Rosemarie Paine

A member of the firm, Rosemarie Paine has been recognized by her peers as one of  Connecticut  's outstanding personal injury lawyers. Her practice focuses on clients injured as a result of medical or hospital malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, or workplace incidents. In 2006, she was named one of  Connecticut  's Super Lawyers by Connecticut Magazine. She has been certified as a Board Certified Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 2003.   She also  represents clients accused of serious crimes, and works regularly with the Innocence Project, an organization that advocates for those wrongly convicted of crimes.  

A few examples of Rosemarie's cases include:

She secured a multi-million dollar trial settlement for an ironworker whose leg was amputated following a crush injury at a construction site.

She secured a three million dollar pretrial medical malpractice case settlement against a radiologist who misinterpreted a CT scan.

After a two week trial, she obtained a jury verdict of $1,025,000. in a medical malpractice abdominal surgery case.

She secured a confidential wrongful death settlement against a mental health facility for the suicide death of her client.

She secured a $900,000 pre-trial settlement for a woman injured in an auto accident roll-over.

She obtained a $750,000 settlement for a client who sustained a back injury after falling on ice on an apartment house porch.

In conjunction with the Innocence Project, and through the use of DNA testing, she secured the release from prison of a client wrongly convicted of felony murder.

Rosemarie grew up in  West Haven, Connecticut .   After obtaining her law degree from the University of Connecticut School Of Law in 1992, she practiced as a trial lawyer in  New York City , where she defended clients accused of serious crimes. She returned to  Connecticut  in 1996, working as a civil and criminal litigator, before joining the firm in 2000. Her practice presently focuses on personal injury, medical malpractice, criminal defense and civil rights litigation.

Rosemarie is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Association for Justice. She has been elected to the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Board of Governors. She is currently co-chair of the CTLA Women's Caucus and is also a member of the Women's Caucus for the American Association for Justice. She has in the past served on the Board of the New Haven County Bar Association and has also lectured on the subject of civil practice for them. Currently she is on the adjunct faculty at University of Connecticut Law School where she teaches trial advocacy.

Rosemarie is active in Habitat for Humanity, serving on the organization's Board of Directors and as Chair for Humanity's Women's Build, which raises funds and builds homes for deserving New Haven Families. She has also traveled overseas, working in  New Zealand  for Habitat for Humanity.