Humbert J. Polito Jr. - Waterford, CT

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, 1986
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • College of the Holy Cross, 1978
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Current Employment Position(s)

• Member

Past Positions

• Justice Donald F. Shea, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Law Clerk, 1986 - 1987

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
  
• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law, Trial Advocacy, 1998 - Present

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1986
• Rhode Island, 1987
• U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island, 1987
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1993
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2017

Specialties and Certifications

• National Board of Trial Advocates, 2000
• National Board of Trial Advocates - (Recertified), 2005

Other Affiliations

• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 2008 - 2009 (President Elect)
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1993 - Present (Member, Board of Governors)
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 2003 - Present (Member, Executive Committee)
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Medical Malpractice Committee)
• American Association of Justice (Member)
• Connecticut Bar Association (Member)
• New London County Bar Association (Member)
• Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Rhode Island Bar Association (Member)
• Connecticut Traumatic Brain Injury Association, 1992 - 1998 (Board of Governors)
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 2009 - 2010 (President)