Dennis A. Ferdon has represented thousands of injured people since 1985, when he graduated from law school and began to practice law in Norwich, Connecticut. He has handled all types of personal injury cases, including wrongful death claims, motor vehicle accidents, workers' compensation claims, product liability and medical malpractice claims, and slips and falls. Dennis prides himself on providing excellent legal services to his clients, regardless of the severity of their injury or the magnitude of their claim. He has resolved cases for tragically injured clients for millions of dollars and for slightly injured people for thousands of dollars.

Dennis attended Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, on a partial baseball scholarship. He graduated in 1976. He worked for several major insurance companies as a licensed casualty claims adjuster from 1976 through 1985.

Dennis did not like the inhumane manner in which injured victims of accidents were treated by the insurance companies for which he worked. In 1979, he decided to go to law school, hoping to help people make claims against insurance companies after he graduated. Dennis worked full-time during the day and attended evening classes. He graduated with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law, evening division in 1985. In 1980, he received the American Jurisprudence Award for excellence in the study of torts, the area of law related to representing injured people.

Dennis thoroughly prepares every case for trial. His thoroughness often results in obtaining a favorable settlement before trial. In those cases which cannot be settled, Dennis' meticulous preparation and honest approach in the courtroom have produced many outstanding verdicts.
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Dennis believes in giving back to the community and educating his support staff and other lawyers. He has been a faculty member at Huntington Institute, teaching paralegal studies since 1987. He has lectured at the University of Connecticut, Avery Point, on paralegal studies. Dennis has been asked by the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association to lecture to fellow trial lawyers on the subjects of workers' compensation, uninsured motorist law, and evaluation of personal injury claims. He has taught personal injury law at the People's Law School in Norwich and New London since it was founded in 1988 by The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. The People's Law School is open to all adults, regardless of educational background. Classes are held once a week for eight weeks. The classes introduce the students to the court system and the areas of law they most commonly encounter.

Dennis published the supplement to a textbook entitled, How Insurance Companies Value Claims from 1995 through 1997. The text, published by James Publishing Company is a manual for lawyers on how to obtain fair settlements for their personal injury clients. He also published Tort Implications of American Indian Equal Justice Act, a paper he presented to the United States Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs in 1998.

Dennis is a member of the Workers' Compensation Committee of The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. In 1996, he was appointed by the Chief Administrative Judge of the Judicial Department as an attorney-trial referee, arbitrator and special master. In those capacities, Dennis presides over non-jury trials, issues decisions and assists other attorneys to settle their cases before trial.

Dennis is married and resides in East Lyme, Connecticut. He has two daughters and coaches their softball and basketball teams. Dennis also teaches Sunday School at St. David's Episcopal Church.

Practice Areas:

Wrongful Death, Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation

Cases:

State will pay $550,000 in wrongful death of 6-year-old
Canterbury woman wins $425K in suit
Norwich lawyer settles 1.7M suit
Husband and wife settle with negligent driver for $1.2 million
Man settles head injury suit for more than $1 million
Injured worker settles claim for $750,000
Widow settles with negligent driver for $1.15 million
Husband and wife settle with negligent driver for $1.55 million
Japanese manufacturer forced to pay $2,000,000 to victim of contaminated pill
Amputee is awarded $728,572.28
Jury awards couple more than $300,000
Tenant injured by door settles for $325,000

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