Background
Hoogstra, Shirley V. was born on July 30, 1956 in Holland, Michigan, United States. Daughter of William and Betty Jane (Bergsma) Vogelzang.
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Shirley V. Hoogstra
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Bachelor of Science in Regular and Special Education, Calvin College, 1978; postgraduate, Institute International & Company Law, Paris, 1984; Juris Doctor with honors, U. Connecticut, 1986.
Career
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, 1986, Connecticut and United States.
District Court, District of Connecticut. Executive Director, Connecticut Moot Court Board. Member: New Haven, New Haven County (President, Executive Committee, 1997), Connecticut (Member: Family Law Section.
Examining Committee) and American (Member: Family Law Section. Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. 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.
Achievements
Membership
Board trustees Calvin College, since 1995, Executive Committee, chairman development committee, mem.steering committee Campaign for Calvin College, 1991-1994. Board directors Bridgeport (Connecticut) Rescue Mission, since 1997, vice president. Chair 40th anniversary committee St. Thomas's Day School.
Member American Bar Association (member litigation and family law sections), American Inns of Court, Connecticut Bar Association (member family law section, Connecticut county of bar president), Connecticut Bar Examining Committee, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, New Haven County BarAssn. (president Executive Committee since 1988), New Haven County Bar Foundation (member Executive Committee since 1997).
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Married Jeffrey Hoogstra, August 19, 1978. Children: David Jacob, Mary Elizabeth.
