Ernest J. Mattei

Of Counsel

F: (860) 881 2461

Overview Experience Insights News Education and Credentials Recognition and Community Outside Interests

Overview

Ernest "Ernie" Mattei is a trial lawyer who practices in the area of complex commercial disputes, with an emphasis on insurance coverage and insurance defense related matters. He also practices in the area of family law, but limits his cases to non-custody matters. He has substantial trial experience, representing clients in state and federal courts in Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Missouri, and Alabama. He also has been involved in numerous arbitration and mediation proceedings, as well as appeals to the Appellate and Supreme Courts of Connecticut, and the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Fourth Circuit. In addition, he has been appointed as a special master and fact-finder/arbitrator by the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch and a special master by the Federal District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Experience

Defense of insurers in insurance coverage matters

Representation of insurers in multimillion-dollar subrogation matters

Representation of owners and contractors in complex construction litigation cases

Representation of diverse groups of companies in asbestos litigation

Representation of professionals in negligence cases

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Education and Credentials

Education

Georgetown University Law CenterJ.D.1975editor, Georgetown Law Review

Trinity CollegeB.A.1970

Admissions

State of Connecticut

U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Admitted pro hac vice in numerous federal and state court jurisdictions

Affiliations

American Bar Association

Connecticut Bar Association, Member, House of Delegates

Connecticut Bar Association, Litigation Law Section, Executive Committee

Connecticut Bar Association, Insurance Law Committee, Executive Board

Connecticut Bar Foundation, James W. Cooper Fellows

Hartford County Bar Association, Past President

Hartford County Bar Foundation, Executive Committee

Windsor Bar Association, Past President

Trinity Club of Hartford, Executive Committee

Federal Grievance Committee (D. Conn.), Chairman

Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court, Past President, Member

Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity, Mentor

Recognition and Community

Recognition

Chosen for inclusion in the Chambers USA Legal Directory (Chambers & Partners) as a leading litigation attorney, 2016-2018

Chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.), Insurance Law (1997-2021) and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, (2011-2021)

Chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.), Hartford Insurance Lawyer of the Year, 2013

Selected to the list of Connecticut Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), Insurance Coverage, 2006-2019

Selected to the list of Top 50 Connecticut Super Lawyers (Thompson Reuters), 2011-2012

Recognized as Father of the Year for the American Diabetes Association, 2012

Trinity Club of Hartford, Man of the Year Award, 2009

AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell (LexisNexis)

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