John H. Cassidy, Jr.                       
Partner

Phone: (203) 757-9261
Fax: (203) 756-5762
Email: JHC@ctlawyers.com
Office: Waterbury

High School:  Taft School, Watertown, CT, cum laude, 1941
College: Georgetown University, A.B., cum laude, 1948
Law School: Columbia University, LL.B., 1951

Admissions: Connecticut 1951; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

Biography:
        Attorney John H. Cassidy, Jr. was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on April 26, 1924.  He has achieved an “AV” rating (preeminent rating for legal ability and ethical standards) by Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system.

        Attorney Cassidy served in the U.S. Army during World War II from March, 1943 through August, 1946.

        He has served on numerous boards and commissions, including the Watertown Zoning Board of Appeals; past President Watertown Foundation; past President and Charter Member, Watertown Rotary Club; past President, Litchfield County University Club; past President and Founder, Watertown Hockey League; former Police Commissioner, Town of Watertown; former Member, Committee on Recommendations to the Connecticut Bar.

        Attorney Cassidy is currently Secretary of the American-Republican, Incorporated and Secretary and Director of The Siemon Company. 

Memberships:  Waterbury, Litchfield County and Connecticut Bar Associations

Practice Areas:
Corporate
Real Estate
Estate Planning
Estate Administration

Reported Cases:

• Highgate Condominium Ass’n v. Watertown Fire Dist., 210 Conn. 6, 553 A.2d 1126; a case involving sewer charges outside the fire district
• Goodrich v. Waterbury Republican-American, Inc., 188 Conn. 107, 448 A.2d 1317, 8 Media L. Rep. 2329; leading case involving libel and privacy
• Jean Litvaitis v. William G. Litvaitis, 162 Conn. 540 (1972); a case involving the validity of a Mexican divorce
• Valentine Wright v. Coe and Anderson, 156 Conn. 145 (1968); a case involving negligence, control by contractor
• Milton Moore, Admin. v. Bradford E. Bunk, et al, 154 Conn. 644 (1967); a case involving liability of the server of alcohol
• Grace E. Pierce, et al v. Pasquale Albanese, 144 Conn. 241 (1957); a case involving the Dram Shop Act