I was born and raised in Waterbury, Connecticut.  In 1982 I graduated from the University of Connecticut.  I then attended Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana.  While in law school I served in the Loyola Law Clinic and on the Loyola Law Review.  After law school, I took and passed both the Connecticut and Louisiana Bar exams.  I remained in Louisiana and worked as an insurance defense lawyer for several years.  In 1989, I returned home and have exclusively worked as a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney since that time.