Morris R. Borea
Principal
Areas of Practice
- Litigation and Trial Practice
- Personal Injury Practice Group
- Civil Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Product Liability
- Wrongful Death
- Trade Secrets Litigation
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- General Business/Counseling
- General Municipal/Government Counseling
Litigation Percentage
- 60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1982
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1993
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut
- J.D. - 1982
- Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
- B.S. - 1979
- Major: Biology & Psychology
Published Works
- "Municipal Liability: The Public Duty Doctrine Revisited", CTLA Forum, Vol. 10, No. 1, Feb., 1992
Representative Cases
Representative Clients
- United Natural Foods, Inc.
- On Site Gas Systems, Inc.
- Massachusetts Mutual Ins. Co.
- Town of Rocky Hill
Classes/Seminars
- Program Chair, "Direct and Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses" Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, April 12, 2002
- "Product Liability Roundtable" CLE Seminar, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, December 4, 2001 - December 4, 2002
- Program Chair, 'Suing the Federal, State and Local Government", Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, March 6, 1999
- Speaker, "Jury Selection in Premises Liability Cases", CTLA CLE Seminar, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1995
- Program Chair, "Taking Effective Depositions", CLE Seminar, Connecticut Bar Association, 1994
- Speaker, "Successor Liability for Product Liability Claims", CLE Seminar, CBA, 1991
- Examining Expert Witnesses, CTLA, 2002 - 2008
- Issues in Product Liability, CTLA, 2001 - 2003
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1982 - Present
- CTLA People's Law School, Wethersfield, CT, Chairman, 1993 - 1997
- UNICO, Wethersfield, Member, Board of Directors, 1999 - Present
- UNICO, Wethersfield, President, 2002 - 2003
Pro Bono Activities
- Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals, Wethersfield, CT, 1998 - Present
- Secretary, Zoning Board of Appeals, Wethersfield, CT, 1996 - 1998
Languages
- Italian
