The Doctor Lawyer Team

The Doctor Lawyer Team is a personal injury law firm in West Hartford, CT, representing victims of negligence across the United States. The firm is Veteran-owned and focuses on military medical malpractice, VA medical malpractice, Federal Tort Claims Act cases, mesothelioma claims by veterans, and birth injuries at military hospitals. Dr. The firm offers a free case evaluation and charges no fees unless a recovery is made. Attorney Paul McConnell is a former Marine Corps infantry officer and federal prosecutor with grand jury, trial, and appellate experience. He has served as lead counsel or presiding judge in hundreds of matters, including more than 55 jury trials, and has litigated cases in nine different states and four nations. Before entering private practice, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Connecticut, where he focused on healthcare fraud, bank fraud, environmental crimes, and national security litigation. Dr. Michael Giordano is a licensed physician who works alongside McConnell on medical malpractice claims. The firm handles Federal Tort Claims Act cases, the 1946 federal statute that permits private parties to sue the United States in federal court for most torts committed by persons acting on behalf of the government. It also represents veterans in mesothelioma claims, a disease that occurs most often among Navy veterans exposed to asbestos in ship boiler rooms and shipyards. Birth injury cases at military hospitals are another focus, covering harm caused by mistakes during pregnancy, labor, or delivery. The office sits on Prospect Avenue, about a tenth of a mile from Farmington Avenue and the same distance from Bristow Middle School. The West Hartford Fire Department Station 1 is roughly two tenths of a mile away, and the Oxford-Whitney Streets Historic District and Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School are each about three tenths of a mile from the office. The firm holds a 4.90 rating from the customers who have reviewed it, and its attorneys bring more than 50 years of combined experience to claims involving military service members, veterans, and their families.