Richard C. Robinson

Richard C. Robinson practices in the area of business litigation including the litigation of construction and employment disputes. He is a member of the firm’s Construction Law and Litigation Section. He has successfully resolved hundreds of business litigation cases, both through trial and settlement. As a special master, appointed by the judges of the Federal District Court in Connecticut, Rick is a frequent speaker on employment and construction cases. Additionally, Rick regularly speaks at construction law seminars and publishes in the field.

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Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association - Litigation Section; Employment Law Section; Forum Committee on Construction Industry

Connecticut Bar Association - Executive Committee, Construction Law Section; Employment Law Section

Connecticut Bar Foundation - James W. Cooper Fellow

Connecticut Bar Journal - board of editors member

Hartford County Bar Association - member

UConn Law Alumni Association - former board member

Community Involvement

Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center - life director and board member; former president and chairman of the Jewish Community Center; former chairman of the Hebrew Home and Hospital

Jewish Federation Homes - senior living project, former board member

Hebrew Health Care - chairman of the board; member, Executive Committee; board of trustees

Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation - board of directors

Bloomfield Board of Education - former board member and town council member

Bloomfield Democratic Town Committee - member

Hartford Promise - mentor to Bulkeley High School students

Honors & Recognitions

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of litigation - construction since 2010

Selected to Super Lawyers list since 2006 in the areas of business litigation, construction litigation and employment & labor

Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center Outstanding Leadership Award

2015 Lexology Client Choice Award - Connecticut Litigation

Named one of Greater Hartford's "Top Attorneys" by Hartford Magazine, 2011 & 2012

Received the highest peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell (AV) 

• Won an eight day arbitration trial for respondents, a Fortune 500 company and its subsidiary, defeating a claim by individuals who sold their business to respondents that respondents prevented the claimants from earning their so-called $3 million "earn out"/additional purchase price
• Obtained a million dollar verdict for a milk processor in a hotly contested breach of a requirements contract case against a large convenience store chain
• Successful defense of a construction surety in a litigation involving the construction of the Connecticut Financial Center in New Haven, Fisher Skylights, Inc. v. CFC Const. Limited Partnership, 79 F.3d 9 (2d Cir. 1996)
• Preservation of $32 million in insurance coverage for an asbestos manufacturer in a litigation brought against it by the Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Association, Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Ass’n. v. Raymark Corp., 215 Conn. 224, 575 A.2d 693 (1990)
• Successful defense of the state of Connecticut, as an employer, in a class action brought by 73 judges of the Superior Court challenging the constitutionality of the judges' salary statute, Eielson v. Parker, 179 Conn. 552, 427 A.2d 814 (1980)
• As co-counsel with a lawyer from another firm, successfully settled a series of lawsuits for a Connecticut municipality and its employee retirement plans to recover investment losses occasioned by the infamous Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi scheme; the total recovery was almost $16 million

• Won a three-week trial for a Connecticut municipality in the Superior Court Complex Litigation Docket, defeating a trade contractor's seven-figure delay claim

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