Attorney Bios

Paul Slager, a partner, handles cases stemming from catastrophic events involving medical malpractice, serious accidents, defective consumer products, sexual abuse, discrimination and sexual harassment. He also represents small businesses and individuals in significant business disputes.

Paul has received numerous honors: he has been listed in both Connecticut Magazine and New England Super Lawyer Magazine as a Connecticut Super Lawyer every year the lists have been published. He is also rated by Martindale-Hubbell as "AV Preeminent," the highest possible rating of legal ability and ethical standards based on peer reviews by attorneys and judges familiar with his legal work.

Medical Malpractice, Brain Injury and Serious Injury Cases

Paul represents clients in a wide variety of complex medical negligence, brain injury and serious injury cases. His practice focuses on cases involving the most serious injuries, including death and debilitating permanent disabilities.

Paul has special interest and experience working with children and adults who have suffered brain injuries during childbirth or as a result of other trauma. Since July 2008, he has served as President of the Board of Directors of the Brain Injury Association of Connecticut, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of Connecticut brain injury survivors. He also is an active member of the National Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of the American Association of Justice, and attends national conferences focused on cutting edge issues related to representing survivors of brain injury. His piece, "Tackling Head Trauma: the Concussion Problem in Sports" was recently published in the Sports Litigation Alert, a national publication for legal professionals practicing sports law.

Many of Paul's most notable results have resulted in confidential recoveries, but a few examples of his recent cases include:

• he recovered $10 million and $6.4 million, respectively, in two cases against Connecticut hospitals and physicians on behalf of infants who were seriously injured during labor and delivery. These recoveries allowed the injured children to continue living with their parents at home while getting the medical care and therapy they need;
• he recovered $5 million in a medical negligence case for the widow of a man who died from a treatable post-surgical complication;
• he recovered $2.75 million on behalf of a child who suffered head injuries when dropped by a caregiver who fell down a defective stairway. The recovery followed came only after the plaintiff's experts carefully reconstructed the fall through a detailed biomechanical analysis, based on meticulous measurement and analysis of the geometry of the stairs;
• he recovered $3.125 million for two brain injury survivors injured in a Long Island Sound boating collision, which resulted in a jury trial against multiple defendants in Waterbury; and,
• he recovered a $2.5 million on behalf of a pedestrian who suffered traumatic brain injury when she was struck by a car while
  crossing the street.

Business Disputes and Commercial Litigation

Paul also represents businesses and individuals as plaintiffs in significant cases involving business disputes or commercial litigation. Before joining Silver Golub & Teitell, he was a litigation and trial lawyer in Chicago, where his practice focused primarily on complex commercial litigation, including business torts, contract disputes and securities litigation.

Sexual Abuse and Discrimination Cases

Paul has also obtained significant recoveries for Connecticut victims of sexual assault and sexual abuse, as well as victims of sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. He has handled many high profile civil cases in Connecticut against priests, therapists and Boy Scout leaders on behalf of clients who were victims of sexual abuse while minors. In connection with his representation of Connecticut victims of sexual assault, Paul is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association's Committee for Victims of Crime.

Background

Although his law practice is focused in Connecticut, Paul has successfully represented his clients in trials, hearings, arbitrations and mediations around the country. He is admitted to practice law in the state courts of Connecticut, New York and Illinois, and has handled or assisted in cases pending in the state or federal courts of Connecticut, New York, Illinois, Delaware, Georgia, Montana and South Dakota. He has also worked on a number of appeals, and successfully argued before the
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago.

Paul received his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, and his undergraduate degree from the Honors College of the University of Michigan. He is admitted to the State Bars of Connecticut, New York and Illinois. Paul is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the District of Connecticut, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York and the Northern District of Illinois (including the Trial Bar), as well as the United States Courts
of Appeals for the Second and Seventh Circuits.

He is an active member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, currently serving on its Board of Governors, and as a member of the Continuing Legal Education Committee, the Medical Malpractice Committee and on the Editorial Board of The Forum publication.

Cases in the News

A number of Paul's cases have been featured in the media, and links to some of these cases follow:

Tackling Head Trauma: The Concussion Problem In Sports, March 2009

Stamford Marriott's Negligence Led To Parking Garage Rape, May 2008

Complaint: Multiple Code Violations Led To Greenwich Child Drowning, January 2008

Physician's Widow Accepts $5M Settlement, July 2007

Subway Restaurant Settles Landmark Case, April 2007

SGT Attorneys Bring Lawsuit For Victims of Day Care Sexual Abuse

Second Victim Alleges Scoutmaster Sexual Abuse Stems From Lack Of Supervision, January 2006

Former Boy Scout Child Sexual Abuse Victim Suit Claims Lack Of Supervision, July 2005

Lawsuit: Negligence Led To Lawnmower Amputation, February 2005

Op Ed, Paul Slager On Priestly Privilege, January 23rd, 2005

Alter Boy Sex Abuse Victim Settles Case With Bridgeport Diocese, January 2005

SGT's Slager Represents Victim of Stamford Town Center Mall Explosion, October 2002

SGT Attorneys Use Forensics To Reconstruct Deadly Fall, June 2002