Law Firm Overview

Founded in New Haven, Connecticut in 1934, Wiggin and Dana LLP provides first-class legal counsel to an international client base of major corporations and institutions, as well as to private businesses, entrepreneurs, individuals, and families. From offices in New Haven, Stamford and Hartford, Connecticut, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York City, the firm serves clients located in the Northeast, as well as throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, Latin America and Asia. Many, such as Yale University and United Illuminating Company, have been our clients for a generation or more. The firm acts as general or special counsel for publicly traded corporations, banks, accounting, architectural engineering and securities firms, public utilities, insurance companies, family-owned businesses, new technology companies and start-ups, hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers, universities, colleges and schools, and individuals. It serves as U.S. counsel for many substantial European companies.

Clients turn to Wiggin and Dana for help with specific transactions and complex proceedings in areas where the firm has particular knowledge and experience. A few examples are antitrust and other government investigations, complex commercial litigation, all aspects of franchise, distributor and dealer litigation, land use, environmental and construction law, the development and financing of health care facilities, and the full range of legal services sought by the technology community, including the protection of intellectual property and domestic and international licensing and distribution.

The firm has an enviable record in 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. Wiggin and Dana remains committed nonetheless to providing every client, large and small, with the personal attention and skill of the firm's partners.

Wiggin and Dana partners 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 the firm to provide intelligent, practical and cost-effective counsel.

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