Background
Wertam, John E. was born in 1957 in Troy, New York, United States.
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John E. Wertam
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University of Maine at Orono (Bachelor of Science, with high honors and high distinction, 1980). Vermont Law School (Master of Studies in Law, Environmental Law, 1981). University of Connecticut School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1986).
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, 1986, Connecticut.
Author: Book, Connecticut Environmental Law Handbook, Government Institutes, Incorporated., First Edition, July, 1988, Second Edition, March, 1990, Third Edition, October, 1992, Fourth Edition, December, 1995. Member, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Advisory Commission for Remediation Standards and Transfer Acting Revision, 1993-1995.
Member: Connecticut Business and Industry Association (Member, Environmental Policies Council Steering Committee). Connecticut Environmental (Chair, Board of Directors).
Board of Editorial Advisors, Regulatory Reporter Connecticut.
Environmental Law Institute (Associate). 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.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Advisory Commission for Remediation Standards and Transfer Acting Revision, 1993-1995. Member: Connecticut Business and Industry Association (Member, Environmental Policies Council Steering Committee). Connecticut Environmental (Chair, Board of Directors).
Board of Editorial Advisors, Regulatory Reporter Connecticut.
Environmental Law Institute (Associate).
