Direct Dial: 860.241.2617
Facsimile: 860.522.2796
E-mail: rwareing@pepehazard.com

EDUCATION

The Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1993

The College of the Holy Cross, A.B. in History,magna cum laude, 1990

BAR ADMISSIONS

Massachusetts

Connecticut

United States District Court, District of Massachusetts

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States District Court, District of Connecticut

United States District Court, Eastern District of New York Southern District of New York

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Hartford County Bar Association, Member

American Bar Association, Member

Connecticut Bar Association, Member

Republican State Central Committee, Committeeman (2002-03)

Metropolitan District Commission, Commissioner (1996-99, 1999- Present)

City of Hartford Personnel Board, Member (1998-1999), Chairman (1999)

Hartford Economic Development Commission (1999-2003)

Hartford Redevelopment Agency (1999-2003)

Hartford Charter Revision Commission (2002)

Hartford Parking Authority (2004)

RESIDENCE

Hartford, Connecticut

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND EXPERIENCE:

The following are representative of Rich's accomplishments and experience:

Appeals, Commercial Litigation, Construction and Surety

• Represented product liability plaintiff in successful appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversing dismissal of case based on forum non conveniens.Irragori v. International Elevator, Inc., 243 F.3d 678 (2d Cir. 2001).
  
• Represented equipment supplier in successfully defending $17 million mechanic’s lien in appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court. Alstom Power, Inc. v. Balcke-Durr, Inc., 269 Conn. 599 (2004).

• Represented wife in appeal to Connecticut Appellate and Supreme Courts in divorce case challenging appealability of interlocutory order requiring her spouse to pay over $400,000 in legal fees. Perricone v. Perricone, AC 25461

• Expanded law with respect to Eichleay formula used to calculate extended home office overhead damages arising out of owner-caused delays on federal construction projects. West v. All-State Boiler, 146 F.3d 1468 (Fed. Cir. 1998).

• Expanded law with respect to obligations of commercial tenants operating under percentage rent leases. Pequot Spring Water Co. v. Brunelle, 46 Conn. App. 187 (1997), cert. granted, in part, 243 Conn. 928 (1997).

• Obtained new trial for pro bono client in criminal appeal. State v. Jones, 39 Conn. App. 563; 1995 cert. den. 235 Conn. 931 (1995).

• Representation of ENR 400 contractor against multiple subcontractor claims arising out of $100 million federal prison construction project.

• Representation of an international EPC contractor in $65 million claim for additional compensation (and defense or owner's counterclaim) arising out of an oil refinery project in Singapore .

• Representation of an international EPC contractor against owner's claims for cost overruns arising out of the design and construction of a $1.1 billion gold/ore processing facility in Argentina .