Karen L. Dowd
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Appellate Attorney in Hartford, CT
- Appellate (60%),
- Professional Liability: Defense (20%),
- Personal Injury - General: Defense (20%)
A partner at Hartford, Connecticut-based Horton, Dowd, Bartschi & Levesque, PC, Karen L. Dowd is a highly-regarded civil litigator at both the trial and appellate levels. She also represents attorneys throughout the area in ethics proceedings before state and local grievance committees as well as clients who have been accused of the practice of law without authorization. Admitted to practice before all Connecticut state courts since 1991, Ms. Dowd is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Ms. Dowd has received a great deal of recognition from her fellow attorneys for her successful track record and superb ethics. Her honors have included an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell, and she has been selected for inclusion each year since 2011 in the field of ethics and professional responsibility law. In the latter area, she regularly provides advice and counsel to attorneys and law firms regarding risk avoidance and compliance with the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
Ms. Dowd's trial practice has encompassed the representation of insurance companies and other defendants in personal injury and wrongful death cases arising out of claims involving defective products and other alleged negligent acts or omissions. Her appellate experience has included that area of the law as well as land use and domestic relations.
A co-author of the Connecticut Practice Book Annotated and other legal treatises, Ms. Dowd often delivers presentations on ethics and appellate practice to groups of lawyers. A 1998 Bachelor of Arts recipient from The University of Virginia, she obtained her legal education at the University of Connecticut School of Law, and she has taught courses at her law school alma mater.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
- 60%Appellate
- 20%Professional Liability
- 20%Personal Injury - General
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About Karen Dowd
Admitted: 1991, Connecticut
Professional Webpage: https://www.hdblfirm.com/karen-l-dowd
Honors/Awards:
- Top 25: 2018 Women Connecticut Super Lawyers List.
- Listed in Best Lawyers, since 2011 for Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law. (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
- AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale Hubbell
- Listed in Super Lawyers, 2007, since 2011
Bar/Professional Activity:
- United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1992
- United States Supreme Court, 2006
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1997
- State of Connecticut, 1991
Verdicts/Settlements:
- Wrinn v. State, 234 Conn. 401 (1995)
- Ezikovich v. Linden, 30 Conn. App. 1, cert. denied, 225 Conn. 913 (1993)
- Roberto v. Honeywell, 33 Conn. App. 619, cert. denied, 229 Conn. 909 (1994)
- Loftis v. Amica Mut. Ins. Co., 175 F.R.D. 5 (D. Conn. 1997)
- Weinstein v. Weinstein, 275 Conn. 671 (2005)
- Zanoni v. Hudon, 48 Conn. App. 32, cert. denied, 244 Conn. 928 (1998)
- State v. Rigual, 256 Conn. 1 (2001)(amicus curiae brief filed on behalf of Connecticut Bar Association)
- Wagner v. Clark Equipment Co., Inc., 259 Conn. 114 (2002)
- Taylor v. Winsted Memorial Hospital, 262 Conn. 707 (2003)
- Gurguis v. Frankel, 93 Conn. App. 162 (2006), cert. denied, 277 Conn. 911 (2006)
- Economos v. Liljedahl Bros., Inc., 279 Conn. 300 (2006)
- Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, 279 Conn. 447 (2006)
- Harris v. Harris, 282 Conn. 911 (2007) (Granting petition for certification)
- Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, 289 Conn. 135 (2008) (en banc)
- Lindholm v. Brant, 283 Conn. 65 (2007)
- Shaulson v. Shaulson, 125 Conn. App. 734, cert. denied, 300 Conn. 912 (2011)
- Auerbach v. Auerbach, 113 Conn. App. 318, cert. denied, 292 Conn. 902 (2009)
- Harris v. Harris, 291 Conn. 350 (2009)
- Marshall v. Marshall, 119 Conn. App. 120, cert. granted, 296 Conn. 908 (2010)
- RMM Consulting, LLC v. Riordan, 138 Conn. App. 688, cert. denied, 301 Conn. 935 (2011)
- Yeager v. Alvarez, 302 Conn. 772 (2011)
- Yeager v. Alvarez, 134 Conn. App. 112 (2012)
- Greenan v. Greenan, 150 Conn. App. 289, cert. denied, 314 Conn. 902 (2014)
- DiPietro v. Farmington Sports Arena, 306 Conn. 107 (2012)
- Mills v. The Solution, LLC, 138 Conn. App. 40, cert. denied, 307 Conn. 928 (2012)
- Incardona v. Roer, 309 Conn. 754 (2013)
- Ferri v. Powell-Ferri, 317 Conn. 223 (2015)
- Cunniffe v. Cunniffe, 150 Conn. App. 419, cert. denied, 314 Conn. 935 (2014)
- Marshall v. Marshall, 151 Conn. App. 638 (2014)
- First American Title Insurance Co. v. 273 Water Street, LLC., 157 Conn App. 23 (2015)
- Trusz v. UBS Realty Investors, LLC, 319 Conn. 175 (2015)
- Keller v. Keller, 319 Conn. 906 (2015) (granting cert. as to 158 Conn. App. 538)
- Chowdhury v. Masiat, 161 Conn. App. 314 (2015)
- Whitney v. J.M. Scott Associates, Inc., 164 Conn. App. 420 (2016)
- Keller v. Keller, 167 Conn. App. 138, cert. denied, 323 Conn. 922 (2016)
- Munn v. The Hotchkiss School, 326 Conn. 540 (2017)
- Keller v. Keller, 323 Conn. 398 (2016)
- Marciano v. Jimenez, 324 Conn. 70 (2016)
- Powell-Ferri v. Ferri, 326 Conn. 457 (2017)
- Deleo v. Equale and Cirone, LLP, 180 Conn. App. 744 (2018)
- Cusano v . LaJoie, 178 Conn. App. 605 (2017)
- Ridgaway v. Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company, 328 Conn. 60 (2018)
- Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Searl, 179 Conn. App. 577 (2018)
- Kuchta v. Arisian, 329 Conn. 530 (2018)
- Jordan v. Biller, 184 Conn. App. 848 (2018)
Educational Background:
- J.D. University of Connecticut School of Law, 1991
- B.A. University of Virginia, 1988
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Last Updated: 5/21/2020