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Neal L. Moskow, a founding member of the firm, focuses his practice in the areas of construction law and litigation,commercial, banking and civil litigation, employment law and litigation, personal injury litigation and mass tort (drug, medical device and toxic tort) litigation. Recognized by judges, juries and his peers as an outstanding litigator, Mr. Moskow is an A-V Rated attorney with more than fifteen years experience as a litigator, and has successfully brought and defended hundreds of cases at both the trial and appellate levels of the Connecticut and federal courts. Mr. Moskow is also a certified member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an association generally recognized as including the top trial lawyers in America . Membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum is reserved for lawyers who have recovered million and multi-million dollar verdicts. Mr. Moskow was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1989 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit, as well as the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court.

Mr. Moskow earned his Juris Doctor from Boston University Law School in 1989 and his B.A. from the University of New York at Albany in 1986, magna cum laude.

Mr. Moskow is on the faculty of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Institute (a NITA/CBA organization), and teaches at the Institute's annual "trial lawyer boot camp," an intensive 4-day training session for both novice and experienced litigators. In addition to teaching trial practice, Mr. Moskow lectures extensively on diverse topics and for a wide range of audiences, including programs sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Association, National Business Institute, Lorman's Educational Services, industry trade groups and private companies. Representative topics on which he frequently speaks include: Connecticut's construction laws (mechanic's lien law, surety law, Home Improvement/New Home Contractor's Act and the Fairness in Construction Financing Act), Employment Law, Court Motion Practice in Connecticut, Automobile Accidents and Insurance Law, and Connecticut Foreclosure Law.

In 2004, the Connecticut Bar Foundation named Mr. Moskow a James W. Cooper Fellow. Selection as a Cooper Fellow requires demonstrated superior legal ability and devotion to the welfare of the community, state, nation and the advancement of the legal profession. Mr. Moskow was named a 2006 Connecticut Super Lawyer by Law & Politics and the publishers of Connecticut Magazine.

Mr. Moskow has had numerous reported cases and important results. Representative cases include Distasio v. Perkin Elmer Corp., 157 F. 3rd 55 (2nd Cir. 1998); Original Grasso Construction Corp. v. John Sheperd, 70 Conn. App. 404, 799 A.2d 1053, cert. Denied, 261 Conn. 932, 806 A.2d 1065 (2002) and Fagan v. The Stamford Hospital, docket number CV-96-0149908-S ($2,500,000.00 Verdict secured in 2003). Mr. Moskow is also a court appointed fact finder/arbitrator for the Connecticut Superior Court, and frequently mediates and arbitrates matters for private parties at the request of other lawyers.

Mr. Moskow is an active member of numerous professional and civic organizations including: the Stamford Regional Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association (Litigation, Employment and Commercial Law Sections), American Bar Association (Torts and Insurance Practice Group and the Construction and Surety Group), Connecticut Trial Lawyer's Association and the American Trial Lawyer's Association (Section on Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts, Daubert Litigation Group, Ephedra Group, PPA Group, Hormone Replacement Therapy Group and the Vioxx Group) and the Connecticut Employment Law Association. Mr. Moskow has previously served as Associate Editor for Side Bar, the Connecticut Bar Association's Litigation Section Newsletter and as an Executive Board Member for the Connecticut Bar Association's Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section. In past years, Mr. Moskow has also served as a board member with various community and religious organizations; he now devotes his non-working hours to his wife and four children.