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Carter & Civitello
Attorneys At Law
Woodbridge Office Park
One Bradley Rd.
Ste. 301
Woodbridge, CT 06525

Toll free: (888) 688-8610
Local:  (203) 389-7000

 

 

Donna Civitello
dc.cartercivitello@snet.net



Donna Civitello, a partner in the firm, came to practice workers' compensation law as the result of her own experiences as an injured worker. Because of her commitment to issues involving workplace safety, and her extensive work in that area, she has been recognized as one of the leading workers' compensation lawyers in Connecticut. She has since 1995 been selected by other lawyers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. She is also listed in The Outstanding Lawyers of America, and The Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, both on the basis of peer reviews of her ethics and her legal abilities.

She has lectured throughout the state and the nation on workers' compensation issues to doctors, occupational health professionals, lawyers, claimants, insurance representatives, students, and union members. She is the author of the book Injured on the Job, A Handbook for Connecticut Workers (1992). For many years, Donna has been an editor of Compensation Quarterly, an instructional periodical for lawyers who practice workers' compensation law in Connecticut. As a member of the Standing Committee on Workers' Compensation Certification she helped to create the procedure by which lawyers are certified as well-qualified practitioners in the area of workers' compensation. In 2005, she became a member of the Examining Committee for Certification. In this role she helps to draft, administer and grade the examinations of those lawyers who are seeking certification as experts in the field of workers' compensation law. She also has served as a member of the Legal Advisory Committee to the Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission since 1999.

Donna Civitello will be an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut Law School, teaching workers' compensation law beginning January 2010.

Robert Carter and Donna Civitello are two of the principal authors of Connecticut Workers' Compensation Law, a treatise written for lawyers, commissioners and insurance professionals about the law and practice of workers' compensation in Connecticut. The book is a comprehensive guide to workers' compensation, including:
benefits, medical treatment, settlement of claims, appeals, trials and civil actions arising from workplace injuries. It is published in two volumes by Thomson West Publishing Company. It is available at www.West.Thomson.com or by calling (800)328-9352.


In addition to her workers' compensation practice, Donna also represents claimants in Social Security disability claims. She is presently serving her second term as Town Counsel of Beacon Falls, Connecticut, where she represents the Town in a wide variety of legal matters.

Donna was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and grew up in Woodbury, Connecticut. She graduated in 1978 from Yale University, and obtained her law degree from the University of
Connecticut in 1986. She was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1986, the U.S. District Court of Connecticut in 1988, and to the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in 1994.  She has served as a volunteer on many local boards and commissions, including the Inland Wetlands Commission of Bethany and the Zoning, Charter Revision, and Rural Preservation Commissions of Southbury.  She is currently working hard to preserve open space and family farms as a Trustee of the Southbury Land Trust. In her spare time Donna is an avid gardener, dancer, quilter and backpacker. She is married to her partner, Bob Carter.

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