Gerald T. Giaimo maintains a civil and criminal trial practice in Connecticut’s State and Federal Courts. Mr. Giaimo’s practice focuses on counseling clients and litigating matters in the areas of complex commercial law, construction and mechanic’s lien law, bodily injury law, insurance coverage law, employment law, and felony and misdemeanor criminal defense. Mr. Giaimo has extensive jury and court trial experience, and often serves as local counsel in large commercial disputes.

Mr. Giaimo is actively involved in serving the bar at both the national and local levels. A former Officer (Assembly Speaker) of the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division, Mr. Giaimo is currently one of Connecticut’s five delegates to the ABA’s House of Delegates. In 2005 he was appointed by ABA President, Michael Greco, to serve on the ABA’s Standing Committee on Constitution & Bylaws. He is also one of four young lawyers nationwide to be selected in 2005 to participate in the ABA Section of Litigation’s Young Lawyer Leadership Program. Mr. Giaimo is a member of that section’s Construction Law Committee, and also serves as a member of the ABA’s Business Law Section and Criminal Justice Section.

At the state and local levels, Mr. Giaimo was the former Chair of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Section, and served as the CBA’s Assistant Secretary/Treasurer from 2001-2002. He is currently a member of the CBA’s Standing Committee on Long Range Planning, and Task Force on Mentoring. In 2006, Mr. Giaimo was appointed a Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation. Mr. Giaimo is also the current President of the New Haven Bar Foundation.

Mr. Giaimo is a member of the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association and Connecticut Trial Lawyer’s Association, and serves on the Connecticut Law Tribune’s Advisory Board. In 2002, he received an award from the Tribune as a New Leader in the Law, and was also recognized by the Connecticut Business Times with their “Forty Under Forty” award.

Mr. Giaimo received his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1994, and his B.A. in Political Science from the College of the Holy Cross in 1991.