Spinella & Associates -
The clear legal choice for tough cases.
The Law Offices of Spinella & Associates is a boutique civil rights and criminal defense firm that concentrates on civil rights lawsuits including civil rights, class actions and appeals, involving abuses of power by police, municipal and government officials and general violation of due process by prosecutorial and official authority. Their representation extends to complex civil damage claims in the area of professional and other negligence claims; employment litigation; fiduciary violations in the Probate area.
The firm also concentrates its practice in the area of criminal defense by representation of individuals accused of white collar and violent offenses during the pre-trial and trial stages of prosecutions, as well as appeals of criminal convictions and post-conviction attacks of convictions by way of habeas corpus claims.
In addition to a staff of experienced legal assistants, the firm has one associate attorney and a second young attorney with long associate and training with firm who is anticipated to begin a full time role, thereby bringing the firm to the minimal size which it chooses to maintain, despite the ability to grow larger and having been considerably larger in the past.
In addition to its permanent staff, the firm is assisted by other talented attorneys who act as Of Counsel to the firm in many of its more substantial cases.
Attorney David K. Jaffe, an experienced civil rights attorney and partner in a prominent Hartford law firm, along with Attorney Timothy Moynahan, the founding partner of the City of Waterbury’s most well-known law firm, provides enormous resources and talented assistance in many of the firm’s most substantial legal battles.
The firm’s attorneys are passionate about fighting for substantial civil rights claims (including high profile class action civil rights claims) and are known for bringing a fearless and imaginative approach to their representation of the criminally accused.
Street savvy, Historical perspective. Legal experience
Over half of the firm's cases are referrals from other Connecticut lawyers. The reason is clear. Spinella & Associates, trial lawyers in Hartford, CT, have a track record and a reputation for getting results. They will not back down from a challenge. They are not afraid of the tough cases.
They combine street savvy, historical perspective, extensive legal experience in civil and criminal litigation.