Ira B. Grudberg
Ira B. Grudberg
Ira went through school in Stratford, Connecticut. After two years as an enlisted man in the U.S. Army, Signal Corps in Europe working on daily live communications, he graduated from Yale University, magna cum laude, in 1957, where he earned election to Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to Yale Law School, graduating cum laude in 1960. He was elected to the Order of the Coif, a legal honor society. Ira served as a law clerk to Judge J. Joseph Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Between 1961 and 1963, Ira was a part-time instructor in law at Yale Law School. He was a visiting lecturer at Yale in 1976, teaching a course in Advanced Criminal Procedure. Ira is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Criminal Lawyers. In 1969, he served as President of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. He has also served as Chairman of the Connecticut Bar Association Committee on Automobile Reparations. He has for many years lectured to groups of lawyers on both criminal and civil trial practice.Since 1983 Mr. Grudberg has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in connection with criminal defense, business litigation, and personal injury litigation. He serves as president of the Connecticut Chapter of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms, an organization of preeminent boutique Firms.Ira has tried every kind of criminal case -- white collar crimes against persons and property, drug offenses, assaults and worse. He has handled all kinds of personal injury cases, including product liability and malpractice cases, as well as a broad range of business litigation including antitrust and some patent litigation. In addition, he has argued numerous appeals before the Connecticut Supreme Court and the United States Courts of Appeals in New York and California, and has submitted cases to the United States Supreme Court.
Areas of Practice
- Criminal Defense
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Appellate Practice
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1960
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1960
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1978
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1963
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1978
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1964
Education
- Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
- LL.B. (Cum Laude) - 1960
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1957
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Representative Cases
- In re Van Dyck/Columbia Printing, 389 B.R. 304 (Bankr. D. Conn. 2003)
- United States v. Autuori, 212 F.3d 105 (2d Cir. 2000)
- Bohan v. Last, 236 Conn. 670, 674 A.2d 839 (1996)
- D'Addio v. Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Ass'n, 30 Conn. App. 729, 622 A.2d 609 (1992)
- D'Addio v. Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Association (Cert. Denied), 226 Conn. 903, 625 A.2d 1375 (1993)
- State of Connecticut v. Outlaw, 216 Conn. 492, 582 A.2d 751 (1990)
- Rothstein v. United States, 735 F.2d 704 (1984)
- Pfeiffer v. Silver, 712 F.2d 799 (2d Cir. 1983)
- SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp., 463 F. Supp. 983 (D. Conn. 1978)
- SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp., 599 F.2d 32 (2d Cir. 1979)
- SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp. on remand, 474 F.Supp. 589 (D. Conn. 1979)
- SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp., aff'd, 645 F.2d 1195 (2d Cir. 1981)
- SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp. cert denied, 455 U.S. 1016 (1982)
- State of Connecticut v. Onofrio, 179 Conn. 23, 425 A.2d 560 (1979)
- Long v. Abbott Mortgage Corp., 459 F.Supp. 108 (D. Conn. 1978)
- United States v. Cappabianca, 398 F.2d 356 (2d Cir. 1968)
- State v. Licari, 153 Conn. 127, 214 A.2d 900 (1965)
- United States v. Cianchetti, 315 F.2d 584 (2d Cir. 1963)
Classes/Seminars
- Instructor in Law, Yale University School of Law, 1961 - 1963
- Visiting Lecturer, Yale University School of Law, 1976
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Charter Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Areas of Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury, White Collar Crime and Non-White Collar Crime
- Connecticut Super Lawyer (Peer-Review Award Given by Connecticut Magazine)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New Haven County Bar Association, Member
- Connecticut Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Treasurer, 1967 - 1968
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Vice President, 1968 - 1969
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, President, 1969 - 1970
- American Association for Justice, Member
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
- Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Hon. J. Joseph Smith, U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Law Clerk, 1960 - 1961
