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Theodore J. Tucci's clients include for-profit and nonprofit health care providers and hospital systems, home health agencies, nursing homes, pharmaceutical manufacturers and retail pharmacies, outpatient and imaging centers, assisted living facilities, and human services agencies. 

Health Law Litigation

Ted regularly defends health care clients and their officers and directors against a wide array of claims involving alleged wrongful acts arising out of health care operations. He handles government investigation responses, antitrust claims, commercial disputes, and class actions against health system clients. Ted has successfully defended whistleblower actions brought in a variety of jurisdictions pursuant to the False Claims Act. He has also litigated the leading cases in Connecticut on matters involving restriction or termination of medical staff privileges and medical education. In addition, he contributes to our firm's Health Law Diagnosis blog.

Administrative Advocacy

Ted counsels and represents health industry clients in risk management and administrative law proceedings. He has served as counsel for both hospitals and hearing committees in bylaw administrative proceedings involving staff privileges, peer review, and physician discipline issues. He regularly handles financial and reimbursement audit matters before state and federal agencies, licensure proceedings, certificate of need requests, and appeals of rate determinations by governmental agencies.

Regulatory

Ted has appeared before state regulatory agencies on certificate of need, regulatory enforcement actions pertaining to reimbursement, and overpayment matters.

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Juris Doctor)
    • Law Review
  • Williams College (Bachelors, cum laude)
    • B.A., History

  • State of Connecticut
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

Ranked in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the State of Connecticut in the area of Healthcare since 2012

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© as Hartford Lawyer of the Year in the area of Health Care Law for 2023, 2021, 2018 and 2015 and in the area of Insurance Law for 2024 and 2020

Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the areas of Health Care Law since 2006 and Insurance Law in 2017, 2018, and since 2020

Selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list from 2006 to 2025

Listed in Benchmark Litigation as a Local Litigation Star for Connecticut in the areas of Antitrust, Health Care, and Insurance since 2015

Named a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer for 2025 and 2024

The Association of Life Insurance Counsel

Connecticut Health Lawyers Association

Defense Research Institute
Life, Health, and Disability Committee, Connecticut Liaison

Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association

American Health Lawyers Association

American Bar Association
Life and Disability Insurance and Health Law Committees

Connecticut Bar Foundation
James W. Cooper Fellow