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Our attorneys have over 75 years of combined trial, litigation, and courtroom experience including well over 100 matters tried to verdict. We represent clients in all phases of litigation, from pretrial proceedings through trial and appeals, including cases before the Connecticut Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals. Our litigation and trial attorneys primarily handle cases in state and federal courts, arbitration and FINRA proceedings in Connecticut and select cases in Massachusetts, Delaware and New York. Clients also have retained us for matters throughout the country including Illinois, North Carolina, Florida, Nevada, and California. We handle trial and litigation work with several different fee arrangements, including hourly rates, contingency fee, flat fee billing, and hybrids. We handle cases of all types including complex commercial claims, class actions, anti-trust, shareholder rights and complex personal injury.
Clients seek us out for complex, unique and high value cases. When the trial or litigation case warrants additional resources, we frequently partner with some of the country’s premiere law firms. Whether as lead counsel, co-counsel or local counsel, we work as a team to take on some of the biggest parties and law firms in the country.
Our firm handles a broad range of litigation for clients throughout Connecticut (and in Massachusetts on a select basis), including cases involving:
We work with our clients to match them with the right litigation and trial team at Aeton by considering the scope of the dispute, the client’s preferences, and the expected litigation budget.
Our trial attorneys include a former prosecutor and attorneys with training and experience from well-known, large law firms. We were the first in the state to conduct virtual trials as the pandemic hit in the middle of Aeton participating in one of Connecticut’s longest civil trials. Aeton’s attorneys also use the latest courtroom technology to assist with trial presentation and exhibits. We participate in focus groups and mock trials preparing our biggest trials. We further continuously train our attorneys in-house on litigation and trial tactics by reviewing real trials and replaying tactics. The attorneys further seek out opportunities to improve their skills and hone the craft of litigation and trial work with pro bono cases set for trial in federal court.
Our lead trial attorney tried his first jury case the day he passed the bar exam more than 25 years ago. Our attorneys have been in and out of courtrooms all over Connecticut and beyond on all types of matters since its founding. Our clients tend to hire us based on our trial and litigation experience as opposed to the specific type of case. We know how to try cases no matter the subject matter. We move in and out of specialized case areas on a frequent basis, and our clients at times hire us to litigation in other states. In that way, we end up taking on many different types of trial and litigation cases, from business disputes, commercial litigation, and class claims against the largest companies including insurance, financial, and entertainment industries.
Our very first goal when taking on a new case is to make sure we fully understand the issues and client’s goals to make sure we are the right fit for the case. Once retained, we develop our short and long term strategy for the case. Our goal is to build your trust through our preparation and case handling. Clients hire our lawyers because they trust we will fight for them and we hate to lose. When we take on a case, we fully commit to the matter at hand.
Our general demeanor and style with all trial and litigation work is what we refer to as “professionally aggressive.” In a nutshell, this means we fight hard, but we fight strategically and fair. Our reputation is important to us, not only with our clients but also with our opponents and judges. Over time, the value of our reputation benefits our clients. For our opponents, when they face attorneys from Aeton, they expect tough, smart, and fair lawyers. For judges, when we appear in court, they expect prepared, diligent, and skilled advocacy.
Our approach to litigation case handling is thorough, organized, and tested over time to produce results. From the outset of engagement for a trial case, we prefer to receive more information from our clients, not less. To keep costs down, we have legal assistants help our clients with the production of key evidence and documents. All of our attorneys can then deploy workflow and trial practice software to assist with document review, transcript review, and presentation. Our case review software allows us to quickly find facts and data and produce reports based on issues or legal claims. We often incorporate timelines, issue charts, key player summaries, whiteboards, and file sharing.
We deploy the same method of case management across all cases for all attorneys. This means our attorneys work with the same file organization and structure on every case. They can do so while in the office or when working remotely.
At Aeton Law Partners LLP, we offer a modern approach to attorney’s fees for all kinds of cases for trial and litigation including business lawsuits, whistleblower claims, class actions, anti-trust claims, and serious personal injury cases. Our fee structures range for these disputes may from our hourly rates, contingency fees for a percentage of the recovery, success fees based on the outcome, or a hybrid or mix of all of fee structures. We receive a substantial volume of inquires for all types of cases including contingency fee cases. For contingency fee cases in commercial disputes, Aeton is highly selective and the cases we accept often involve complex issues with substantial dollar figures at issue. When appropriate, we offer clients a confidential conference with one of our attorneys on a flat fee basis to determine the scope of your dispute which may include a contingency fee evaluation. Additionally, there are many cases where we will speak with a prospective client to discuss a matter free of charge to evaluate a case. Each case presents its own set of facts that we will consider. If you have a civil dispute or need a civil litigation attorney, you can contact our office and speak to our intake specialist or one of our attorneys. Our goal is to respond to clients within 48 hours.
If you have any questions about contingency fee litigation in Connecticut, please contact us to discuss your needs.