Attorney Profile

Jonathan J. Einhorn 
New Haven, Connecticut
Sole Practitioner
phone (203) 777-3777
fax (203) 782-1721
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Jonathan J. Einhorn has maintained a criminal and civil trial practice in New Haven, Connecticut for more than thirty years, focusing mainly on litigation. He is admitted to practice before both state and federal courts in Connecticut and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Einhorn is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

He presently serves on the Executive Committee of the Federal Practice Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association and the Executive Committee of the New Haven County Bar Association. Mr. Einhorn also serves as a Special Master in United States District Court in Connecticut and frequently lectures young lawyers on trial practice. He is also a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.

A graduate of Amherst College and the University of Connecticut School of Law, he was previously Executive Assistant to State Treasure Robert I. Berdon, and a reporter for the New Haven Register before coming to the Bar. He is also an Associate Fellow at Ezra Stiles College at Yale University.

Mr. Einhorn was a Police Commissioner for the City of New Haven for nine years and served on the New Haven Board of Aldermen for sixteen years. He has served on most city boards and commissions, including the Redevelopment Authority, the Parks Commission, the Water Pollution Control Authority, various Charter revision Commissions, Chairman of the Redistricting Commission and Chairman of the Special Revenue Commission. He is a Justice of the Peace and for the last decade has served as the Chief Elections Moderator for the City of New Haven. Mr. Einhorn is President Eli Youth Lacrosse, a children's lacrosse league for the New Haven area and races sports cars in SCCA competition throughout New England.

 

Areas of Practice:
Federal Criminal & Civil Litigation
White Collar Criminal Charges
Drug Cases
Mail Fraud
Bank Fraud
Internet Fraud
Racketeering
RICO Violations
Class Action Lawsuits
Personal Injury
Criminal Defense
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Personal Injury
Federal Drug Cases
Securities Fraud
Trials in State and Federal Court
Federal and State Civil Cases
Federal & Civil Trials
Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Connecticut, 1974
U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1974
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1975
U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
Education:
University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, 1973
J.D.


Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA, 1970
B.A.
Major:  English


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Lecturer, Personal Injury Law, Premises Liability and Trial Practice


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Eli Youth Lacrosse, Inc., 1980 - Present
President


Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
Member


New Haven County Bar Association
Member, Executive Committee


Connecticut Bar Association
Member, Federal Practice Committee


U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Special Master


New Haven Board of Police Commissioners, 1984 - 2003
Member


New Haven Board of Alderman, 1976 - 1991
Member


Executive Committee of the Federal Practice Section of the Connecticut Bar Association
Member


Justice of the Peace of Connecticut


Past Employment Positions:
City of West Haven, Corporation Counsel, 1983 - 1985


Partner, Berdon, Young & Einhorn, 1976 - 1984


Reporter, New Haven Register, 1970 - 1973


Fraternities/Sororities:
Theta Delta Chi

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