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Stamford Personal Injury - Special Emphasis on Traumatic Brain Injury & Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer
Overview
Stewart Casper primarily handles personal injury claims relating to car accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, defective products, premises liability and workers' compensation. He concentrates his practice on catastrophic injuries involving wrongful death, traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries. He also handles bad faith claims against insurance companies.
Stewart Casper was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1978...
Stewart Casper primarily handles personal injury claims relating to car accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, defective products, premises liability and workers' compensation. He concentrates his practice on catastrophic injuries involving wrongful death, traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries. He also handles bad faith claims against insurance companies.
Stewart Casper was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1978...
Stewart Casper primarily handles personal injury claims relating to car accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, defective products, premises liability and workers' compensation. He concentrates his practice on catastrophic injuries involving wrongful death, traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries. He also handles bad faith claims against insurance companies.
Stewart Casper was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1978. He is admitted to practice before the Federal District Court for the District of Connecticut and the Southern District of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the State Courts of New York, and the United States Supreme Court.
He has continuously played an active role in advocating legislative policy and in dealing with the rights of victims of medical errors, nursing home abuse, insurance company malfeasance and accidents in the State of Connecticut and throughout the nation. He has testified before legislative committees. He has lectured extensively on these issues, as well as on many issues of substantive law and trial preparation. Mr. Casper has also served as a Special Master in the U.S. District Court and in the State Superior Court.
Stewart Casper has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) since 1987 and served on the CTLA Executive Committee continuously from 1990-2011. He was the President of the CTLA from 1996-1997. In connection with these responsibilities, he serves on CTLA's, Legislative, Amicus Curiae, Medical Malpractice, Public Relations, and Fund Raising committees. He has been responsible for initiating numerous ideas for both statutory and court procedure rule changes that have advanced the rights of accident victims. He is one of three founding officers of the CTLA Civil Justice Foundation. He is a former member of the Motor Vehicle Automobile Insurance Coordination Committee and the Insurance Oversight Committee (Co-Chairperson) of The Association of Trial Lawyers of America tm (now the American Association for Justice, or "AAJ"). From 1999-2006 he was one of two State Delegates from Connecticut to AAJ. In 2006 he was elected by the membership of CTLA to serve on the Board of Governors of AAJ and he presently serves on AAJ's Public Affairs Committee and National Finance Committee. In 2008, he was designated a co-chairperson of a working subcommittee of AAJ's Public Affairs Committee charged with making recommendations to deal with ERISA subrogation and Medicare Set-Aside issues. He is a member of AAJ's Professional Liability, Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway and Premises Liability Sections, the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation, the Medical Negligence Information Exchange and the Spinal Cord Injury Litigation Groups. In July 2010 he was elected to serve a one year term as the Chairman of AAJ's Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group. From 2004-2010 he served as Editor-in-Chief of the "Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group Newsletter." On July 11, 2010, the leadership of AAJ recognized Stewart with AAJ’s prestigious "Distinguished Service Award". He is a member of the Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut, (formerly the "Brain Injury Association of Connecticut"), the Brain Injury Association of America, the North American Brain Injury Society, The National Spinal Cord Injury Association, The National Spinal Cord Injury Association - Connecticut Chapter, the Legal Advisory Board of the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Public Justice. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America™ (See Client Testimonials) for both "Personal Injury" and "Workers' Compensation" law and he is certified separately as a Civil Trial Advocate and as a Civil Pretrial Practice Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
In 2006, he was recognized in "Connecticut Magazine" for being a "Super Lawyer" in its inaugural listing and he has retained that designation since and in January 2007 he was listed as one of the top 500 lawyers in the nation who represent Plaintiffs with the publication of the "Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America."
Community and Pro Bono Services
Stewart devotes substantial time and energy to discussing public policy and translating those ideas into proposed legislation at the state and national level with a focus on 1) making our system of justice more equitable; and 2) to balance the playing field between insurance companies and big business and injured people. In addition, he volunteered for no fee to represent victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 as part of "Trial Lawyers Care, Inc."
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About Stewart M. Casper
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury - Special Emphasis on Traumatic Brain Injury & Spinal Cord Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Auto Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Product Liability
- Workers' Compensation Law
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1978
- New York, 1985
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1978
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1985
Specialties and Certifications
- Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2012
- Civil Pretrial Practice Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2012 (inaugural year for this certification)
Other Affiliations
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1978 - Present (Member)
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1990 - 2011 (Executive Committee)
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1991 - 1992 (Parliamentarian)
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1992 - 1993 (Secretary)
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1993 - 1994 (Treasurer)
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1994 - 1995 (Vice President)
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1995 - 1996 (President-Elect)
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 - 1997 (President)
- American Association for Justice, 1999 - 2006 (State Delegate)
- American Association for Justice, 2006 - Present (Board of Governors)
- American Association for Justice, 2007 - Present (Public Affairs Committee)
- American Association for Justice, 2007 - Present (National Finance Committee)
- Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway and Premises Liability Section
- Professional Liability Section
- Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, 2006 - Present (Executive Committee)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, 2006 - 2007 (Parliamentarian)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, 2007 - 2008 (Secretary)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, 2008 - 2009 (Vice-Chair)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, 2009 - 2010 (Chair Elect)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, 2010 - 2011 (Chair)
- Spinal Cord Injury Litigation Group, 2011 - Present
Education
- Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York
J.D.
Law Review: Hofstra Law Review, Associate Editor, 1976 - 1978 - University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Pro Bono Activities
- Trial Lawyers Care - Aiding the Victims of the 9/11 Attacks, 2001
- Legal Advisory Board - Sarah Jane Brain Foundation
Classes and Seminars
- Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Cases - Determining Coverage, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1985 - 1990
- Investigation for Auto and Premises Liability Cases, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1990
- Municipal Liability vs. Immunity Under The Tort Reform Act, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1991
- Conflicts of Law Issues in Uninsured & Underinsured Motorist Cases, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1991
- Summation - The Finishing Touch, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1991
- Automobile Insurance Reform Act of 1993, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1993
- Bad Faith, No Faith or Incompetence - Claims Against Insurance Companies and Independent Agents, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1994
- Consumer Remedies for Inadequate Insurance Coverage - Suing The Insurance Agent, American Association for Justice, 1995
- Looking Fraudulent Surveillance in the Eye, American Association for Justice, 1996
- Cross Examination of the Defense Medical Expert, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1998
- The Conundrum of Pre-existing Injuries, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 2002
- The Million Dollar Verdict Theory & Theme in the Age of Tort Reform, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1988
- Proving and Winning the Traumatic Brain Injury Case, American Association for Justice, 2006
- The Selection and Use of Experts in the Traumatic Brain Injury Case, Association of Trial Lawyers of America - New Jersey, 2006
- Proving the Injury in the Traumatic Brain Injury Case, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 2006
- Cross-Examination of the Defense Expert in a Traumatic Brain Injury Case - No Perry Mason Moments, American Association of Justice, 2008
- Misclassification of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, North American Brain Injury Society, 2010
- Debunking the Myths of TBI, North American Brain Injury Society, 2011
- Using Depositions to Undermine TBI Myths, North American Brain Injury Society, 2012
- 9 Myths of Traumatic Brain Injury, Iowa Association for Justice, 2012
- What You Don’t Know About Brain Injury Experts Can Hurt, Connecticut Trial Lawyers, 2013
- Demystifying the Myths of Traumatic Brain Injury, North American Brain Injury Society, 2014
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Stewart M. Casper
Included on the 2022 Connecticut list
Past Lists
- 2021 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
Honors
- National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2001 - Present
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2004 - Present
- National Academy of Trial Advocacy, 2005 - Present
Office Information
Address
1458 Bedford Street Stamford, CT 06905- 4714
Phone
Fax
- 203-323-5970
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Yes
Office Hours
9 am - 5 pm and by Appointment. Home and Hospital Appointment Available
Websites
Publication
Articles
- Editor-in-Chief, "Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group Newsletter", American Association for Justice, 2005 - 2010
- "The Crisis in Disclosure of Insurance Coverage", CTLA Forum, Vol. 15, No.1, Jan./Feb, 1997
- "Demonstrative and Documentary Evidence", Matthew Bender Publishing Co., 1995
- Co-Author, "The Changing Landscape of Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Insurance Law in Connecticut", Connecticut Bar Journal, Vol. 68, No. 2, April, 1994
- "Looking Fraudulent Surveillance in the Eye", Trial Magazine, January, 1993
- "Litigating Stairway Liability Cases", Personal Injury Handbook, James Publishing Group, 1991
- "The Death of Joint and Several Liability - Have the Reports Been Exaggerated?", CTLA Forum, Vol. 8, No. 3, May/June, 1990
- "Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage: The Claimant's Approach", Connecticut Bar Journal, Vol. # 58, No. 6, December, 1984
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