients achieve positive results such as:

• The sale of a real estate management company with very limited post-sale indemnity obligations, allowing the selling owners to enjoy retirement without concern about post-sale disputes.
• Organization of a new limited liability company, negotiation and drafting of related operating agreement, and regular general counsel advice for an entrepreneur starting her “dream business.”
• Advising and representing a European client in its acquisition and divestiture of United States business interests.
• Representation of a United States consumer products manufacturer in its international licensing and contract manufacturing agreements.
• Sell side and buy side drafting and negotiating of letters of intent, purchase agreements and business terms in business sales varying in size from just under $1,000,000 to $40,000,000 in electronics, computer technology, consumer goods, construction, medical, professional services, and various other industries.

I attended law school at the University of Connecticut School of Law where I was a member of the Insurance Law Journal and was published as a case editor for “Fidelity & Surety Digest,” which focuses on construction and financial services bonding requirements. I have also engaged in various pro bono activities including as a volunteer attorney with the Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative, Inc. and as a member of the board at New Life Christian Fellowship of Connecticut, Inc.

I currently live just outside of Hartford, Connecticut with my wife and four children. When I am not in the office I am often exhausted by my kids while playing, trying to play golf, making furniture, or engaging in any activity that presents a challenge to overcome.