Todd Michaelis Experience - Carmody Torrance Sandak

Todd Michaelis
Associate
Phone: 203.578.4287
Fax: 203.575.2600
Email: tmichaelis@carmodylaw.com
Office: Waterbury
Todd Michaelis is an associate in Carmody Torrance Sandak &
Hennessey’s litigation group, which was named a “highly recommended”
Connecticut litigation team in Benchmark Litigation’s Guide To Leading
Business Litigation Firms and Attorneys. Todd represents clients in
complex matters involving a wide variety of business and commercial
disputes, in state and federal court, and in arbitration. He has litigated a
wide variety of cases before Connecticut’s state and federal courts, and
has 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 utility and chemical companies; insurance
companies, agents, and brokers; physician groups; individual tort victims;
financial institutions; and municipalities.
Practice Areas
Areas of Practice
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Commercial Litigation
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Complex Litigation
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Energy & Infrastructure Litigation
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Commercial Litigation
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Insurance and Reinsurance
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Insurance and Reinsurance
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Litigation
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Business Torts and Unfair Trade Practices
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Privacy & Data Security
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Contract Disputes
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Products Liability
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Personal Injury
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Defamation
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Cost recovery actions
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Product Liability
Education
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Uniform Commercial Code
Boston College Law School, Law
School
J.D. 2009
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Utility and energy law
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Bankruptcy
University of Connecticut,
Undergraduate
B.S. 2004
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State Trial and Appellate Practice
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Federal Trial and Appellate Practice
Bar Admissions
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Connecticut
Experience
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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
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Successfully defended a physician group in an arbitration concerning
an employment and contract dispute
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Won a Superior Court trial to obtain recovery for a utility company for
damage to its facilities
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Successfully defended an appeal concerning a reinsurance dispute
before the Connecticut Appellate Court
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Successfully defended an appeal on behalf of a health care products
manufacturer and distributor before the Connecticut Supreme Court
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Todd Michaelis
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Obtained summary judgment in federal court on behalf of a
manufacturer involved in contract dispute
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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
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Served as lead counsel for utility company in multiple commercial
property damage actions
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Defended numerous personal injury cases
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Negotiated favorable settlements on behalf of a variety of clients in a
variety of matters
Distinctions
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Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau Civil Litigation Program
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Boston College Appellate Advocacy Program
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Selected for inclusion in New England Super Lawyers - Rising Stars in
the area of Civil Litigation, Defense, 2014-2015
Community Involvement
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Children’s Community School, Board Member, Finance Committee
Chair and Treasurer
Affiliations
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Connecticut Bar Association
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Waterbury Bar Association
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Waterbury Regional Chamber of Commerce, Young Professionals of
Waterbury Region
Publications
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Co-Author of Confidential Information and Protective Orders
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