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Construction Litigation
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Rick Roberts is a partner with the firm of Nuzzo & Roberts, LLC, based in Cheshire, Connecticut. His practice is focused in the areas of insurance defense, professional
liability, product liability, employment litigation and commercial litigation.
Mr. Roberts is the president of the New Haven County Bar Association, and has been on its Executive Board since 2001; he is the vice president of the Connecticut Defense
Lawyers Association, and has served on its Board of Directors since 2005; the Connecticut Bar Association, where he served in the Executive Board of the Young Lawyers Section
from 1988 to 1996; the American Bar Association, District Representative to the American Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division from 1991-1993;Defense Research Institute
and the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Roberts served as Education Chair of the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association from 2000-2001; Executive Board Member
of the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section from 1988-1996; and as President of the New Haven County Bar Association Young Lawyers Committee from 1989-1990.
Mr. Roberts was admitted in Connecticut and New York in 1984, the District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1985, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
in 2006, and the Supreme Court of the United States in 2009.
Mr. Roberts presides over private arbitrations and mediations and is a court-appointed arbitrator for the judicial districts of New Haven, Waterbury and New Britain. He also serves
on Litigation Alternatives and Dispute Resolution, Inc.'s panels relating to employment and commercial litigation.
Admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York, Mr. Roberts received his J.D. in 1983 from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he was a member of the Moot Court
Board, and his B.A. in 1979 from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Mr. Roberts was a Lecturer in Legal Studies at Quinnipiac College, and has spoken frequently on topics relating to his practice. Some of his presentations have included "Advanced
Personal Injury," "Personal Injury Settlements," "Premises Liability: The Defense Perspective," and "Preparing and Trying the Automobile Accident Case."
When he is not practicing law, Mr. Roberts serves his community as an advocate for the arts. He is currently the president of the board of directors of Film Fest New Haven, a not-for-profit
organization that hosts two independent film festivals each year. Mr. Roberts was also awarded Outstanding Big Brother of the Year by the South Central Connecticut Big Brothers/Big Sisters
for enacting a program designed to encourage attorney volunteers.
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