About Paul Iannaccone
Paul M. Iannaccone was born and raised in Waterbury, Connecticut, where he worked as a full-time Adult Probation Officer for the State of Connecticut before attending law school and graduating with honors. His background instilled a commitment to fairness that he brings to his representation of working families in claims against corporations and insurance companies. His cases have included a claim for dairy farmers whose cattle were harmed by stray voltage from Northeast Utility power lines, a birth injury case for a Waterbury infant, and a motor vehicle collision case for a New Haven nursing student rendered quadriplegic. He is admitted to practice before all courts in the State of Connecticut and the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability, and Medical Malpractice Law every year since 2011, is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
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.
