Bob Wyld is the former Chair of the firm's Litigation Department. His extensive civil litigation experience has centered on complex business and commercial litigation. This has included general business matters, intra-corporate and partnership disputes, shareholder oppression and corporate governance litigation, securities, class action, breach of contract, insurance coverage, product liability and business tort issues. He has litigated disputes in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, insurance, financial services, manufacturing and not-for-profit businesses. He also has significant experience representing fiduciaries and beneficiaries in complex trust and estates litigation, including will contests, trustee surcharge and removal litigation and trust and will construction actions. In addition to his trial practice, Bob has considerable experience with alternative dispute resolution procedures, including mediation and commercial arbitration.

Bob is a former law clerk of United States District Court Judge Frank J. Murray and has served as President of the Hartford County Bar Association, President of the Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court, President of the Hartford County Bar Foundation and as a Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.

Bob Wyld is the former Chair of the firm's Litigation Department. His extensive civil litigation experience has centered on complex business and commercial litigation. This has included general business matters, intra-corporate and partnership disputes, shareholder oppression and corporate governance litigation, securities, class action, breach of contract, insurance coverage, product liability and business tort issues. He has litigated disputes in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, insurance, financial services, manufacturing and not-for-profit businesses. He also has significant experience representing fiduciaries and beneficiaries in complex trust and estates litigation, including will contests, trustee surcharge and removal litigation and trust and will construction actions. In addition to his trial practice, Bob has considerable experience with alternative dispute resolution procedures, including mediation and commercial arbitration.

Bob is a former law clerk of United States District Court Judge Frank J. Murray and has served as President of the Hartford County Bar Association, President of the Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court, President of the Hartford County Bar Foundation and as a Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.

EDUCATION

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1976

University of Vermont, B.A., 1973, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions

Connecticut

Court Admissions

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States District Court District of Connecticut

United States Tax Court

Distinctions

*AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

*Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers: Litigation

*2008 Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation

*2009 Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation

*Listed as a 2008 Connecticut Super Lawyer®: Business Litigation

*Listed as a 2009 Connecticut Super Lawyer®: Business Litigation

*Law Clerk, Honorable Frank J. Murray, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1976-1977)

*Notes Editor, American Criminal Law Review

*Connecticut Bar Foundation, James W. Cooper Fellow (2006)

*American Bar Foundaton, Fellow (2007)

Professional Affiliations

*Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court: President (2005-2006)

*Hartford County Bar Foundation: President (2005-2006)

*Hartford County Bar Association: President (1991-1992)

*Connecticut Bar Association: Executive Committee, Litigation Section (1990-1994); Standing Committee on Professionalism (1999-2001)

*American Bar Association: Member, Section on Litigation and Torts

*The Law Works for People: Advisory Committee (1992)

*Bench Bar Leadership Conference Steering Committee (1993)

*CBA Task Force on Professionalism (1999)

Community Involvement

*University of Vermont: Parents Fund Committee; Alumni Representative (2002-present)

*Loomis Chaffee Parents Association: Director (2000-2002)

*Simsbury Historical Society: President (1987-1988); Director (1979-1991)

*Farmington Valley YMCA: Board of Managers (1993-1999); Vice-Chairperson (1994-1999); Co-Chairperson, Major Gifts Sustaining Campaign (1994)

*Simsbury, A Better Chance: Director (1979-1986); Vice-President (1984-1986)

*Antiquarian and Landmarks Society, Incorporated: Trustee (1989-1993)

*Simsbury Memorial Day Celebration: Grand Marshall and Keynote Speaker (1988)

*Simsbury Basketball Club: Director (1991-1999)