Background
Hughes, Paul A. was born in 1963 in New Britain, Connecticut.
Hughes, Paul A. was born in 1963 in New Britain, Connecticut.
University of Connecticut (Bachelor of Arts, 1989). University of Connecticut School of Law (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1993).
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, 1993, Connecticut.
Articles Editor, Connecticut Law Review. Law Clerk to Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Fleming L. Norcott, Junior, 1993-1994.
Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. National and Connecticut Health 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.
Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. National and Connecticut Health Lawyers Association.