Leslie McPadden

Leslie prides herself on being a good listener and a zealous advocate. She appreciates learning about each client’s unique situation so that she can convey their losses in the most compelling way and maximize each client’s recovery. She freely provides a shoulder, an empathetic ear, and a strong and steady voice to tell their story.

She has successfully handled hundreds of personal injury and medical malpractice cases for 30 years. No case is too large or too small when she believes she can help. She has taken on many tough types of cases, including holding the ski industry accountable for losses and deaths, doctors and hospitals for malpractice and its profound consequences, and the fertility industry for its careless mistakes and mix-ups jeopardizing trusting families’ precious genetic materials.

She is well-known for customizing winning litigation strategies to meet the needs of each client’s timeframe and risk tolerance. She regularly represents clients through trials and appeals. She achieves favorable settlements; some early, some later in the process. She gets tremendous satisfaction from bringing clients and their families to their next best place, which means something different to each client.

She has always had an interest in medicine and, early on, worked at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the New York Department of Health, and now works closely with medical experts to build the strongest cases for her clients.

Leslie has worked in large and small law firms, as well as an in-house attorney. She appreciates all of the different perspectives and always makes sure that each case has ample resources to attain the very best result. She has settled in as a name partner in a boutique law firm where she can advocate passionately for people who have sustained injuries that affect their freedom of choice and their ability to move and experience life on their own terms. She found her calling: to restore people to living their best life even when they had to overcome a huge spectrum of obstacles and setbacks. Her strength gives her clients and their families reassurance and Justice.

She graduated from the Boston University College of Communication in 1991, and Albany Law School of Union University in 1995. Leslie is a founding member and past Chair of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association Women’s Law Caucus; has been appointed to the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the CTLA; chairs and is a frequent lecturer at Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association seminars; and was a founding member of the Medical-Legal Committee of the New Haven County Bar Association. She is also a member of the Circle of Law and USA500.

In the last decade, Leslie has been advocating around the country for families who have experienced unnecessary barriers to parenthood caused by fertility clinics and sperm banks’ carelessness. To that end, Leslie co-founded and was appointed chairperson of the Fertility Clinic Litigation Section of the American Association for Justice.

She is admitted to practice in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Equally important as her career is her cherished family, her husband Todd, and her girls, Haley and Alexa. She adores her Shih Tzu, Teddy. She also loves traveling and poker.