Bill Bloss - Bridgeport, CT

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia
    J.D.
    Honors: summa cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
    Honors: cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut, Associate, 1986 - 1993
• Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut, Member, 1993 - 2004
• Hon. Carolyn Dineen King, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Houston, Texas, Law Clerk, 1985 - 1986
• Hon. Robert C. Zampano Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut New Haven, Connecticut, Law Clerk, 1984 - 1985
• Hon. Patricia P. Bailey Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Washington, D.C, Law Clerk, 1983 - 1984

Pro Bono Activities

• Connecticut Citizens Action Group, Board of Directors, Member
• State of Connecticut Property Tax Commission, Member (appointed)
• Board of Education, Town of Guilford, Member 1999-2019, Chairman 2005-2019 (elected)
• Tax Stabilization Committee, Town of Guilford, Vice Chairman
• Guilford Land Conservation Trust, Board of Directors, Member, Past President
• Youth and Family Services Bureau Advisory Board, Town of Guilford, Member 1999-2005

Representative Cases

• $16.5 Million for catastrophic injuries to 4 people, including 1 death, as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning
• $13.5 Million for a young man who suffered severe injuries, including blindness, while working at an industrial site
• $12.3 Million verdict for the family of a 5-year old girl who drowned in the indoor pool at the Waterbury Boys & Girls Club
• $6 Million for a 10-year-old boy who was badly burned when his Halloween costume caught fire
• $140 million settlement in a class action in 2014 against Nationwide for claimed ERISA violations. Haddock v. Nationwide Life Ins. Co., Case No. 3:01-cv-1552 (SRU), USDC, District of Connecticut. This was the second largest reported settlement nationally in 2014.
• Confidential Settlement for a man who was seriously injured by an explosion at a power plant
• Confidential Settlement for a 25-year-old man who was seriously injured after being hit by a drunk driver
• $3 million settlement for a workplace accident involving a 51-year-old worker operating equipment on the job who sustained serious, permanent injuries.
• $6 million for a woman grievously injured after another driver ran a red light and collided with her car.

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1984
• New York, 1984
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1986
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1995
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1995
• U.S. Tax Court, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1996

Other Affiliations

• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• New Haven County Bar Association (Member)
• Greater Bridgeport Bar Association (Member)
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow