Michael A. D'Amico

Bar / Professional Activity

• Board of Examiners, National Board of Trial Advocacy
• Past Board Member, National Advisory Board of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Past President
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association - Executive, Medical Malpractice and Legislative Committees
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Member, Board of Governors
• Member, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, American Association for Justice
• Member, American Bar
• Member, Waterbury Bar
• Member, Litchfield Bar
• State of Connecticut Superior Court, Arbitrator/Fact- Finder in Civil Litigation
• State of Connecticut Superior Court, Special Settlement Master, Personal Injury Claims
• Connecticut, 1986

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• $45,000,000 gross verdict for a 22-year-old young man who suffered complete paraplegia in a motorcycle crash caused by a sightline obstruction due to a dangerously parked tow truck., 2025
• $23,050,000 verdict in Waterbury Superior Court for a 12-year-old boy with autism who sustained a severe traumatic brain injury in a school bus crash, 2019

Videos

• A founding partner of our firm, Michael D’Amico has been a dedicated trial lawyer in personal injury and medical malpractice in Connecticut for over 35 years. He is dual board-certified in civil trial advocacy and civil pretrial practice by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and has served on the Board of Examiners for the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Michael is a longtime leader in the legal community. He is a Past President of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and currently serves on its Board of Governors and on its Executive, Medical Malpractice, and Legislative Committees as well as being Co-Chair of the General Tort Committee. Michael is a former member of the National Advisory Board of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Michael has been a Court Appointed Arbitrator/Fact-Finder in Civil Litigation, as well as a Special Settlement Master for Personal Injury claims in the State of Connecticut Superior Court. He has authored numerous articles in the fields of personal injury, medical negligence, and trial advocacy and has lectured frequently on these topics. Michael frequently serves as trial counsel for clients referred by other local and out-of-state law firms. Michael’s career has included numerous substantial recoveries for our firm’s clients. In November 2019, Michael and his son Jeremy D’Amico won a $23 million verdict for a young man with autism who sustained serious brain injuries in a bus crash. This verdict is one of the largest personal injury jury verdicts in Connecticut history., Meet Attorney Michael A. D'Amico | D’Amico Pettinicchi Injury Lawyers, 2025

Special Licenses / Certifications

• Dual Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy and Civil Pretrial practice, National Board of Trial Advocacy

Pro bono / Community Service

• This holiday season we helped collect 100+ toys for Toys for Tots — spreading joy to kids across Connecticut., 2025
• Community comes first — honored to support the Watertown Food Pantry through our in-office canned food drive., 2025
• Honored to support CTLA’s Virtual Food Drive benefiting Connecticut Foodshare and helping provide meals to Connecticut families in need., 2025
• Proud co-sponsor of the Litchfield County Firefighters Cancer Screening Clinic, supporting lifesaving early detection for our local heroes., 2025
• Honored to support Carolyn’s Place Pregnancy Care Center as a Bronze Sponsor for its 23rd Anniversary Dinner., 2015
• Contributed to St. Vincent de Paul’s holiday outreach, supporting families with meals, toys, and essential winter clothing., 2015
• Honored to contribute to the Arthritis Foundation’s Fairfield Arthritis Walk, supporting programs and research for those living with arthritis., 2007
• We proudly sponsored the 5th Annual Bikers For The Cure ride, helping raise critical funds through community support., 2007

Honors

• Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Law for the New Haven metropolitan area, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2026, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2026
• Plaintiff's Product Liability Litigation for the New Haven metropolitan area, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2025, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2025
• Plaintiff's Product Liability Litigation for the New Haven metropolitan area, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2023, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2023
• Plaintiff's Personal Injury Litigation for the New Haven metropolitan area, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2021, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2021
• Plaintiff's Personal Injury Law for the New Haven metropolitan area, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2019
• Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Law for the New Haven metropolitan area, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2018
• Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Law for the New Haven metropolitan area, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2016
• Plaintiff's Personal Injury Law for the New Haven metropolitan area, Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2015
• Personal Injury Hall of Fame, Connecticut Law Tribune, 2015
• Life Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Life Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Gold Member, Elite Lawyers of America
• AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
• The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed in the fields of Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Law, Plaintiff's Personal Injury Litigation & Plaintiff's Product Liability Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America, 2013

“Relentlessly devoted to his clients, Attorney D'Amico goes the extra mile to make sure their story is heard at trial and their rights are preserved in case of appeal. A hard worker and a compassionate one.”