About Melissa Papantones
Melissa Papantones is a dedicated advocate for injured people in their time of need. Each case she takes on is handled with a great sense of compassion and fierceness in the pursuit of justice for her clients. Before joining the Carter Mario Injury Lawyers, Attorney Papantones spent most of her professional legal career in insurance defense, specializing in personal injury actions. She also has experience practicing in real estate, probate, wills and trusts, and contracts.
Before earning her J.D. from Emory University School of Law, Attorney Papantones earned her A.B. in English from Vassar College. While attending law school, she took part in a nationally recognized litigation program developed in partnership with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. She is licensed to practice in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Georgia. In addition to her legal work, Attorney Papantones volunteers her time as an arbitrator-fact finder for the Connecticut Judicial Branch and serves on her local Inland Wetlands and Waterways Commission.
She is also a certified election moderator and has previously served on her church’s parish council. A longtime Connecticut resident, Attorney Papantones has lived in the state for over 35 years. She has been married for more than 30 years and is the proud mother of three adult children. Outside of the office, she enjoys golf, cooking, knitting, traveling, and spending time with her family and rescue dog, Schatzi.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Carter Mario Injury Lawyers
These results are credited to Carter Mario Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A pavement-marking crew member fell from a moving trailer and struck his head on the road after a co-worker changed lanes abruptly, leaving him with no memory of the incident; Carter Mario resolved the combined workers' compensation and third-party auto claims for $3 million.
Carter Mario recovered $1.25 million for pedestrian Deborah Okolovitch after a driver exiting a parking lot struck her, with defense counsel contesting liability because she was not in a marked crosswalk.
Michael Lemieux was riding his motorcycle in Milford when a car driven by Weihua Niu hit him head-on, fracturing his left leg, injuring his right arm, and causing a hernia; Carter Mario Injury Lawyers demanded the full policy limit from the outset and obtained a $1.25 million settlement.
A U.S. District Court jury in Connecticut returned an $850,000 verdict for a sole-proprietor owner-operator trucker who was struck while parked on an exit ramp when a second rig rolled backward into him, more than four times the defense's final offer.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
