Michelle M. Seery
Counsel
Phone: 860-258-1993
Fax: 860-258-1991
[email protected]
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Attorney Michelle Seery litigates business disputes in the state courts in Connecticut at both the trial and appellate levels, in the federal district court in Connecticut, and the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. She has experience litigating cases involving unfair trade practices, insurance coverage and insurance law, Connecticut’s “anti-SLAPP” statute, litigation privilege, contract disputes, business tort, fraud, civil theft, fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfer, alter ego, professional liability, product liability, and vehicle-lien law.
PRACTICE AREAS
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- Insurance Coverage and Recovery Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Product Liability
- Appellate Law
- Lawyer to Lawyer
EDUCATION
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- Northeastern University School of Law, J.D., 1989
- Harvard University, B.A. Cum Laude, 1984
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
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- Connecticut
- California
- United States Supreme Court
- United States District Court, District of Connecticut
- United States District Court, Central District of California
- United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
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- O’Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss, PC, f/k/a Baker O’Sullivan & Bliss PC, 2002-present
- Bingham Dana (Hartford) f/k/a Hebb & Gitlin, PC, 1998-1999
- LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & McCrae (Hartford), 1997-1998
- Perkins Coie (Los Angeles), 1989-1994
SAMPLE DECISIONS OF INTEREST
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- Stone v. East Coast Swappers, LLC, 337 Conn. 539 (2021) (Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act; statutory award of attorney fees)
- Sicignano v. Pearce, 228 Conn. App. 664 (2024), cert. denied 351 Conn. 908 (2025) (Connecticut anti-SLAPP Statute, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-196a; litigation privilege)
- Sherwood v. Vollers, No. 23-7619, 2024 WL 4835273 (2d Cir. 2024) (summary order) (res judicata)
- System Pros, Inc. v. Kasica, 166 Conn. App. 732 (2016) (unfair trade practices; intra-corporate dispute; sufficiency of evidence to support award of compensatory damages)
- The Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut v. Gauss, 302 Conn. 408 (2011), cert. denied 567 U.S. 924 (2012) (property dispute within hierarchical church)