OLD LYME/NEW LONDON — Old Lyme resident and Suisman Shapiro Attorney Kyle Zrenda has been recognized as a “New Leader in the Law” by the Connecticut Law Tribune’s 2023 New England Legal Awards. The first-ever New England Legal Awards has expanded the field to include attorneys and firms from beyond Connecticut, including many in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and other states, making the competition exceptionally intense.
Atty. Zrenda has quickly established a strong reputation throughout eastern Connecticut by fighting for people who have been harmed by negligent motorists, property owners, and medical providers.
As a member of the bars of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court and the Mohegan Gaming Disputes Court, he also represents people who have been injured at the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos.
This decision will have implications across the state for years to come and will help ensure claimants with legitimate malpractice claims are not bounced out of Court on certain technicalities.
Since 2017, Atty. Zrenda has been recognized by Super Lawyers® as a “Rising Star” in the area of personal injury law, and he has also been recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Lawyers in America – “Ones to Watch” since 2021.
Earlier this year, Atty. Zrenda and his colleague secured a monumental victory in the Connecticut Supreme Court, which overturned the trial court’s dismissal of their client’s medical malpractice case. In a unanimous decision, the Court reversed more than 10 years of precedent.
In another recent victory, Atty. Zrenda’s client slipped on a wet floor, did not fall, but suffered a twisting injury to his back while holding himself up. An interesting complication was that the client had a car accident several months earlier and suffered a back injury. He was still in active treatment at the time of the slip. Nonetheless, the jury returned a verdict of $284,514.
Editor’s Notes: i) Suisman Shapiro is the largest law firm in eastern Connecticut, providing residents and businesses from New Haven to Providence with a full range of legal services. The firm was established more than 75 years ago and is firmly rooted in the community. For more information visit suismanshapiro.com or call (800) 499-0145.
ii) This article is based in part on a press release issued by Suisman Shapiro Attorneys-at-Law.