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 Email: lcc@261law.com
Born Monterey, California, December 3, 1948; admitted to bar 1983, Connecticut, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Ninth Circuits; 1978, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.
Education:
The Choate School; Harvard University (A.B., 1972); Coro Foundation Intern in Public Affairs, San Francisco, 1971-72; Occidental College (M.A. Urban Studies, 1975); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1978); University of Connecticut (Mediation Certificate, 1996); Harvard University School of Law Program of Instruction for Lawyers (five-day Negotiation Workshop, 1997); National College of Advocacy (Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course, April, 1999).
Experience:
Law Clerk, Presiding Judge, San Francisco Superior Court, 1978-79.
Private litigation practice in San Francisco, 1979-83 (S.F. Bar Association Award of Merit 1983).
Associate Attorney, Wiggin & Dana, 1983-85 (litigation involving foreclosures, collections, freedom of the press).
Senior partner/member, Cole-Chu, Cipparone & Zaccaro, PC, and predecessor firms, 1986-present (contracts; business, real estate and construction law and litigation; land development; arbitration).
See Caulkins v. Petrillo, 200 Conn. 713 (1986) (seminal case on state Home Improvement Act); Texaco v. Golart, 206 Conn. 454 (1988) (specific performance of 20-year-old option to buy land); Norwich v. Housing Authority, 216 Conn. 112 (1990) (challenge to city’s powers), all won at trial and on appeal. See also Chester v. Willey, 4 Conn. L. Rptr. 161 (1991) (citizens’ privilege to complain about attorneys) and FDIC v. Roberti, 201 B.R. 614 (Bankr. D. Conn. 1996) (debt including treble damages nondischargeable).
Public Service:
Special Counsel to the City of Norwich, 1988-90. General Counsel to the Norwich Housing Authority, 1988-94. State of Connecticut Mediator (1997-present) and Arbitrator representing the interests of the public (Gubernatorial appointment with General Assembly approval; 2000- present) of public school teacher and administrator contract disputes.
Professional Memberships / Service:
Connecticut Superior Court, Attorney Trial Referee and Fact Finder / Arbitrator.
Connecticut "Superlawyers" list 2006-2012.
American, Connecticut (Executive Committee of the Planning and Zoning Section; 2004 Certificate of Application for pro bono work) and New London County Bar Associations.
Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.
Martindale-Hubble rating: AV.
State Bar of California (inactive).
Publications:
Essays in The Hartford Courant (1991) and The Day (1997 and 1998); The Public Interest Nexus under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, 1987, Newsletter of Commercial Torts Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, ABA.
Community:
Chair, Salem Zoning Board of Appeals, 2006-present.
Member, Salem Charter Commissions (three).
Co-founder, board member and counsel, Salem Unsung Heroes Awards Committee, Inc., 1989-present; President, 1998-present.
Chair, Salem Economic Development Commission, 1987-88.
Salem Democratic Town Committee, 1988-present (Chair, 1988-94, 1995-2000, 2001-2011; Vice Chair, 2011-present)
Interdistrict School for Arts And Communication (ISAAC), New London, member, Board of Directors, 2011-present.
Board of Directors, United Way of Southeastern Connecticut, 1994-2000.
Counsel, Summer Music, Inc., 1983-2000.
Board of Directors, Magnet Educational Foundation, Inc., 1998-2000.
Chairman, San Francisco Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board, 1980-81.
New London Rotary Club, 1998-present (Paul Harris Fellow; member, Board of Directors).
Member, New London Development Corporation; Southeastern Connecticut Chinese Cultural Society.
Representative Advisory Board to the Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority, Member 2006-2009; Chairman, 2007 - 2009.
DNA EpiCenter, Inc., Member, Board of Directors, 2007-2010; Acting President, 2009-2010.
Personal
Widower; three daughters.
Recreation: read, write, run, and row.
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