Stratton Faxon

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At Stratton Faxon, law is a spiritual pursuit, and attorneys attain that higher plane by maximizing awards for people who have been seriously harmed, through no fault of their own—giving meaning to otherwise tragic events.

RECORD AWARDS

“We have an unparalleled win-loss ratio at trial,” says founding partner Joel T. Faxon. “We have won our last six trials in a row, all resulting in more than $1 million for our clients.”

The firm obtained the largest settlement ever in a sexual abuse case in Connecticut involving a parish priest. Other landmark cases include $44 million plus lifetime benefits in a birth trauma case; $30 million in combined settlements resulting from a commercial trucking transit crash, the highest recovery ever for a single nondependent wrongful death case in Connecticut; and a $26.3 million personal injury verdict, the highest jury verdict in Connecticut federal court history.

Results like these are reflected in the firm’s status of having four attorneys named to the Super Lawyers® list. In addition to Faxon, the list includes founding partner Michael A. Stratton and partners Paul T. Edwards and Eric P. Smith.

YOUR GO-TO FIRM

Stratton Faxon is the destination firm for cases involving medical malpractice, auto and truck accidents, birth injuries, wrongful death, aviation disasters, pharmaceutical liability, nursing home abuse and neglect, spinal cord and brain injuries, and construction site accidents.

The firm achieves superior results by investing in its cases with high-quality investigations and top-notch expert witnesses. Recently, Stratton Faxon was selected as national liaison counsel for dozens of law firms opposing the overreaching fee request filed by the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Vioxx mass tort cases.

“We are passionate about the integrity of trial law,” says Stratton, “and that’s what keeps us fighting for our clients.”

PHILOSOPHY 101

Stratton Faxon also has a passion for giving back to the community. The firm sets aside at least 10 percent of its fees for charitable causes, guided by the wishes of clients.

“You can’t always see justice in the everyday world. But here at Stratton Faxon, we feel it all around us,” says Stratton. “Giving back to the community is a way we as trial lawyers can help create a sense of legacy out of the monetary settlements achieved for our clients.”

Another unique philosophy is the firm’s “do not compete” policy regarding other lawyers. The firm does not advertise through Yellow Pages or directly to consumers. After all, 99 percent of Stratton Faxon’s cases are referred by other attorneys, both in and out of state, who trust the firm to handle the toughest, most complex cases.