Background
Grudberg, Ira B. was born on August 6, 1933 in New York City. Son of Michael and Drorthy (Levin) Grudberg.
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Ira B. Grudberg
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Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1957. Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1960).
Career
Bohan v. Last, 236 Conn. 670, 674 A.2d 839 (1996) (personal injury); D'Addio v. Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Association, 30 Conn. App. 729, 622 A.2d 609, cert. den. 226 Conn. 903, 625 A.2d 1375 (1993) (personal injury); State of Connecticut v. Outlaw, 216 Conn. 492, 582 A.2d 751 (1990) (criminal); Rothstein v. United States, 735 F.2d 704 (2d Cir. 1984) (tax); Pfeiffer v. Silver, 712 F.2d 799 (2d Cir. 1983) (personal injury); SCM Corporation v. Xerox Corporation, 463 F.Supp. 983 (D.Conn. 1978), remanded, 599 F.2d 32 (2d Cir. 1979), on remand, 474 F.Supp. 589 (D.Conn. 1979), aff'd, 645 F.2d 1195 (2d Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 455 United States. 1016 (1982) (antitrust); State of Connecticut v. Onofrio, 179 Conn. 23, 425 A.2d 560 (1979) (criminal); Long v. Abbott Mortgage Corporation, 459 F.Supp. 108 (D.Conn. 1978) (securities); United States v. Cappabianca, 398 F.2d 356 (2d Cir. 1968) (criminal); State v. Lucari, 153 Conn. 127 (1965) (criminal); United States v. Cianchetti, 315 F.2d 584 (2d Cir. 1963) (criminal).Worked at Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, P.C. (New Haven, Connecticut) specializing in General Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts. Personal Injury, Criminal, Constitutional, Unfair Competition, Antitrust, Securities, Environmental, Employment, Real Estate, Construction and Family Law Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1960, Connecticut and United States.
District Court, District of Connecticut. 1963, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1964, United States. Supreme Court.
1978, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Instructor in Law, Yale University School of Law, 1961-1963.
Visiting Lecturer, Yale University School of Law, 1976. Law Clerk to Honorable J. Joseph Smith, United States. Circuit Judge, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1960-1961. Member: New Haven County and American Bar Associations. Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Treasurer, 1967-1968.
Vice President, 1968-1969. President, 1969-1970). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow: American Board of Criminal Lawyers.
American College of Trial Lawyers. Certified as Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. In 1947, Howard A. Jacobs joined the law practice of his father, Israel J. Jacobs, who began his law practice in New Haven in 1918.
The present firm, Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, P.C., has grown to 18 lawyers, with offices occupying all four floors of two joined and restored red brick townhouses, within walking distance of both the state and federal court houses. The firm concentrates almost entirely on litigation. It represents plaintiffs in all types of personal injury claims, including those occurring through medical malpractice and product liability.
It represents people in the defense of all types of criminal charges. It also represents people in family law litigation, in employment discrimination and wrongful discharge matters, and in other civil disputes. Increasingly during the last two decades, the firm has represented businesses in a broad range of civil and criminal disputes, including antitrust and business torts, securities litigation, breach of contract, employment, franchise and environmental litigation as well as civil and criminal RICO matters.
The firm's practice is statewide in both state and federal courts. Its resources include a law library containing more than 7,000 volumes, computerized legal research and a staff of seven legal assistants and an investigator.
Membership
Member: New Haven County and American Bar Associations. Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Treasurer, 1967-1968. Vice President, 1968-1969.
President, 1969-1970). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow: American Board of Criminal Lawyers. American College of Trial Lawyers.
Certified as Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
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Married Marguerite Ann Clark, July 6, 1959. Children: David Thomas, Peter Matthew, Michael John, Mark Vincent, Sarah Clark.
