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About Spinella & Associates Attorneys At Law
Hartford Connecticut Lawyers specializing in Civil Rights & Criminal Defense
Spinella & Associates is made up of determined Connecticut trial lawyers who represent the ordinary citizen against the abuse of power by institutions, a firm of energetic CT lawyers who bound up the courthouse steps anxious to do battle for individual rights.
Spinella & Associates Connecticut Attorneys at Law have been described by clients and opponents alike as possessing two distinctive traits: enormous thoroughness and unlimited persistence.
Opponents of Spinella & Associates know they face the certainty of a vigorously presented claim brought by experienced Hartford Connecticut Attorneys. They know they are up against competent and experienced CT plaintiff's counsel.
Areas of Practice
Spinella & Associates is a boutique civil rights and Connecticut criminal defense firm that now concentrates its practice in the civil area on a wide range of CT civil rights violations (including abuses of power by police, municipal, and government authorities) along with complex civil damage claims involving negligence, employment, and fiduciary violations.
Our Connecticut law firm also concentrates its practice in the area of criminal defense by presentation of the criminally accused during the pre-trial and trial stages of prosecution, as well as appeal of criminal convictions and post-conviction attacks of convictions by way of habeas corpus.
Spinella & Associates’ areas of practice include the following:
- Civil Rights and Damage Claims Against Municipal, State and Federal Government Officials and Individuals, Including:
- False arrest
- False Imprisonment
- Malicious Misconduct
- Excessive Use of Force
- Whistleblower Claims
- Unjust Conviction
- Defense of civil claims against criminal defendants
- Prosecution and defense of commercial and personal injury lawsuits
- Employment claims including discrimination and illegal termination
- Native American Rights
- Criminal Investigations and Trials:
Pre-indictment, pretrial, and trial criminal defense representation in all state and federal courts, including:- General white collar crimes
- Business fraud
- Securities fraud
- Homicides, and all other violent crimes
- Narcotics
- Internet crimes
- Sex Offenses
- DUI offenses, vehicular manslaughter, and related offenses
- Criminal Appeals and Collateral Attacks: Direct Appeals of criminal convictions and Habeas Corpus claims in State and Federal Courts for:
- Prosecutorial misconduct
- Ineffective assistance of defense counsel
- Newly discovered evidence
- Violation of due process and constitutional procedural rights