Wiggin and Dana LLP

Law Firm Overview

Having celebrated our 75th year in 2009, Wiggin and Dana is a regional law firm with a global reach. With over 135 attorneys in offices in Connecticut, New York City and Philadelphia, we counsel our corporate, institutional and individual clients on a broad range of legal needs.

Our primary mission is to provide our clients with the highest-quality legal services in an efficient, cost-effective and responsive manner to help them achieve their goals. We believe Wiggin and Dana exemplifies the best of the old and new—a proudly independent firm devoted to excellence and dedicated to crafting innovative solutions for our clients.

Many of our clients—such as Yale University and the venerable Connecticut electric utility The United Illuminating Company—have been our clients for a generation or more. Wiggin and Dana remains committed to providing every client, large and small, with the personal attention and skill of the firm's partners. We take the time to understand each client's needs and goals and assign to each matter a sensible number of lawyers with appropriate experience and skills. This focused approach enables us to provide intelligent, practical and economical counsel.

The firm has an enviable record handling the most demanding legal matters, including sophisticated corporate transactions for international clients and complex administrative proceedings, arbitrations, litigation and enforcement actions across the United States. Clients also turn to Wiggin and Dana for help with specific transactions and complex proceedings in areas where the firm has particular knowledge and experience. For example, in

• complex commercial litigation, including class actions
• government investigations, white collar defense and antitrust 
• a full range of legal services sought by the technology community, including the protection of intellectual property as well as domestic and international licensing and distribution 
• the development and financing of health care facilities
• all aspects of franchise, distributor and dealer litigation

We act as general or special counsel for

• publicly traded corporations
• banks and financial institutions
• accounting, architectural, engineering and securities firms
• public utility companies
• insurance companies
• family-owned businesses
• new technology companies and start-ups
• hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers
• universities, colleges and other educational institutions 
• individuals

We also serve as U.S. counsel for several large European companies.

Areas of Practice

• Affordable Housing, Community Development & Tax Credits
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation
• Appellate
• Biotechnology & Life Sciences
• Business
• Business Taxation
• Climate Change and Sustainable Development Inter-Disciplinary Practice Group
• Clinical Research Regulation and Compliance
• Education
• Emerging Companies and Private Equity
• Employee Benefits
• Family Business
• Family Law
• Finance
• Franchise and Distribution
• HIPAA
• Health Care
• Information Technology and Sourcing
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation
• Media
• Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group
• Patent
• Probate Litigation
• Product Liability
• Real Estate - Environmental
• Real Estate Law
• Securities and Venture Capital
• Tax Exempt Bond Financing
• Tax Exempt Organizations
• Trademark
• Trusts and Estates
• Utilities and Regulated Industries
• White-Collar Defense, Investigations & Corporate Compliance
• eDiscovery and Electronic Data

West Practice Categories

Regulatory Enforcement, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Banking & Finance Law, Venture Capital, Business & Commercial Law, Franchising, Business Organizations, Closely Held Businesses, Formation & Business Planning, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Communications & Media Law, White Collar Crimes, Education Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Energy Law, Public Utilities, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Trusts, Family Law, Government Agencies & Programs, Housing & Urban Development, Law Enforcement Agencies, Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Life & Health, Intellectual Property Law, Patents, Trademarks, Y2K Compliance, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Probate & Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Real Estate Law, Science & Technology Law, Biotechnology, Securities Law, Private Placements, Taxation Law, Corporate Taxation, Income Taxation