Attorney Profiles

Francis J. Grady
Waterbury, Connecticut

Managing Partner
phone	(203) 575-1131
fax	(203) 754-1675
email	Email Me

Areas of Practice:: 35% Workers' Compensation; 15% Plaintiff Negligence Litigation; 15% Financial Institutions/Credit Unions Consulting; 10% Wills, Trusts, Probate; 10% Retirement; 10% Business Litigation; 5% Social Security Appeals

Litigation Percentage:: 80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Connecticut, 1969; U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1969; U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1970; U.S. Supreme Court, 1992; U.S. Tax Court

Education:: Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1969
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence; University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 1966
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Major: History

Representative Cases:: Poole v. City of Wbry., 266 Conn. 68 (2003) ( ); Charette v. Waterbury, 80 Conn. App. 232 (2003) Cert denied, 267 Conn. 91 ( )

References:: Michael J. McCormack, Jr., V.P., UBS Paine Webber, 195 Church St., New Haven, CT 06510; Timothy Bergstrom, Webster Bank, Webster Plaza, Waterbury, CT 06702

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Connecticut Credit Union League, Guest Lecturer; Individual Credit Unions throughout the state of Connecticut

Honors and Awards:: Senior Editor, Suffolk Law School Law Review, 1968 - 1969; Boss of the Year, Waterbury Legal Secretaries Association, 1990; Distinguished Connecticut Citizen Award, 1993; Alumni Varsity Club Award, Sacred Heart High School, 1984; Marcia Galvin Brayton Alumni Service Award, Sacred Heart High School, 1998; Connecticut Super Lawyers-2007; Connecticut Super Lawyers-2008; Connecticut Super Lawyers-2009

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Waterbury Bar Association, 1971 - 1972; Past President, Vice President, Director; Connecticut Bar Association, 1974 - Present; Member; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1974 - Present; Member; Naugatuck Valley Development Corp., 1983 - 2003; President/Director; Middlebury Lions Club, 1983 - 2003; President/Director; Sacred Heart High School, 1995 - 2000; Director/President; UCONN Community Advisory Board, 1990 - Present; Chairman/Member; Middlebury Democratic Town Committee, 1993 - 1998; Member; Justice of Peace, Waterbury/Middlebury, 1974 - Present

Past Employment Positions:: Waterbury Legal Aid, Law Clerk & Attorney, 1968 - 1971; Connecticut Juvenile Court, Public Defender/Court Advocate/Prosecutor, 1971 - 1979; Waterbury Housing Authority, Counsel, 1971 - 1975; Brass Center Limited, Counsel, 1994 - 2004

Pro Bono Activities:: Connecticut Pro Bono Network, Referral Attorney; Waterbury Legal Services, Referral Attorney

Ancillary Businesses:: Disability Retirement Counseling

Fraternities/Sororities:: Phi Alpha Delta

The attorneys of Grady & Riley, LLP, distinguish themselves in handling every detail of a client's legal concern from beginning to end. We serve individual and family clients in Waterbury, Woodbury, Watertown, Middlebury, Danbury, Southbury, Cheshire, Oxford; New Haven County, upper Fairfield County, and Litchfield County. We serve business clients throughout the state of Connecticut.