About Robert Sousa
Robert Sousa has been practicing law in Connecticut for over thirty-five years, during which he has devoted his practice to workers’ compensation law. In addition to his role as Managing Partner for the last thirty years at Sousa & Minogue, LLC in Shelton, he joins the Carter Mario Injury Lawyers as Co-Counsel. He has represented and obtained favorable settlements for thousands of injured workers. Attorney Sousa has held elective office serving as the First Selectman (Mayor) for the Town of Orange from 1995-1999.
He was the first Democrat elected in the history of the town in its 173-year history. After serving two terms, he chose not to seek re-election so that he could solely focus his efforts on representing injured workers in Connecticut. After obtaining his B.A. in Political Science from Northeastern University, he earned his J.D. from Quinnipiac University School of Law.
He is admitted to practice in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and the U.S. District Court of Connecticut. In addition, Attorney Sousa is a proud veteran of the United States Army where he was a commissioned military intelligence officer. One of his daughters practices as an Attorney with him at Sousa & Minogue, LLC. He and his wife currently reside in Milford.
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.
