Michael A. Stratton |

"We represent people who never thought they would need a lawyer, and we discourage lawsuits whenever we feel the case is unjust, the offense petty, or the toll of litigation on the victim too great."

59 Elm Street, New Haven CT 06510
T 203-624-9500 M 203-500-4655

Michael A. Stratton

Partner

"We represent people who never thought they would need a lawyer, and we discourage lawsuits whenever we feel the case is unjust, the offense petty, or the toll of litigation on the victim too great."

Education

Hopkins School, 1983

Colgate University, 1987

Boston University School of Law, 1990

Awards & Recognitions

Top 10 Super Lawyers in Connecticut out of 10,000 plus lawyers, 2011-2012 (and prior years)

Top 50 Super Lawyers in New England out of 50,000 plus lawyers, 2011-2012 (and prior years)

AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Best Lawyers in America for personal injury litigation

New York Super Lawyer, consecutive years

Admissions

State of Connecticut

U.S. District Courts (District of Connecticut and Southern & Eastern District of New York)

U.S. Circuit Courts (First and Second Circuits) and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Memberships

Board-certified in both Civil Trial Advocacy and Civil Pretrial Practice by the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification (NBLSC)

Founder's Circle level member of the American Association of Justice (AAJ)

Leader’s Forum and member of President’s Club (AAJ)

American Board of Trial Advocates (Associate)

MADD State Operations Council

Brain Injury Association of Connecticut (Past President 1998-2001)

Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, 1998-Present

Statewide Fundraising Chairman, 2000-2006)

Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association

Connecticut Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers (2000-Present; President-Elect 2001-Present)

Connecticut Bar Association (House of Delegates, 1997-2004); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (1996-Present)

The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

Presentations

Medicare, Medicaid, ERISA and Other Claimed Liens
2010, 2011

Related Publications

The Effect of Deregulation and NAFTA
January 01, 2006
"The Plaintiff's Perspective," Truck Accident Litigation
January 01, 2006
Hit Hard Not Low: Ethics as Both a Sword and Shield
September 01, 2003

What's on my iPod

A really weird mix of George Winston instrumentals, Aimee Mann and 80's hair nation medleys.

What I do when not
practicing law

My college-bound daughter, the triathlete, is forcing me to join her in this craziness so... swimming, biking and running. But on my days off, she lets me play the piano.

Favorite food

I have become a simple man—rice, beans and homemade salsa and guacamole—maybe some apple pie a la mode for dessert.

Favorite movie/TV character

Caddyshack with Rodney Dangerfield

One thing I cannot live without

Faith. This drives me even when things look very dark, and it never seems to fail me.

Favorite vacation spot

Block island

Quote I live by

Never, never, never give up.

Mike Stratton has been trying law suits for more than 20 years and, at age 37, was the youngest member of any bar to be voted by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers. Mike has won dozens of multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements involving defective products and medical devices, securities fraud, aviation and trucking accidents, bad faith insurance claims practices and professional malpractice. While getting the maximum results for clients matters, Mike also believes that lawyers must create meaning from the monetary settlements achieved for clients. This strong, principled sense of social responsibility has inspired the firm’s commitment of donating at least 10% of every fee to support community organizations.

As a testament to Mike’s hardworking, strategic-driven approach, his verdicts have been recognized as being among the Top 100 in the nation and he has been selected by his peers as among the top 10 lawyers in Connecticut and the top 50 in New England among all legal specialties. In fact, in 2006, Mike obtained the highest federal court verdict ever awarded in a Connecticut personal injury case.

As the founding partner of Stratton Faxon, Mike serves on many boards including the Connecticut Bar Association House of Delegates, the executive committee of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the national board of American Board of Trial Advocates, the national board of the American Association of Justice, the Connecticut Law Tribune Advisory Board, the Public Investors Bar Association and several other boards in and around New Haven, CT. Mike is also certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist.