Carey Reilly - a Bridgeport, Connecticut (CT) Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Bridgeport Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Medical Malpractice
Product Liability
Appellate Practice

Attorney Information

Overview

Carey Reilly has been with the firm for over thirty-five years. What drives her practice of law is the desire to champion the interests of the unheard, the disenfranchised, the forgotten. Leveling the playing field so the "little guy" can fight the establishment on equal terms is the true power of the law in her view. Carey's ability to grasp, advance and argue the law in complex factual settings - both at trial and on appeal -- is the cornerstone of her successful practice.

For decades, Carey has fought to expand the time limitations a victim has to sue a negligent party. On this issue alone, she has argued eight times before the Connecticut Supreme Court. One such victory was on behalf of a Koskoff client who was unknowingly infected with the AIDS virus thirteen years earlier when she received a contaminated blood transfusion as a teenager. In this landmark decision, Carey won her client the right to sue. Carey has also fought to change the law, which, due to her efforts, now prohibits gender discrimination in jury selection and allows a person to sue for injuries caused by a social host's negligent service of alcohol to minors.

Since 2006, each year Carey has lectured to hundreds of Connecticut trial lawyers regarding the notable Supreme and Appellate decisions of the prior year. She is also an Editor-in-Chief of, and frequent contributor to, the Connecticut trial lawyers' publication FORUM - a thought leadership magazine in the field of trial advocacy that is published twice a year. Carey is a tireless worker and believes in that ability of the law to effect great social change.

Awards and Honors

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Honors

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Included on the 2015 Connecticut Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2014 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2013 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2012 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
2011 Connecticut Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Non Legal Education
- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: University Scholar
  Honors: Graduation with Distinction

Current Employment Position(s)

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Representative Cases

Ruling on a case for a doctor who died after a misdiagnosis of throat cancer, challenging the statute of limitations
$1.75 million verdict for the family of a 17 year old girl who died from misdiagnosed pneumonia
Ruling on a lawsuit brought on behalf of the father of a teenager who was killed by an underage drunk driver led to the law that social hosts could be found responsible for deaths or injuries caused by minors to whom they had given alcohol

Bar Admissions

Connecticut, 1982
U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1983
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1985

Other Affiliations

Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors)
Greater Bridgeport Bar Association (Member)
Connecticut Bar Association (Member)
American Association for Justice (Member)
Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society (Member)

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Bridgeport, CT

350 Fairfield Avenue
Suite 501
Bridgeport, CT 06604

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Fax: 203-368-3244

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Website: https://www.koskoff.com

Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday

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