About Julianne Lombardo Klaassen
Julianne Lombardo Klaassen handles all types of personal injury cases at RisCassi & Davis with attention to detail, rigorous analysis, and compassion for her clients. She earned her law degree with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law, receiving CALI Excellence awards for top academic performance in Ethics, Evidence, and Trial Advocacy. She attended Harvard University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Biology, with coursework in neurobiology and psychology.
Before law school, she spent several years as a healthcare representative in Pfizer's neurology division. She also held litigation positions at two major Hartford-based law firms and served as corporate counsel in the aerospace industry. She is admitted to practice in Connecticut, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, and the U.S. Court of International Trade.
Proven verdicts and settlements at RisCassi & Davis
These results are credited to RisCassi & Davis. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A Hartford jury returned a $7.25 million verdict for the estate of Daniel DiNardi, a Connecticut DOT supervisor fatally struck by a tractor-trailer while working on the shoulder of Route 8 northbound near Waterbury.
RisCassi and Davis attorneys secured a $6.5 million settlement for students hurt when a school bus plunged down a 20-foot I-84 embankment, killing a 16-year-old Rocky Hill boy on his way to a robotics competition.
Michael Jainchill of RisCassi & Davis secured a $3.8 million settlement for the adult children of Janet Pulver, a 66-year-old Avon grandmother killed when a speeding driver crossed the center line and struck her car head-on in Farmington, Connecticut.
A Hartford Superior Court jury returned a $3,476,025 verdict in September 2014 for motorcyclist Matthew Karotkin, who suffered skull fractures and a lung injury when a UPS driver cut left across his path at a Windsor, Connecticut intersection.
A Waterbury jury returned a $2 million verdict in November 2024 for construction laborer Keven Shepard, who was electrocuted when an excavator struck an Eversource power line marked nearly eight feet from its actual underground position.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
