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Attorney Profiles
Joseph M. Busher Jr. 
Hartford, Connecticut
Partner
East Haddam and Moodus Personal Injury Attorney
phone (860) 278-4040
fax (860) 527-2500
email
Attorney Busher is a partner with the firm and has been a member of the Connecticut bar for thirteen years. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from the College of the Holy Cross in 1993. He obtained his Doctorate of Jurisprudence with honors in 1996 from the University Of Connecticut School Of Law, where he also received the Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr. Award for Constitutional Law and the American Jurisprudence Award for Constitutional Law. In addition to litigation experience, Attorney Busher has concentrations in insurance coverage and appellate practice. His concentration in insurance coverage analysis and litigation includes drafting opinion letters, the preparation of declaratory judgment and other complaints, as well as discovery and motion practice. His concentration in appellate practice includes the researching and drafting of over 40 briefs and appellate motions, and argument before the Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Courts. Since 2008, Attorney Busher has also served as an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, teaching a class on appellate practice.
He has received a B-V rating from Martindale-Hubbell (High to Very High legal ability rating and Very High general ethical standards rating).
Attorney Busher also serves as a guest lecturer on the law at Nathan Hale-Ray High School in East Haddam and is a member of The Connecticut Consortium for Law and Citizenship Education, Inc. He is a member of the Hartford County and Connecticut Bar Associations.
He serves as a Member of the Board of Finance for St. Bridget of Kildare Church in Moodus. He is also an active a member of the Moodus Knights of Columbus and the East Haddam Lions Club.
Areas of Practice:
Insurance Coverage Litigation
General Tort Litigation
Appellate Advocacy
Estate Planning and Administration
Bar Admissions:
Connecticut, 1996
United States Supreme Court, 2010
U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1998
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court, 2005
Recognition
Attorney Busher has been recognized as a Connecticut Super Lawyer and a New England Super Lawyer by publisher Law & Politics. He has been continuously selected for inclusion in the Connecticut list since 2006. He has also been continuously selected as a New England Super Lawyer since 2007.
Super Lawyers recognizes attorneys in more than 70 areas of practice using a multiphase selection process that considers 15 separate indicators of peer recognition, professional achievement and ethical standards. The final selection for 2010 was made from a pool of 3,453 Connecticut attorneys, producing the final 2010 Connecticut Super Lawyers list of 865 attorneys. Founded in 1990, Law & Politics has been publishing the annual Super Lawyers lists since 1991. Super Lawyers is published in 50 states and the District of Columbia by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. For more information on the selection process and a complete list of attorneys selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers, visit superlawyers.com. For more about the standards for inclusion in Connecticut Super Lawyers, please click here: Connecticut Super Lawyers
Reported Cases:
Benjamin v. Bailey, 234 Conn. 455 (1995); Doe v. Marselle, 38 Conn. App. 360, rev’d, 236 Conn. 845 (1996); Sung v. Butterworth, 235 Conn. 400 (1996); Roberto v. Honeywell, Inc., 43 Conn. App 161, cert. denied, 239 Conn. 945 (1996); Borkowski v. Sacheti, 43 Conn. App. 294 (1996); Jaworski v. Kiernan, 241 Conn. 399 (1997); Martin v. Town of Plainville, 240 Conn. 105 (1997); Belliveau v. Stevenson, 123 F.3d 107 (2d Cir. 1997); Edwards v. Tardif, 240 Conn. 610 (1997); Lodge v. Arett Sales Corporation, 246 Conn. 563 (1998); Deray v. Gallagher, 164 F.3d 617, 1998 WL 650577 (2d Cir. 1998); Bonamico v. City of Middletown, 49 Conn. App. 605, cert granted, 244 Conn. 923, on remand, 47 Conn. App. 758 (1998); Hines v. Davis, 53 Conn. App. 836 (1999); Coelho v. ITT Hartford, 251 Conn. 106 (1999); Marshall v. O’Keefe, 55 Conn. App. 801 (1999); DiMaria v. Silvester, 89 F.Supp.2d 195 (D.Conn. 1999); Washington v. Christie, 58 Conn. App. 96, cert. denied, 254 Conn. 906 (2000); Team Rental Group v. ITT Hartford Group, 59 Conn. App. 110 (2000); Westbrook v. ITT Hartford Group, 60 Conn. App. 767 (2000); Rangel v. Parkhurst, 64 Conn. App. 372 (2000); Millbrook Owners Association, Inc. v. Hamilton Standard, 257 Conn. 1 (2001); Top of The Town, LLC v. Somers Sportsmen's Association, Inc., 69 Conn. App. 839 (2002); Preston v. O'Rourke, 74 Conn. App. 301 (2002); Mozeleski v. Thomas, 76 Conn. App. 287, cert. denied, 264 Conn. 904 (2003); Taylor v. Windsor Locks Police Dept., 71 Fed.Appx. 877, 2003 WL 21697441 (2d. Cir. 2003); Barry v. Quality Steel Products, Inc., 263 Conn. 424 (2003); Ahearn v. Fuss and O'Neill, Inc., 78 Conn. App. 202 (2003); Denniston v. Cash Home Center, Inc., 76 Conn. App. 906 (2003); Stanley v. Lincoln, 75 Conn. App. 781 (2003); Scoville v. Shop-Rite Supermarkets, Inc.,86 Conn. App. 426, cert. denied, 272 Conn. 921 (2004); Wexler v. DeMaio, 280 Conn. 168 (2006); Pedro v. Miller, 281 Conn. 112 (2007); Read v. Town of Plymouth, 110 Conn. App. 657, cert. denied, 289 Conn. 955 (2008); Grady v. Town of Somers, 294 Conn. 324 (2009); Picco v. Town of Voluntown, --- Conn. --- (2010)
