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David P. Friedman

Practice Areas
 Litigation
Professional Liability Representation
  Real Estate & Environmental Law
 


Phone: (203) 332-5777
Email: dfriedman@znclaw.com

Mr. Friedman concentrates his practice in complex commercial and other civil litigation matters.  He has litigated cases in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels involving attorney malpractice claims, commercial lease issues, environmental disputes, partnership disputes and dissolutions, franchise disputes, claims for contribution and indemnification, claims for breach of non-competition agreements, trade secret claims and a wide variety of contractual disputes. 

Mr. Friedman is a member of the Board of Directors of Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut and serves as an attorney trial referee in the Connecticut Superior Court, Judicial District of Fairfield at Bridgeport. 

Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Friedman worked for the Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, in New York City (1983-1986), where he briefed and argued approximately 50 appeals before the New York Court of Appeals and the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division and Appellate Term.  He subsequently served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judith S. Kaye, Associate Judge (now Chief Judge) of the New York Court of Appeals.

Education

  • Stanford University (B.A. 1979)
  • New York University School of Law (1983)
Honors
  • Order of the Coif (1983)
Clerkship
  • Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Associate Judge (now Chief Judge) of the New York Court of Appeals (1986-1988)
Bar Admissions
  • Connecticut (1988)
  • New York (1984)
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut (1989)
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1997)
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (2003)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1999)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1992)
Memberships
  • Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
  • Connecticut Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut
Reported & Unreported Decisions
  • Weiner v. Clinton, 2006 WL 3200353 (Conn. Super. Oct. 19, 2006)
  • Germaine v. Thygerson, 2006 WL 280259 (Conn. Super. Jan. 13, 2006)
  • Intercity Development, LLC v. Andrade, 96 Conn. App. 608, 901 A.2d 731 (Conn. App. 2006)
  • Bridgeport Aviation v. Town of Stratford, 2005 WL 3667392 (Conn. Super. Dec. 27, 2005)
  • Bridgeport Aviation v. Town of Stratford, 2005 WL 2206923 (Conn. Super. Aug. 16, 2005)
  • Glaser v. Pullman and Comley, LLC, 88 Conn. App. 615, 871 A.2d 392 (Conn. App. 2005)
  • Turey v. Vayda, 2005 WL 5899661 (Conn. Super. Feb. 2, 2005)
  • Capasso & Sons, LLC v. Zullo, Couto & Jacks, LLC, 2004 WL 3105969 (Conn. Super. Dec. 9, 2004)
  • Suitt Construction Co., Inc. v. Bottling Group, LLC, 2004 WL 616184 (Conn. Super. March 18, 2004)
  • S.C. Chimexim S.A. v. Velco Enterprises Ltd., 2004 WL 330233 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 23, 2004)
  • Cornerstone Bank v. Hendrickson, 2003 WL 23191986 (Conn. Super. Dec. 29, 2003)
  • Usowski v. Jacobson, 267 Conn. 73, 836 A.2d 1167 (2003)
  • Suitt Construction Co., Inc. v. Bottling Group, LLC, 2003 WL 22598196 (Conn. Super. Oct. 28, 2003)
  • Visconti v. Pepper Partners Ltd. Partnership, 77 Conn. App. 675, 825 A.2d 210 (Conn. App. 2003)
  • MacDonald v. Dragone Classic Cards, 2003 WL 22056626 (D. Conn. April 29, 2003)
  • Betensky v. Opcon Associates, Inc., 2002 WL 173153 (Conn. Super. Jan. 10, 2002)
  • Usowski v. Jacobson, 68 Conn. App. 785, 793 A.2d 268 (Conn. App. 2002)
  • Yancey v. Connecticut Life and Cas. Ins. Co., 68 Conn. App. 556, 791 A.2d 719 (Conn. App. 2002)
  • Shiffrin v. Bergman, 2000 WL 1918050 (Conn. Super. Dec. 18, 2000)
  • Flexo Converters USA, Inc. v. Adelman, 2000 WL 18682323 (Conn. Super. Nov. 30, 2000)
  • Hoffman v. Riccio, 2000 WL 1207274 (Conn. Super. July 21, 2000)
  • Cuomo v. Coassin, 2000 WL 992154 (Conn. Super. June 28, 2000)
  • Rudel Machinery Co., Inc. v. Giddings & Lewis, Inc., 68 F.Supp.2d 118 (D. Conn. 1999)
  • S.C. Chimexim S.A. v. Velco Enterprises Ltd., 36 F.Supp.2d 206 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)
  • Carpenter v. Montanaro, 52 Conn. App. 55, 725 A.2d 390 (Conn. App. 1999)
  • Kurt H. Volk, Inc. v. Odell Simms & Associates, Inc., 33 F.Supp.2d 126 (D. Conn. 1998)
  • CMNY Capital, L.P. v. Perry, 1998 WL 132846 (S.D.N.Y. March 23, 1998)
  • Trans-Clean Corp. v. Terrell, 1998 WL 142436, 21 Conn. L. Rptr. 420 (Conn. Super. March 17, 1998)
  • Weseley Software Development Corp. v. Burdette, 977 F. Supp. 137 (D. Conn. 1997)
  • Saxe v. Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, P.C., 1996 WL 456360 (Conn. Super. July 23, 1996)
  • Greenwich Plaza, Inc. v. Whitman and Ransom, 1996 WL 240458 (Conn. Super. March 19, 1996)
  • Messier v. Southbury Training School, 916 F. Supp. 133 (D. Conn. 1996)
  • Reichenbach v. McIver, 1994 WL 690655 (Conn. Super. Dec. 2, 1994)
  • Caliendo v. Coassin, 1994 WL 613380 (Conn. Super. Oct. 25, 1994)
  • Centerbank v. Murphy, 1993 WL 148725, 9 Conn. L. Rptr. 57 (Conn. Super. April 29, 1993)
  • Crowley v. Banking Center, 1992 WL 54557, 6 Conn. L. Rptr. 134 (Conn. Super. March 9, 1992)
  • Timber Trails Corp. v. Planning and Zoning Comm’n of Town of Sherman, 222 Conn. 380, 610 A.2d 620 (1992)
  • State v. Maldonado, 20 Conn. App. 137, 564 A.2d 638 (Conn. App. 1989)
  • Connecticut Bank and Trust Co. v. Coffin, 212 Conn. 678, 563 A.2d 1323 (1989)
  • People v. Chambers, 125 A.D. 2d 88, 512 N.Y.S. 2d 89 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. 1987)
  • People v. Cargill, 124 A.D. 2d 912, 508 N.Y.S. 2d 533 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 1986)
  • People v. Jones, 124 A.D. 2d 596, 507 N.Y.S. 2d 738 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 1986)
  • People v. Lopez, 123 A.D. 2d 399, 506 N.Y.S. 2d 600 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 1986)
  • People v. Green, 68 N.Y. 2d 151, 497 N.E. 3d 665, 506 N.Y.S. 2d 298 (N.Y. 1986)
  • People v. Trevino, 119 A.D. 2d 706, 501 1 N.Y.S. 2d 201 (N.Y. A.D. 2 Dept. 1986)
  • People v. Ingrassia, 118 A.D. 2d 587, 499 N.Y.S. 2d 191 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 1986)
  • People v. Sanders, 66 N.Y. 2d 906, 489 N.Y. 2d 743, 498 N.Y.S. 2d 774 (N.Y. 1985)
  • People v. Worley, 66 N. Y. 2d 523, 488 N.Y. 2d 1228, 498 N.Y.S. 2d 116 (N.Y. 1985)
  • People v. Gilmore, 111 A.D. 2d 768, 489 N.Y. S. 2d 868 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 1985)
  • People v. Varas, 110 A.D. 2d 646, 487 N.Y. S. 2d 577 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 1985)
  • People v. Sanders, 108 A.D. 2d 316, 489 N.Y.S. 2d 398 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 1985)