Joram Hirsch

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury

• Automobile Accidents and Injuries

• Pedestrian Injuries

• Detective Premises/Slip & Fall

• Uninsured / Underinsured Motorist

• Dog/Animal Bites & Attack

• Dram shop/Alcohol

• Wrongful Death

• Medical Malpractice

• Defective Products

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Joram Hirsch has been a trial lawyer since he graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1979. Following law school, Joram had the honor of serving as Law Clerk to Chief Justice John Cotter of the Connecticut Supreme Court.  Joram has devoted his career to representing injured people and their families and has achieved many substantial verdicts and settlements. Joram is widely recognized for his experience in medical malpractice and other complex litigation, including cases involving accident reconstruction. Joram has had the unique opportunity to handle cases that have shaped Connecticut law. For example, as a result of Petriello v. Kalman, 215 Conn. 377 (1990), a medical malpractice case, the Connecticut Supreme Court recognized for the first time an injured person's right to receive compensation for the increased risk of future harm resulting from an injury.

 

Joram served as Chairman of the Amicus Committee of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association for more than 15 years. In that capacity, Joram was involved in dozens of appeals to the Connecticut Supreme Court and worked on numerous cases that changed the law to protect the rights of injured people.  For example, in Clohessy v. Bachelor, 237 Conn. 31 (1996), the Connecticut Supreme Court first recognized a right to be compensated for emotional injuries caused by witnessing a loved one suffering a traumatic injury.

 

Joram has been a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association for over 30 years and has served as an officer and  is currently on its Board of Governors.  Joram also has been a member of the Association’s Medical Malpractice Committee and its Continuing Legal Education Committee, and has presented at seminars on a wide range of topics such as premises liability, uninsured motorist coverage, Medicare liens and traumatic brain injury. Joram has also served as a Special Master of the United States District Court, acting as a mediator in federal cases.

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Education

• J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
  Law Review: Associate Editor, The Tax Lawyer

• B.A., Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude Major: Economics

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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

• Connecticut

• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut

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Professional & BAR Associations and Memberships

• United States District Court, District of Connecticut, 1997 - Present
  Special Master

• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association,
  Officer, Member, Board of Governors, Chairman Amicus Committee, Member, Member Continuing Legal Education Committee, Member Medical Malpractice Committee

• Connecticut Bar Association,
  Member, Professional Ethics Committee

• American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)

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Honors/Awards

• Connecticut Super Lawyers ®, Connecticut Magazine, Since 2007 - Practice Areas: Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff

• The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyers

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America ®, Plaintiffs; Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs: all editions since 2016.

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Published Works

• Reimbursement of Collateral Source Benefits under the Automobile Insurance Reform Act and Application of ERISA Preemption, CTLA Forum Vol. 11, No. 5, September, 1993

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Published Works

• Reimbursement of Collateral Source Benefits under the Automobile Insurance Reform Act and Application of ERISA Preemption, CTLA Forum Vol. 11, No. 5, September, 1993

 

Representative Cases

• On Site Energy Corp v. Sperry Rand Corp., 5 Conn. App. 326 (Appellate Court 1985)

• National CSS Inc. v. Stamford, 195 Conn. 587 (Ct. Supreme Court 1985)

• Gold v. Newman, 211 Conn. 631 (Ct. Supreme Court 1989)

• Petriello v. Kalman, 215 Conn. 377 (Ct. Supreme Court 1990)

• McGlinchey v. Aetna, 224 Conn. 133 (Ct. Supreme Court 1992)

• Hines v. St. Vincent's Medical Center, 232 Conn. 632 (Ct. Supreme Court 1995)

• Clohessy v. Bachelor, 237 Conn. 31 (Ct. Supreme Court 1996)

• Sylvestre v. USAA, 240 Conn. 544 (Ct. Supreme Court 1997)

• Mazziotti v. Allstate Insurance Co., 240 Conn. 799 (Ct. Supreme Court 1997)

• Timothy Barrett, PPA, et al v. Bessie Montesano et al, 269 Conn. 787 (Ct. Supreme Court 2004)

• Charles Gianetti M.D. v. Louis Meszoros, et al, 268 Conn. 424 (CT Supreme Court 2004)

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Classes/Seminars Taught

• Chairman, How to Recognize a Victim of Traumatic Brain Injury, Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association, 1991

• Speaker, Litigating Premises Liability Cases, Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association, 1992

• Chairman, Traumatic Brain Injury: Recognizing and Dealing with "Mild" or "Moderate" Head Injury Cases, Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association, 1993

• Speaker, Reimbursement of Collateral Source Benefits under the 1993 Automobile Insurance Reform Act and Application of ERISA Preemption, College of Evidence, Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association, 1993

• Chairman, Traumatic Brain Injury: Recognizing and Dealing with "Mild" or "Moderate" Head Injury Cases, Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association, 1995

• Faculty Member, Trial Practice Workshop-Direct Examination of Experts, 1995

• Speaker, Medical Coverage and Reimbursements; Winning Automobile Cases Seminar, Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association, 1997

• Speaker, How to Make the Most out of Depositions; From Classroom to Courtroom: Trial Techniques for the New Lawyer, American Association for Justice, 1997

• Speaker, Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Cases, Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association, 1998

• Co-Chairman, Mild Head Injury, Understanding & Proving the Invisible Injury, Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association, 2000

• Program Faculty, Great West Life v. Knudson, A Round Table Discussion, Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association, 2002

• Program Faculty, The Art of Negotiation and Settlement, Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association, 2003

• Speaker, Amicus Committee Report, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, 2004

• Speaker, Proving the Uninsured Motorist is Uninsured, Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Cases, Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association, 2005

• Co-Chair, Effective Deposition Techniques, Civil Justice Foundation (2007)

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Past Employment Positions

• Hirsch Andrade, LLP – 2023 – present

• Adelman Hirsch & Connors, LLP – 1999 – 2022

• Cohen and Wolf, P.C., 1983 – 1998

• Day, Berry & Howard, 1980 - 1983

• John P. Cotter, Chief Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court, Law Clerk, 1979 - 1980