Personal Injury, Unfair Trade Practices, Family Law, Civil Litigation and Criminal Defense Lawyers

Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz, P.C.

350 Orange Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06511
USA

(203) 772-3100

(203) 772-1691

www.jacobslaw.com

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Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz P.C. is a New Haven, Connecticut law firm with a tradition rooted in the representation of people. We have a proud history of helping people recover damages for all types of personal injuries, for medical malpractice, advocating for people in family law matters including divorce, support and child custody disputes, and defending individuals against misdemeanor and felony criminal charges.

Our attorneys also represent individuals and businesses in resolution of a broad range of business disputes, through negotiation, litigation and trial. Our lawyers practice in the state and federal courts of Connecticut, and serve almost all Connecticut communities.

At Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz P.C. our commitment to you is to provide the advice, information and advocacy you need, and the care and personal attention you deserve. We value our role as your trusted advisors. We do our best to communicate effectively with you. We want you to know what is going on with your case, and why. Our goal is to help you make informed and intelligent decisions on the legal problems you entrust to us.

Most client-lawyer relationships at our firm are one-on-one. "Your lawyer" will frequently consult with other lawyers here on specific aspects of your case, to get whatever additional advice he or she needs to accomplish our goal — to give you the very best advice we can. Regardless of your legal problem, we have the experience and resources needed to help you towards a successful resolution.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Speeding, Reckless Driving, Driver Fatigue, Truck Company Liability, Driver Negligence, Hit and Run Accidents, Uninsured Motorists, Underinsured Motorists, Unsafe Work Premises, Disfigurement, Scarring, Personal Security, Tripping Hazards, Electrocution, Negligent Premises Security, Falling Debris, Erb's Palsy, Cerebral Palsy, Fetal Acidosis, Delayed Diagnosis, Emergency Room Errors, Nursing Malpractice, Radiologist Malpractice, Psychiatric Malpractice, Drug Possession, Post-Conviction Motions, Bail Reduction, Pardons, Misdemeanors, Domestic Assault, Criminal Sexual Conduct, Parole Violation, Probation Violations, Juvenile Delinquency, Division of Marital Property, Child Support Modification, Alimony Modification, Child Visitation Modification, Enforcement of Divorce Orders, Parenting Plans, Business Torts, Breach of Contract, Securities Fraud Non-compete Agreements, Non-disclosure Agreements, Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, Punitive Damages

Practice Areas Description

- Personal Injury

Our personal injury practice helps you receive the compensation you need to aid your recovery. Our personal injury lawyers work to help you recover damages-fair, just and reasonable compensation for your financial, emotional, and physical losses caused by a serious personal injury.

- Medical Malpractice

When doctors or other healthcare professionals fail to follow the standard of care, applicable to them, and act negligently, they can be held financially liable for injuries and fatalities that occur as a result.

At the New Haven law office of Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz P.C. our medical malpractice lawyers work with recognized medical experts and investigators in exposing negligence on the part of physicians and healthcare providers. These acts of negligence can manifest in surgical errors, delayed diagnoses, medication errors and other harmful or fatal mistakes.

- Criminal Defense

In our criminal defense practice, we represent clients charged with misdemeanors and felonies in state and federal court. We have represented clients charged with nearly every possible crime. If you believe you may be charged with a crime, or have been charged with a crime, you should consult with an attorney immediately.

- Family Law

Our family lawyers will represent you in all aspects of divorce proceedings and in proceedings after divorce:

* Child custody & visitation
* Child support
* Alimony
* Division of marital property & debt
* Post-judgment modifications of child support, alimony and visitation
* Enforcement of divorce orders

We will work closely with you to reach resolution on these difficult issues, while always protecting your rights, interests, and goals. Whether these issues can be resolved for you through negotiation, mediation, or litigation, we will represent your interests vigorously.

- Business Torts

Duties between parties in business relationships are not limited to those created by contracts. Both statutes and the common law may impose a number of duties on those involved in business relationships, such as the duty to exercise reasonable care, fiduciary duties, duties to protect trade secrets and other confidential information, duties not to defraud or misrepresent, and duties not to engage in unfair competition. The significant business torts cases in which the firm has been involved include:

* Representing in criminal and civil cases businesses and individuals accused of having paid bribes to the Mayor of a major Connecticut city in return for favorable consideration with respect to public contracts
* Representing a supermarket chain accused in a class action of improperly collecting sales tax on meals not subject to sales tax
* Representing in criminal and civil cases a physician accused of billing insureds for services not provided
* Representing the former President of an iron works company in action alleging a conspiracy to defraud a purchaser of a work by Alexander Calder that was constructed by the company
* Representing a stock brokerage firm in the defense of an action to recover funds allegedly stolen from a brokerage account by means of forged checks
* Representing accountant in defense of action alleging accounting negligence and fraud in connection with the sale of a business

- Unfair Trade Practices

The Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, known as "CUTPA," prohibits unfair competition and unfair and deceptive acts and practices in trade and commerce. Since it was first adopted in Connecticut in 1973, CUTPA has become a fixture of commercial litigation in Connecticut.

The statute prohibits unfair competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce. Unlike the usual rule that each party pays its own legal fees and expenses, CUTPA provides that a successful plaintiff may recover its attorneys' fees and expenses from the defendant. CUTPA also provides that a successful plaintiff who establishes that the defendant acted with reckless indifference to the rights of others or in an intentional and wanton violation of those rights may recover punitive damages.

- Civil Litigation

Our firm has represented individuals and businesses in a wide range of civil litigation arising from disputes where one party or another resorts to the courts, from nonpayment of debts evidenced by promissory notes, to complex multi-party civil matters including environmental and antitrust cases. The range of fact patterns that can give rise to civil litigation is essentially as broad as the range of subjects that people and businesses can argue about.

- Appeals

For many years Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz P.C. has handled cases on appeal. We have wide appellate experience, which includes prosecution and defense of appeals from trial court judgments in civil, criminal, family and administrative matters, in both state and federal court. We have also briefed and argued appeals from sentences under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

Attorneys

	Mr. David Belt Partner Business Litigation		Mr. William F. Dow III Partner Administrative Law
	Mr. Ira B. Grudberg Partner Criminal Defense		Mr. Howard A. Jacobs Partner
	Mr. Jonathan Katz Partner Medical Malpractice