Alinor Sterling - Bridgeport, CT

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, Los Angeles, California
    Honors: Order of the Coif

• Non Legal Education

  • Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, New Jersey, 1989
    B.A.
  • Graduate Fellowship in Research, Moscow, Russia

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Hon. Lourdes G. Baird, U.S. District Court Judge, Central District of California, Law Clerk, 1995 - 1996
• Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut, Associate, 1996 - 2006
• Law Offices of Alinor C. Sterling, Branford, Connecticut, Principal, 2006 - 2010

Languages

• French

• Russian

Classes and Seminars

• Alinor has lectured for the Connecticut Bar Association, New Haven County Bar Association, and the Connecticut Trial Lawyers? Association

Pro Bono Activities

• International Festival of the Arts, Board Member
• Public Justince - Board Member

Representative Clients

• Lafferty v. Jones, 229 Conn. App. 487, 327 A.3d 941 (2024)

• Lafferty v. Jones, 225 Conn. App. 552, 316 A.3d 742 (2024)

• Escobar-Santana v. State of Connecticut, 347 Conn. 601, 298 A.3d 1222 (2023)

• Lafferty v. Jones, 336 Conn. 332, 246 A.3d 429 (2020

• Soto v. Bushmaster, 331 Conn. 53, 202 A.3d 262 (2019

• Gagliano v. Advanced Specialty Care, P.C., 329 Conn. 745, 189 A.3d 587 (2018)

• Munn v. Hotchkiss School, 216 Conn. 540, 165 A.3d 1167 (2017)

• DiLieto v. County Obstetrics & Gynecology Group, P.C., 316 Conn. 790. 114 A.3d 1181 (2015)

• Dickerson v. Pincus, 154 Conn. App. 146, 105 A.3d 338 (2014)

• Rosa v. Lawrence & Memorial Hosp., 145 Conn. App. 275, 74 A.3d 534 (2013)

• Wisniewski v. Town of Darien, 135 Conn. App. 364, 42 A.3d 436 (2012)

Representative Cases

• Soto, et al. v. Bushmaster, et al.
  • Citation: 331 Conn. 53, 202 A.3d 262
  • Year: 2019
• Gagliano v. Advanced Specialty Care, P.C.
  • Citation: 329 Conn. 745, 189 A.3d 587
  • Year: 2018
• Munn v. Hotchkiss School
  • Citation: 216 Conn. 540, 165 A.3d 1167
  • Year: 2017
• DiLieto v. County Obstetrics & Gynecology Group, P.C.
  • Citation: 316 Conn. 790, 114 A.3d 1181
  • Year: 2015
• Dickerson v. Pincus
  • Citation: 154 Conn. App. 146, 105 A.3d 338
  • Year: 2014
• Rosa v. Lawrence & Memorial Hosp.
  • Citation: 145 Conn. App. 275, 74 A.3d 534
  • Year: 2013
• Wisniewski v. Town of Darien, 135 Conn. App. 364
  • Citation: 135 Conn. App. 364, 42 A.3d 436
  • Year: 2012

Published Works

Articles

• "Undressing the Victim: The Intersection of Evidentiary and Semiotic Meaning of Women's Clothing in Rape Trials", 7 Yale J.L. & Fem. 87 (1995)
  
• Protecting Apparent Agency: Why Hospitals Are Liable for the Negligence of Their Medical Staff, CTLA Forum 2013
  

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1996
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1998
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2019

Other Affiliations

• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Former President, 2024-2025
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Rules Committee (Co-Chair)
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Amicus Committee, Co-Chair)
• American Association for Justice (Member, Amicus Curiae Committee)
• Connecticut Bar Association (Member, Appellate Advocacy Committee)
• New Haven County Bar Association (Member)
• Greater Bridgeport Bar Association (Member)