FORMER JUDGE WELCOMED TO LAW FIRM

Pullman & Comley welcomed Judge John D. Moore (retired) 

to its firm as a member in the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practice. Moore’s focus will be on the mediation and arbitration of civil disputes, particularly in the areas of personal injury, property damage, professional liability, attorney fee disputes, environmental issues, toxic tort and insurance coverage. He will also handle family disputes, including both pre- and post-dissolution matters involving property distribution and child custody. He will be based in the firm’s Hartford office.

Judge Moore retired from the bench in December 2023, after nearly 10 years of service where his focus was on civil and family matters. From 2019 through 2023, Moore served as the administrative judge and the presiding judge of civil and family matters in the Judicial District of Litchfield. Before that, his judicial experience included one year sitting as a civil judge in the Judicial District of New Britain, and four years in the Judicial District of Litchfield mainly as a civil and family judge. He also served on the Civil Jury Instructions Committee and was selected to instruct his colleagues on civil damages, insurance coverage and mediation at the annual Judges’ Institute.

Prior to the bench, Moore’s experience includes 24 years at the Travelers Specialty Liability Group (now known as the Strategic Resolution Group), more than 10 of which were spent as the group’s associate general counsel. His prior experience includes serving as a trial attorney for six years at another Connecticut law firm, handling negligence, product liability and legal malpractice cases.

The Alternative Dispute Resolution practice at Pullman & Comley offers mediation and arbitration services in complex civil matters in state and federal court, including commercial, construction, employment, environmental, health care, insurance, personal injury and probate disputes, as well as in family law matters. 

Pullman & Comley’s ADR practice group has received regional and national recognition for its expertise and success in assisting counsel and their clients in resolving high-value, complex multiparty disputes.