Stephen A. Finn

Stephen A. Finn PARTNER

Steve is a civil litigator who concentrates in the fields of personal injury and land use law. Among the many recognitions he has received are The Best Lawyers in America® for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs and The Best Lawyers in America® for Land Use and Zoning Law.

Steve has obtained numerous verdicts or settlements each over a million dollars in all types of cases including pedestrian and bicycle cases, motorcycle and car accidents, uninsured/underinsured motorist cases, and medical malpractice. Many of the cases involved a defense of no-liability and a number of the verdicts were unsuccessfully appealed to a higher court by the defendant.

In his zoning practice, Steve has represented schools, churches, country clubs, real estate developers, quarries, corporations, and individuals before local land use boards such as Inland Wetlands Commissions, Planning and Zoning Commissions, and Zoning Boards of Appeal. When the approvals from these Boards or Commissions have been appealed to Court, Steve has been successful in having the appeals dismissed.

Steve received his undergraduate degree from Washington University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1975), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi (a recognition of his achievements in scientific research). He received his law degree from the University of Virginia (J.D. 1979) where he was Honors Counsel. Steve is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the American Association for Justice, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the Tort, Insurance and Litigation Sections of the American and Connecticut Bar Associations, and was a founding member of the Raymond E. Baldwin Chapter of the American Inns of Court, an organization dedicated to the education and training of trial attorneys.

He has lectured on tort and insurance law issues. Steve has served on the Court Rules Committee of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and on the Boards of Directors of Family and Children’s Services, the Stamford Museum and Nature Center and the Lake Club, Inc. He has been recognized by Connecticut Super Lawyers in the practice areas of personal injury and land use / zoning.

Practice Areas

  • University of Virginia, Juris Doctorate, 1979
    • Honors Counsel
  • Washington University, Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1975
  • Connecticut, 1983
  • Rhode Island, 1979 (inactive)
  • United States Supreme Court, 2002
  • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1981
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1995
  • United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1982
  • United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, 1980
  • Connecticut Bar Association
    • Litigation Section
    • Insurance Law Section
  • American Bar Association
    • Litigation Section
    • Tort, Trial, & Insurance Practice Section
  • American Association for Justice
  • Raymond E. Baldwin Chapter of the American Inns of Court, Founding Member
  • Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Court Rules Committee
  • Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  • Steve Finn obtains 2.5 million dollar verdict in personal injury lawsuit.
    • Wofsey Rosen Kweskin & Kuriansky, LLP Partner, Stephen Finn obtained a significant verdict in a case involving serious injuries. The case arose out of an accident in which a pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle. The case was tried and the firm obtained a verdict of $2.5 million.
  • Matthiessen v. Vanech, 266 Conn. 822 (2003)
  • General Acc. Ins. Co. v. Wheeler, 221 Conn. 206 (1992)
  • Giannitti v. City of Stamford, 25 Conn.App. 67, cert. denied, 220 Conn. 918 (1991)
  • Pergament v. Green, 32 Conn.App. 644, cert. denied, 228 Conn. 903 (1993)
  • Darien Realty Advisors, Inc. v. Reeves, 10 Conn. App. 145 (1987)
  • Casting Supply House, Inc. v. Elf Atochem NA, Inc., 34 Fed. Appx. 412 (2d Cir. 2002)
  • Wards Co. v. Stamford Ridgeway Associates, 761 F.2d 117 (2d Cir. 1985)
  • Fisher v. First Stamford Bank and Trust Co., 751 F.2d 519 (2d Cir. 1984)
  • Hoffman v. City of Willimantic, 680 F.  504 (D. Conn. 1988)
  • Hoffman v. McNamara, 630 F. Supp. 1257 (D. Conn. 1986)
  • Family & Children’s Services
    • Board of Directors, Former Member
  • Stamford Museum and Nature Center
    • Board of Directors, Former Member
  • The Lake Club, Inc.
    • Board of Directors, Former Member