Background
Bergenn, James W. was born in 1954 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
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James W. Bergenn
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The Catholic University of America (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1976). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Career
Worked at Shipman & Goodwin Limited Liability Partnership (Hartford, Connecticut) specializing in General Practice. Banking, Corporation, Tax, Antitrust, Commercial Finance, Securities, Venture Capital, Labor and Employment, Health Care, Environmental, Pension and Employee Benefits, Estate Planning, Estate Settlement, Trust Administration, Real Estate, Municipal Law. Trials in all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1979, Connecticut.
Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to United States. District Court Chief Judge T. Emmet Clarie, 1979-1980.
Lecturer, Trial Practice, University of Connecticut Law School, 1986. Assistant Federal Public Defender, United States.
District Court, District of Connecticut, 1981-1983.
Instructor, Connecticut Trial Advocacy Institute, 1994. Member: Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Shipman & Goodwin was founded over 75 years ago.
Its principal areas of practice include general corporate and securities law, litigation, corporate and commercial finance, tax, bankruptcy and creditors" rights, environmental law, municipal law, administrative law, utility regulation, real estate, construction law, fidelity and surety law, venture capital financing, international trade, antitrust and trade regulation, banking, insurance, labor and employment, trusts and estates, pension, health care law, intellectual property, computer law, tax-exempt organizations, agricultural cooperatives, family law, criminal law, legislation and lobbying. The firm is divided into six departments: Business, Litigation, Labor and Employment, Real Estate, Tax, and Trusts and Estates.
In each area of practice, lawyers are assisted by experienced legal assistants.
In addition, many lawyers are members of practice groups organized to address specifically the needs of particular clients and/or industries. Among such groups are those serving venture capital investors, high technology and emerging companies, hospitals and health care providers, municipalities and agricultural cooperatives. Within the Trust and Estate Department is a group specializing in Financial Planning and Trust Administration.
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Membership
Member: Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
