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Hartford, Connecticut
Partner

East Haddam, Moodus, and Hartford Attorney

phone (860) 278-4040
fax (860) 527-2500
address 36 Russ Street
Hartford CT 06106



Attorney Busher grew up in North Haven and currently resides in East Haddam with his family. Attorney Busher handles personal injury and appellate matters throughout the State of Connecticut, including clients in East Haddam, Moodus, Colchester, Salem, Hadlyme, Middletown, Haddam, Hartford County, New Haven County, Middlesex County, New London County and Litchfield County.



More about East Haddam Lawyer Joe Busher
Attorney Busher is a partner with the firm and has been a member of the Connecticut bar for fourteen 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 bad faith and extra-contractual defense, 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.


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. Most recently, he has been selected for inclusion in the 2011 New England Super Lawyers magazine, covering Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. Only five percent of the attorneys in these states are chosen for inclusion each year. 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.

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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); Nanni v. Dino Corp., 117 Conn. App. 61 (2009); Picco v. Town of Voluntown, 295 Conn. 141 (2010); Pack 2000, Inc. v. Cushman, 126 Conn. App. 339 (2011); Coe v Watertown, --- Conn. --- (2011); Mcrae v. Mcrae, --- Conn. App. --- (2011).



Areas of Practice:

  • Construction Litigation
  • Insurance Defense
  • Litigation
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Municipal Law
  • Products Liability
  • Personal Injury
  • Bicycle Accidents
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Trucking Accidents
  • Slip and Falls
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Employment and Labor Law
  • Wills and Probate
  • Real Estate
  • Insurance Coverage Litigation
  • Land Use, Zoning and Planning
  • Divorce and Family Law
  • Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court Matters


Connecticut Appellate Lawyers

Attorneys Andrew J. O'Keefe and Joseph M. Busher are the firm's primary appellate lawyers. Together and separately they have handled numerous Connecticut appeals, covering a wide range of subjects. The results they have obtained have been cited hundreds and hundreds of times by other courts and other lawyers. The Connecticut appellate lawyers at Jackson O'Keefe have helped shape Connecticut law in a number of areas. They have the experience and skills to handle very complex appeals, as well as the more straight-forward variety, efficiently and effectively. Since the 1950s, the appellate lawyers at Jackson O'Keefe, in Hartford, have played a significant role in the development of Connecticut law, successfully arguing cases before state and federal appellate courts. The appeals rulings issued in these cases have been cited in hundreds of subsequent court opinions, in law review articles, and in legal treatises.
For more information and resources for Connecticut Appellate Lawyers at Jackson O'Keefe, see our Connecticut Appeals page here.



East Haddam and Moodus Divorce, Child Custody, Family Attorney

In the family law arena, we guide clients through the confusing and sometimes emotional areas of prenuptial agreements, separation, divorce and child custody issues, to a prompt and efficient resolution, serving clients throughout the State of Connecticut, including clients in East Haddam, Moodus, Colchester, Salem, Hadlyme, Middletown, Haddam, Hartford County, New Haven County, Middlesex County, New London County and Litchfield County.



East Haddam and Moodus Personal Injury Lawyers

Personal injury lawsuits are filed by people (or their representatives) injured due to the negligence of someone else. The injury may be either physical or emotional, and it can arise from a variety of sources or types of conduct. Some of the most common types of personal injury and wrongful death cases include slip and fall, automobile accidents, drunk driving, uninsured motorists, underinsured motorists, distracted driving, assaults and battery, medical malpractice, and product liability. In general, the goal of a personal injury action is to determine who was responsible and to compel the responsible party to compensate the injured person for the losses sustained. We serve personal injury clients throughout the State of Connecticut, including clients in East Haddam, Moodus, Colchester, Salem, Hadlyme, Middletown, Haddam, Hartford County, New Haven County, Middlesex County, New London County and Litchfield County.



East Haddam and Moodus Will, Trusts, Estate Planning and Probate Attorney

With regard to estate planning, we help clients in clients in West Hartford, Farmington, Avon, Simsbury, Old Lyme, Hartford County, New Haven County, Middlesex County, New London County and Litchfield County develop the estate plan, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills and health care directives, appropriate to their situation. We work with families and individual for wills, trusts, estate litigation and probate throughout the State of Connecticut, including clients in East Haddam, Moodus, Colchester, Salem, Hadlyme, Middletown, Haddam, Hartford County, New Haven County, Middlesex County, New London County and Litchfield County.



East Haddam and Moodus Residential Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate, Zoning and Development Lawyer

With regard to real estate, the firm handles residential and commercial real estate and closings as well as land use, zoning, mortgages and refinancing. We handle real estate matters throughout the State of Connecticut, including clients in East Haddam, Moodus, Colchester, Salem, Hadlyme, Middletown, Haddam, Hartford County, New Haven County, Middlesex County, New London County and Litchfield County.

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