Proven Litigators. Skilled Deal Makers. Trusted Advocates.

At the core of our firm’s identity is a simple quote: “If you are not emotionally invested, your client is not getting your best effort.” Not every attorney will agree with this statement. The lawyers here at Aeton Law Partners believe it.

We founded Aeton Law to provide clients with the knowledge and resources of a large law firm, with the personalized attention of a boutique firm. At Aeton Law, we care about our clients, we fight for our clients, and we hate to lose.

Trials and Litigation

Our attorneys have over 75 years of combined trial, litigation, and courtroom experience, with well over 100 matters tried to verdict. Our litigation and trial attorneys handle cases throughout Connecticut, in state and federal courts, including complex commercial claims, class actions, anti-trust, shareholder rights, complex personal injury & more.

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Business Law

We represent all business sectors and provide corporate law services that include general counsel legal services, employment counseling, business formation, corporate governance, risk management, commercial transactions, loan closing, business financing, and the purchase and sale of businesses by asset purchase or stock purchase.

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Aeton Law Partners: Whether It’s Business or Personal

The term “Aeton” means swift and efficient. We provide our clients with customized, professionally aggressive legal services in an honest, swift, and efficient manner.

The business and trial attorneys at Aeton are well-positioned to meet your legal needs in Connecticut and, when necessary, throughout the country. Our firm combines decades of experience in public sector, large law firms, private practice, and in-house corporate counsel roles. Our areas of practice cover business law, commercial and complex litigation, insurance law, employment law, serious personal injury, and criminal law.

Who we are

Our attorneys will seek to earn your trust and confidence through the services we deliver, and the personal commitment to your legal problems. Our personal commitment to our clients & cases means we out-work, outsmart, and outlast the competition. At Aeton, we have multiple points of contact for our clients to get real-time information from your legal team.

Our standards & dedication to excellence in the legal field is shown through our high ratings by peers, judges, and clients. We’re consistently in the top of our field on lawyer rating services of Martindale Hubbell, Best’s Insurance, Super Lawyers, and AVVO. In the media, our partners regularly provide thought leadership through seminars, books, articles, and podcast appearances.

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How we'll handle your case

For many of our clients, a trial or a business transaction may be the most pressing or stressful issue in their lives. We keep this in mind when we design, recommend, and implement our legal strategy to meet the goals of our clients.

At Aeton, our goal is exceptional results and client service. Our service goals are rooted in our team’s core values and fundamental behaviors, which define the standards we uphold when representing every client. It’s a reminder to our clients of what they should expect from their lawyers, and a reminder to the team at Aeton Law Partners of what the focus is: exceptional results and exceptional client service.

We have multiple points of contact for our clients to get information from the legal team. Additionally, for our clients who wish to informally check in on their cases or transactions, we can provide you with a client portal that allows you to see key dates and real-time attorney updates.

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Testimonials

“Retaining Aeton Law partners saved me time and money while giving me peace of mind to attend to my business and be with my family. I cannot recommend Aeton Law enough if you need a competent, reliable lawyer.”

Connecticut's Law Firm for Business & High Stakes Cases

For over a decade, Aeton Law Partners has been providing premier legal services to clients throughout Connecticut. Meet the partners behind our success stories in this short film.

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Litigation, Trial and Dispute Resolution

Our litigation and trial attorneys include two former prosecutors as well as attorneys with training and experience from prominent law firms. Our lead trial attorneys are N. Kane Bennett and Jonathan Shapiro. Attorney Bennett has completed over 50 trials with jury trials in multiple states. Attorney Shapiro has tried cases in state court, federal court, arbitrations and other forums, including handling the longest trade secrets trial in the history of Connecticut. He has also argued appeals before the Connecticut Appellate Court, Connecticut Supreme Court, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also served as a mediator in a variety of disputes, including complex business disputes.

Attorney Bennett received his initial trial experience and training as a prosecuting attorney and subsequently continued his training at one of Connecticut’s largest litigation and trial law firms. Attorney Shapiro has completed over 50 trials in a variety of matters. He received trial experience and litigation training at one of Connecticut’s top large law firms. He has logged more than 75 days of trial in 2019 alone and is in the middle of one of the longest trial proceedings of record in a business trade secret case. Attorneys Bennett and Shapiro are joined by experienced trial attorneys Nate Baber, Chris Folsom, and Brian Ward.

Whether working together as part of a team or individually, they handle lawsuits and trials for individuals, corporations, small businesses, and insurance companies.

We also frequently get involved in unique and specialized areas of law on a case-by-case basis. We handle cases throughout Connecticut, in state and federal court. We also handle select matters in Massachusetts and New York and several other states with assistance of local counsel. We have handled cases in Delaware, California, New York, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Arizona to name a few. We further serve as local counsel in Connecticut to other attorneys nationwide seeking to bring claims in Connecticut.

Business and Transactional Law

At Aeton, our Connecticut business lawyers provide transactional legal services to entrepreneurs and startups, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), and mature companies on all types of transactional legal matters and general business law. We represent all business sectors and provide services to include general counsel legal services, employment counseling, business formation, corporate governance documents, commercial transactions, loan closing and business financing, succession planning, and the purchase and sale of businesses.

Business Torts, Employment Contracts, Non-Compete, and Trade Secret Disputes

We are regularly retained to handle various types of business torts and post-employment lawsuits. In particular, clients hire our attorneys to draft, review, and defend or bring lawsuits involving non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements, and non-disclosure agreements. We also regularly represent several companies and individuals in claims involving trade secret protection, theft of trade secrets, or other confidential information. We work with experts to reconstruct “inside” jobs involving theft of trade secrets and confidential information.

Shareholder Rights, Dissolution Actions, and Partnership Disputes

In corporate disputes involving shareholder’s rights, breach of fiduciary obligations, and dissolution, we represent companies, officers and directors, and individual shareholders in pre-suit negotiations and in active litigation. We bring and defend dissolution actions involving claims of oppression by shareholders and breach of shareholder agreements. We also resolve disputes between partners and members of limited liability companies before the disputes escalate to a lawsuit. A typical case might involve breach of an operating agreement, judicial dissolutions, self-dealing or theft of funds, or violation of common law fiduciary duties or statutory duties of good faith and fair dealing. We frequently handle cases through to trial involving partnership disputes or “business divorces” and break ups.

Anti-Trust and Class Action Litigation

Our dedication to advocating for justice includes complex issues encompassing anti-trust, class actions, stockholder rights, securities fraud, and qui tam cases. With a unique perspective in that our attorneys have both pursued and defended these claims, our team of top-tier commercial litigators is dedicated to holding accountable those who engage in unlawful conduct, and defending those falsely accused of such wrongdoing. We frequently partner with some of the country’s premier class action and anti-trust law firms to handle such cases. With a track record of successfully taking on large law firms, a steadfast commitment to excellence and our relationships across the country, our experienced team of attorneys stands ready to vigorously represent our clients’ interests.

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Recently Recognized in Hartford Business Journal's "Best Places To Work in Connecticut 2025"

Aeton Law Partners started in 2012. Since that time, we have grown five-fold. With over 10 years of quality service in business litigation, complex personal injury, and high stakes cases, we are now expecting to double in size in the next two to three years.

Recently recognized in Hartford Business Journal’s 2025 “Best Places to Work in Connecticut,” Aeton gives back through charitable contributions and investment in our team’s professional growth.

Aeton Law is in growth mode, with opportunities for advancement. There will be no limits placed on your potential for advancement at this firm.

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Our Book

Never be alone in your business. Author and Attorney N. Kane Bennet says, “I wrote this book to educate business owners about common legal issues that can disrupt a business and how to proactively avoid costly legal claims and other distractions.” Avoid the costly mistakes that can put you out of business and learn from real-life situations about what can happen and what the consequences can be if you don’t have the proper documents and structures in place.

Contact

At Aeton Law Partners, we offer innovative solutions to our clients in the metros and surrounding areas of Middletown, Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury, Southington, New Britain, New London, and throughout Connecticut. We practice statewide, handling trials and transactions.

The attorneys at Aeton Law Partners also handle matters in Massachusetts, New York, and throughout the country on a select basis. Our clients consist of individuals, companies, and institutions. Our clients range in size from individual entrepreneurs and small businesses to multinational and publicly traded companies.

Middletown Headquarters

311 Centerpoint Drive Middletown, Connecticut 06457

New Haven

171 Orange Street, Suite 2R
New Haven, Connecticut
06510

Vernon

171 Orange Street, Suite 2R
New Haven, Connecticut
06510

Bristol

171 Orange Street, Suite 2R
New Haven, Connecticut
06510