JOSEPH PATRICK SARGENT

PROFILE

·        Practicing attorney since 1994, representing commercial, municipal, and private clients.

·        Experienced in matters involving commercial transactions, banking, finance, real estate, land use, corporate law, insurance, criminal, securities, employment, as well as federal and state tax issues.

·        Appearances before federal courts, bankruptcy court, state courts, and administrative agencies.

·        Experienced in all aspects of litigation activities, including: investigations, research, pleadings, discovery, depositions, expert selection and preparation, drafting of motions and briefs, oral arguments, negotiations, settlement, trial preparation, jury selection, and appeals.

·        Co-Chairman, Civil Litigation Committee, Stamford Regional Bar Association, 2001-02.

·        Published author and lecturer.

EDUCATION

Graduate of the Wake Forest University School of Law, with the Juris Doctorate in 1994.  Academic invitee to the Law Review, editorial staff member, and author of published student note.  Member of the Dean's list, recipient of several American Jurisprudence Awards.  Recipient of the Jean E. Wilson and Colonel Henry E. White scholarships based on academic record, LSAT scores, character, motivation potential contribution to the legal profession. 

Graduate of Fairfield University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, May 1989.

PUBLICATIONS and LECTURES

"The Standard of Proof Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Raising the Standard to Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" 28 Wake Forest L. Rev. 463 (1993).

"Comparative Fault and Common Law Apportionment” Vol. 9, No.7 Connecticut Lawyer 4 (1999).

"Pre-deposition Discovery of Expert Materials" Connecticut Law Tribune Litigation Magazine, August 2000.

"Litigation Skills for Legal Staff" Lecturer, December 1, 2000, Hartford, Connecticut.

"Deposition Strategies and Techniques" Lecturer, November 30, 2001, Regional Bar Association, Stamford, Connecticut.

Adjunct Professor, Legal Studies Department, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, 2000 to 2001.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Admitted to the Bar of Connecticut, 1995; Louisiana, 1994; United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1997; Southern District of New York, 2008; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1999; and the United States Tax Court, 2003. Member of the American and Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as well as the Stamford/Norwalk and Bridgeport Regional Bars.