Peter M. Nolin
(203) 856-6135 (Cell)
Peter Nolin has practiced in the areas of commercial, insurance, real estate, corporate and environmental litigation for more than 25 years. His practice over these years has been evenly split between state and federal courts. He has litigated a diverse range of business disputes. In the last several years he has tried complex environmental, unfair trade practice and business tort and environmental cases to multimillion dollar damage awards. He has both prosecuted and defended non-compete and employment cases. He served as class counsel in a multi million dollar business tort claim which settled before the Connecticut Superior Court complex docket in Stamford, CT. Attorney Nolin was appointed by the Governor to the Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission on which he served from 1995 to 1999. He was elected to the Norwalk Common Council in 1993 on which he served through 2001 and was selected for one year terms as President of the Council in 1997, 1999, and 2001. He also served as the Corporation Counsel for the City of Norwalk from 2005-2007. He holds a B.A. degree from the College of the Holy Cross, 1978, and a J.D. with high honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law, 1981. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut and in the U.S. District Courts for the District of Connecticut, the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Areas of Practice
- Arbitration
- Bad Faith Insurance
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Class Actions -- Plaintiff
- Cleanup & Superfund
- Commercial Insurance
- Complex Litigation
- Deceptive Trade Practices
- Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer
- Employment Contracts -- Employee
- Employment Contracts -- Employer
- Errors & Omissions Insurance
- Federal Trial Practice
- Fidelity, Guarantee & Surety
- Hazardous Waste
- Life & Health
- Mediation
- Property & Casualty
- Real Estate Litigation
- State Appellate Practice
- State Trial Practice
- Title Insurance
- Trade Secrets
- Unfair Competition
- Water Pollution
- Wrongful Termination -- Employee
- Wrongful Termination -- Employer
- Zoning
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1981
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1982
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1996
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut
- J.D.
- Honors: With High Honors
- Law Review: Connecticut Law Review, Associate Editor, 1980 - 1981
- College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
- B.A.
- Major: English
Representative Cases
- Emerald Investments, LLC v. Porter Bridge Loan Company, 2007 WL 1834507 (D. Conn. 2005)
- Design Innovation, Inc. v. Fisher-Price, Inc., 463 F.Supp.2d 177 (D. Conn. 2006)
- Victor G. Reiling Associates v. Fisher-Price, Inc., 450 F.Supp.2d 175 (D.Conn. 2006)
- Times Fiber Communications, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of Illinois, 38 Conn. Rptr.642 (Conn. Sup. Ct. 2005)
- Cole v. Aetna Life & Casualty, 70 F. Supp.2d 106 (D. Conn. 1999)
- McKiernan v. Green, 2005 WL 1670619 (Conn.Super. Ct. 2005)
- Finley Associates, Inc., v. Crossroads Investment Co., LLP, 2001 WL 34093574 (Conn. Sup. Ct. 2001)
- Sealy Connecticut Inc,. v. Litton industries, Inc., 93 F. Supp.2d 177 (D. Conn. 2000)
- Cole v. Aetna Life & Casualty, 70 F. Supp.2d 106 (D. Conn. 1999)
- Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Millstein, 129 F.3d 688 (2nd Cir. 1997)
- Crepeau v. Gronager, 795 F. Supp. 1238 (41 Conn. App. 302 1996)
- Gateway Bank v. Mandanici, 12 Conn. L. Rptr. 27 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1994)
- Morrill v. Kennedy Funding Capital Corp., 1994 WL 728803 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1994)
- Arawana Mils Co. v. United Technology Corp., 795 F. Supp. 1238 (D. Conn. 1992)
- Connecticut National Bank v. Lorenzato (221 Conn. 77 1992)
- Sauerwein v. Bell (17 Conn. App. 697 1989)
- In re Nulman's Appeal From Probate (13 Conn. App. 811 1988)
- Sochard v. St. Vincent's Medical Center (8 Conn. App. 6 1986)
- Kowolsky Properties v. Sherwin Williams Co. Inc. (7 Conn. App.136 1986)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Corporation Council City of Norwalk, 2005 - 2007
- Norwalk Common Council, 1993 - 2001
- Norwalk Planning Commission, 1990 - 1993
- Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission, 1995 - 1999
Past Employment Positions
- Hebb & Gitlin, Partner, 1996 - 2000
- Schatz & Schatz, Ribicoff & Kotkin, Partner and Associate, 1988 - 1996
- Day Berry & Howard, Associate, 1981 - 1988
