James O. Gaston

Commercial, Mediation
239 Golden Hill Street
Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604


Commercial

Admitted

1983, Connecticut; 1991, U.S. Claims Court

Law School

Duquesne University, J.D., 1983

Law School Graduation Year

1983

College

Lehigh University, B.S., 1980

Memberships

Greater Bridgeport (Member, Civil Trials and Procedure Committee), Connecticut (Member, Board of Governors, 1993—; House of Delegates, 1993—; Executive Committee Litigation Section, 1986—; Chair, Litigation Section, 1996-1999; Client Security Fund, 1993-1997) and American Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman, People's Law School Committee, 1988—; Chairman, Expert Data Bank Committee, 1990-1993; Legislative Committee 1998—; Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1990-1992); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (State Coordinator, 1990-1994).

Biographical

Assistant Editor, Duquesne University, Legal Periodical, Juris, 1982-1983. Author: Sex Based Mortality Tables and Manhart, Juris, Vol. XVII No. 3, Spring, 1983. Direct Action Suits in Uninsured Motorist Cases, Connecticut Lawyer, Vol 3, No. 6, March 1993; Recall Without Retreat-Assessing the Changes in Personal Injury Automobile Law from the Plaintiff's Perspective, Connecticut Lawyer, Vol. 4, No. 5, February, 1994; Cutting The Gordian Knot of Apportionment, Connecticut Lawyer, Vol 5 No. 9, June/July, 1995. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1990—)

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