Mr Jeffrey Babbin > Wiggin and Dana LLP > New Haven, United States > Lawyer Profile
Wiggin and Dana LLP Offices
256 CHURCH STREET
PO BOX 1832
NEW HAVEN, CT O6508-1832
CONNECTICUT
United States
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Mr Jeffrey Babbin
Work Department
Litigation and Regulatory Compliance, Appellate, Insurance, Medical Malpractice Defense, Product Liability, Energy and Utilities, Real Estate, Environmental, Construction and Facilities
Position
Partner
Career
Jeff is an accomplished appellate lawyer whose vast experience representing clients in complex appeals has taken him from the state level to the U.S. Supreme Court. His efforts have helped shape the law and produced notable successes on behalf of the firm’s clients.
Jeff is a Partner in the Appellate Practice Group within the firm’s Litigation Department. He handles both complex civil appeals and legal motions in the trial courts. His appeals have involved constitutional issues, insurance, product liability, employment law, securities, medical and other professional malpractice, breach of contract, fraud, and other business and personal torts. Insurers have retained Jeff to pursue appeals in some of the largest medical malpractice verdicts ever in Connecticut.
Jeff routinely assists trial counsel within Wiggin and Dana and at other firms on complex legal motions both before and after trial and on tasks for preserving issues for appeal. Jeff is often retained to pursue or defend appeals in cases tried by other law firms. He also has an active administrative appeals practice, representing regulated companies in the judicial review of federal and state agency action for energy, health care, and telecommunications clients. He has authored both party and amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court as well as prepared advocates for oral argument before that Court. He has handled appeals in federal and state courts throughout the country.
Benchmark Litigation has named Jeff a “Litigation Star,” Best Lawyers in America gave him “Lawyer of the Year” honors for his appellate work, and he is consistently listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer. Jeff is a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and he co-chaired the Connecticut Bar Association’s Appellate Advocacy Section. By appointment of Connecticut’s Chief Justice, he serves on the State’s Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules. In 2020, he was elected to the Board of the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association. Jeff has authored numerous articles for the Connecticut Law Tribune and frequently lectures at seminars on appellate law and procedure.
Before joining Wiggin and Dana, Jeff practiced law in Washington, D.C., working on complex civil litigation in courts and administrative agencies.
He received his J.D. from Stanford University and his B.S. magna cum laude in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Memberships
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
American Bar Association
Connecticut Bar Association, Appellate Advocacy, Litigation, Administrative Law and Federal Practice sections
Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association
District of Columbia Bar
Education
Stanford Law School (J.D., 1984)
University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1981), magna cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
Appellate lawyers at Wiggin and Dana LLP are roundly praised by sources as ‘smart and creative with the right amount of practicality’. Centered in Connecticut, though it also draws on a significant New York base, the group is a regular fixture in all thirteen federal circuit courts, while it also argues in lower and higher state appellate courts nationwide. Most notably, the team’s representation of Hartford Financial Services Group in business-interruption claims related to Covid-19 has created a steady stream of appellate cases across the country, including Florida, New York, and California. From New Haven, department chair Jonathan Freiman leads on the Hartford matters. Other recommended names in New Haven include Jeffrey Babbin and Tadhg Dooley.