Rosemarie Paine

Rosemarie Paine, a member of the firm, practices in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, workers’ compensation, and wrongful conviction/exonerations.

Rosemarie has decades of experience representing clients injured in motor vehicle collisions, in workplace accidents, by medical or hospital negligence, and resulting from defective premises.  She has handled complex civil litigation from its inception through mediation, arbitration, and trial.  Rosemarie also has extensive experience representing individuals who have been wrongfully convicted, which have resulted in significant awards from the Claims Commission.

Rosemarie grew up in West Haven, Connecticut.  After law school at the University of Connecticut, she practiced trial law in New York City, where she defended clients accused of serious crimes. She returned to Connecticut, where she has worked as a civil and criminal defense litigator.  Rosemarie’s practice focuses on clients injured by motor vehicle collisions, in medical or hospital malpractice, and in workplace incidents. As many injured clients are also crime victims (such as victims of drunk driving or assault), her background in criminal defense enhances her work for her injured clients. She also works regularly on civil rights cases, including work with exonerees to assist them in obtaining compensation for their wrongful convictions and imprisonment, and in reclaiming their lives.

A member of the firm Jacobs & Dow, LLC, Rosemarie has been recognized as one of Connecticut’s top trial lawyers.  She’s been selected for membership in The Best Lawyers in America® for Personal Injury Litigation and named a Connecticut Super Lawyer® by Connecticut Magazine in Personal Injury in 2006 and from 2010 to the present. This year, she was again honored by Connecticut Magazine as one of Connecticut’s Super Lawyer® Top Twenty-Five women lawyers and as one of Connecticut’s Super Lawyer® Top Fifty lawyers. Since 2003, she’s been certified as a Board-Certified Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Since 2011, she has been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and was recently inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America.

Since 2008, Rosemarie has taught Intensive Trial Advocacy at the University of Connecticut Law School and regularly assists CTLA with continuing legal education topics.  In addition to her work with CTLA (President, 2015-2016, Executive Committee since 2008, Board member since 2006, Former Women’s Caucus chairperson, Judicial Liaison Committee chairperson, CLE committee), she has also served on numerous state court committees, including the Judicial Selection Commission (Vice Chairperson), State of Connecticut Legal Specialization Screening Committee (Chairperson), State of Connecticut Civil Commission, Minimum Continuing Legal Education Committee, and Ansonia-Milford Grievance Panel.  She also serves her community as a Commissioner of the West Haven Housing Authority and a Connecticut Burns Care Foundation Board Member.