Background
Wyld, Robert L. was born in 1951 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Wyld, Robert L. was born in 1951 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
University of Vermont (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1973). Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Worked at Shipman & Goodwin LLP (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, 1976, Connecticut. Phi Beta Kappa. Notes Editor, American Criminal Law Review, 1975-1976. Law Clerk to United States.
District Court Judge Frank J. Murray, 1976-1977. Author: "Summary Contempt May Properly Be Applied to the Orderly Refusal of Witnesses to Testify at Trial After Grant of Immunity ?United States. v. Wilson," 13 American Criminal Law Review 27, 1975.
"Whether Servicing and Safety Checks of Industrial Machinery Constitute Control Under Connecticut's Product Liability Statute of Repose," 2 Products Liability Commentary and Cases 5, 1987. Special Master, United States. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1987?.
Special Master, Superior Court for the Judicial District of Hartford-New Britain, 1992?. The Hartford County Bar Association, President, 1991-1992. 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.
Robert L. Wyld has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.
Member American Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association (Executive Committee civil justice section since 1990), Hartford County Bar Association (board directors 1985-1988, president 1991-1992), Phi Beta Kappa.