Thomas J. Sansone, a partner at Carmody & Torrance LLP, concentrates his practice in civil litigation, with emphasis on commercial, construction, and insolvency litigation. He has tried more than eighty cases to conclusion in Connecticut Superior Court, the Federal District Court for the District of Connecticut, and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut, and has argued before both the State Supreme and Appellate Courts. Much of his trial work involves complex banking issues, including lender liability cases, contested foreclosure/collection matters, and representation of creditors in adversary bankruptcy proceedings. Mr. Sansone received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the Boston University College of Liberal Arts in 1982 and his law degree from the Boston University School of Law in 1985. While in law school, he completed internships with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and Greater Boston Legal Services. Mr. Sansone joined the law firm of Carmody & Torrance in 1985 and worked for ten years in the firm’s main office in Waterbury. In July of 1995, he became the administrative partner of the firm’s branch office in New Haven, where twenty attorneys are resident. He has served as a panelist for various state and local bar association seminars, and has worked as an arbitrator and mediator in a variety of alternative dispute resolution programs. He is a member of the New Haven County, Connecticut, and American Bar associations, including the Commercial Law & Bankruptcy and Construction Law sections of the CBA. Since 1994, he has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the CBA's Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section. He is past president of the Waterbury Young Lawyers Bar Association. From 1987 to 1991, he served as an instructor with the American Institute of Banking.