Biography
Brad Babbitt serves as General Counsel to the firm. In his practice, he represents businesses in a wide variety of industries, helping them to protect their interests in disputes arising from many different commercial relationships.
Business Litigation and Appeals
In addition to contract and business tort disputes, Brad has handled copyright, trademark, and trade secret litigation in both federal and state court. He has also represented companies in investigations conducted by state regulators and the Connecticut attorney general.
Brad often represents companies in the utility industry in administrative appeals from regulatory rulings and other litigation. In this context, he has frequently used the preemptive power of federal or state legislation to assist utility companies in achieving their goals. Brad's experience in this area includes the Connecticut Supreme Court case that established the preemptive power of the Connecticut Siting Council over municipal zoning authorities and his defeat of attempts by antinuclear energy activists to entangle a state agency in a dispute over alleged safety violations at a nuclear energy plant. He routinely collaborates with members of our utility practice in representing our clients.
Ecclesiastical and Educational
Additionally, Brad represents religious organizations and schools in a variety of disputes. He has defended local churches, dioceses, and archdioceses in the Episcopal and Roman Catholic faiths from claims of sexual abuse. These actions have included 58 different cases consolidated in federal court arising from allegations of abuse at a school in Haiti. Brad won summary judgment for a local church and a diocese of the Episcopal Church on thirty-five-year-old claims of abuse, and successfully defended that decision on appeal. He has also represented denomination leadership in the Episcopal and Baptist faiths in property disputes with local churches. As Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, he serves as legal counsel to the Bishop of Connecticut.
Brad has tried numerous matters to verdict in both court and jury cases, has substantial experience in arbitration, and has handled more than 25 appeals in the Connecticut appellate courts and the First and Second circuits.
Before joining Robinson+Cole, Brad clerked for the Honorable William J. Lavery on the Connecticut Appellate Court.