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Carey Reilly - Bridgeport, CT
350 Fairfield Avenue Suite 501 Bridgeport, CT 06604
Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC
Bridgeport Medical Malpractice Lawyer
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...
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...
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.
About Carey Reilly
Practice Areas
- Medical Malpractice
- Product Liability
- Appellate Practice
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
Qualifications
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)
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa - University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: University Scholar
Honors: Graduation with Distinction
Fees
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Office Information
Address
350 Fairfield Avenue Suite 501 Bridgeport, CT 06604
Fax
- 203-368-3244
Office Hours
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday
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