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Nicole Liguori
Micklich represents general contractors, subcontractors, owners,
developers and suppliers in her construction law practice, as well
as development agents and franchisees in her franchise law practice.
She joined the firm as a law clerk in 2001 and as an associate in
2003.
Ms. Micklich
has represented clients in negotiation, settlement and litigation
of claims in both arbitration and judicial proceedings. She has
written motions, memoranda, post-hearing and reply briefs on behalf
of franchisee and other corporate clients for arbitration proceedings,
Connecticut State Courts, and Federal District Courts and has argued
in Connecticut State and Federal Courts. Ms. Micklich assisted Attorney
Garcia in successful arbitration that resulted in an award of over
$1.7 million to a development agent client and the subsequent confirmation
of that award by the Connecticut Supreme Court. With Mr. Garcia
she also represented a franchisee in a successful federal jury trial,
in which a verdict was rendered in favor of the franchisee client,
who was awarded $2.3 million. She was the recipient of the 2005
Connecticut’s New Leaders of the Law Impact award. The award
is given annually to an attorney who has been admitted to the Bar
for ten years or less, who has made important contributions, who
serves as a role model, and whose efforts have made a substantial
impact on the law or the legal profession.
Ms. Micklich
authored, Providing Keys to the Courthouse Without Giving Up
Full Recovery, published in the Winter 2006, Vol.15 No. 2 edition of Construct!, a publication of the American Bar Association, Section of
Litigation, Construction Litigation Committee. She co-authored Should
Courts Review Arbitration Awards of Punitive Damages: Intrusion
or Introspection?, with Attorney Garcia, which was published
in the Summer 2004, Volume 14, No. 4 of Constuct!. She also
co-authored, with Attorney Hedberg, Surety Bad Faith After PSE
Consulting: An Implicit Bar to Indemnification, which was published
in the Fall of 2004, Volume 14, No.1 of Construct!.
Ms. Micklich
presented as part of a three-member panel during the American Bar
Association Forum on the Construction Industry annual meeting on
May 18, 2006 in San Diego, California. The topic of the presentation
was Material Price Escalation Clauses. An article excerpted by the
presenters for publication was published in the Summer 2006 edition
of Construct!, Volume 15, No. 4. Ms. Micklich also presented
at the Connecticut Bar Association, Construction Law Update, Trends
in Arbitration, in May 2006.
She is a member
of a number of professional associations including the New Haven
County Bar Association, the Connecticut Bar Association, the Rhode
Island Bar Association, Professional Women in Construction, Connecticut
Building Congress, and the American Bar Association [Litigation
Section, Forum on the Construction Industry and Forum on Franchising].
Ms. Micklich
graduated cum laude in 1999 from the University of Pittsburgh with
a B.A. in Classics and Philosophy and earned her J.D. from the University
of Connecticut in 2003. While a law student, she was the Law Student
Division Representative from UCONN to the American Bar Association,
as well as an ABA member of the Litigation Section and the Forum
on the Construction Industry. In addition, she served as treasurer
of the Italian American Bar Association and appeared in the Who’s
Who of American Law Students for 2002. While a student at Pitt,
Ms. Micklich interned for the State of Rhode Island Department of
the Attorney General, Criminal Division in both the District Court
Unit and the Juvenile Prosecution Unit.
Ms. Micklich’s
experience in the construction industry includes employment with
Cherenzia Excavation, Inc. As an on-site job cost analyst Ms. Micklich
tracked and analyzed project production and cost on a daily basis.
She also managed various permitting issues, DEP compliance issues
and the coordination of subcontractors and suppliers.
Ms. Micklich
is admitted to practice in both Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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