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Updated: June 26th, 2021 | Hartford | Lawyer List C | The Kalon Law Firm LLC | Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appeals, Civil Litigation, Personal Injury,
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Address: 140 Huyshope Avenue, Suite 405, hartford, CT, 06106
Law Firm: The Kalon Law Firm, LLC
Phone: 860-422-4308
Fax: 860-249-0979
Email:
Website: https://www.kalonlawfirm.com
| Title | Founder and Principal |
| First Year of Call | |
| Areas of Practice | Civil Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appeals, Personal Injury |
| Description | Attorney Christopher P. Kriesen is the founder and principal of the Kalon Law Firm, LLC. He formed the firm in 2017 to fulfill his vision of a better way to practice law, serve clients, and promote social good through entrepreneurship. He leads the firm and serves as the ethics officer. He is a strategic, innovative thinker; a seeker of efficient, favorable resolutions; and a persistent advocate for his clients. Attorney Kriesen has tried cases in State and Federal Court, has argued appeals before Connecticut’s Appellate and Supreme Courts, and has helped prepare amicus briefs on cases raising issues of first impression before the Supreme Court. He is a trained mediator (Harvard Law School, Advanced Mediation Workshop, Program on Negotiation and the Quinnipiac School of Law Center on Dispute Resolution). He serves as an Attorney Trial Referee, Fact Finder, and Arbitrator in the Hartford Superior Court And a Special Master at the District Court, Connecticut.. Attorney Kriesen completed the Harvard Business School | HBX course Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen, using the HBS case method to learn how to apply disruption theory to find and execute business and social opportunities. He expanded upon his studies by completing a one-year, eight class program on innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Kalon’s model is based upon what he learned in these programs. He completed a six class program in Strategic Decision Making and Risk Management offered by Stanford University’s Center for Professional Development. He has attended The Yale Writers Workshop, is an adherent of the Story Model of advocacy, and is writing a book on the theory, Legal Storytelling. He has been invited several times to be a storyteller at Speak Up events, including a performance to an audience of 500 people at Infinity Hall. He has taught advocacy to students at the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is an active presenter at legal seminars for other lawyers and a mentor to law students and young lawyers. He established the Kalon Fellowship, the Kalon Human Rights Clinic, Salons, Workshops, the Cicero Advocacy Project, and The Kalon ADR Center (which, as of September 1, 2018, donates 10% of its revenue to a fund for graduates of the Hartford Youth Scholars to help with their continuing education) making Kalon unique among peer firms in promoting social good. Attorney Kriesen is active in his community. He volunteers at Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford (where he has taught basic literacy and English as a second language) and Hartford Youth Scholars (where he has advised on interviewing and career advancement). Prior to Kalon, he was a partner at a law firm in Hartford, where he was the manager of the insurance defense practice. He has practiced law for over twenty years. He lives in West Hartford with his wife and his daughter attends Brandeis University. Kalon encourages our people to pursue non-billable projects of personal interest that may enhance the practice of law. We call them bliss ventures. Christopher P. Kriesen at Brandyourself.com, LinkedIn, Avvo, Justia, US News, Twitter. Speaking Events Negotiation: Strategy, Tactics, and Ethics, a nationally available webinar, Clear Law Institute. May 10, 2019. Beyond Standard Discovery: Drafting, Objecting, and Responding. Connecticut Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section. April 9, 2019. How to Deal with Difficult Attorneys. The National Business Institute. March 29, 2019. Become a Better Trial Lawyer. Clear Law Institute, National Webinar. March 26, 2019. Change Lives with a Story. Stanford GSB Me2We 2019. March 12, 2019. Plaintiff’s Personal Injury: The Ultimate Guide. The National Business Institute. December 13-14, 2018. Civil Trial: Everything You Need to Know. The National Business Institute. December 7, 2018. Damages in Personal Injury, The National Business Institute. December 5, 2018. Essentials of Depositions, Connecticut Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section. December 4, 2018. Professionalism Boot Camp, Creating the Small, 21st Century Law Office. November 30, 2018. Hearsay, E-mail, Business Records, and Social Media In The Trenches. National Business Institute. November 16, 2018. Storytelling for Lawyers. Connecticut Bar Association, Litigation Section. October 26, 2018. Is Mediation Your Best Option to Create Value for Your Client? Co-Host. Connecticut Bar Foundation. September 13, 2018. MasterClass: The Art of Legal Storytelling. Hispanic National Bar Association, National Convention, Philadelphia, September 7, 2018. Preparing Your Case for Mediation. Northampton County Bar Association, Easton, PA. September 6, 2018. The Rules of Evidence, A Practical Toolkit. National Business Institute. August 24, 2018. Top 30 Trial Mistakes Made by Attorneys. National Business Institute. June 29, 2018. Legal Storytelling. The Northeast Regional Conference for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. June 9, 2018 Mastering Hearsay and Hearsay Exceptions. Hartford County Bar Association. March, 2018. Civil Litigation From Start to Finish. National Business Institute. December, 2017. Dirty Litigation Tactics: How to Deal with the Rambo Litigator. National Business Institute. December, 2017. Highlights He has winter-summited several times The Most Dangerous Small Mountain in the World, Mt. Washington. In August, 2018, he summited Mt. Rainier with well-known Himalayan guides as part of a fundraiser for The Juniper Fund. Is a sculler associated with Riverfront Recapture in Hartford, CT. Lived in Europe, working as a barman in a pub in London for six months and lived in the famous Shakespeare & Co. bookstore in Paris for six weeks. Published Decisions Ashmore v. Hartford Hospital, SC 20052 (2019) Amicus Brief Essex Ins. Co. v. William Kramer & Associates, LLC, SC 20130 (2019) Marciano v. Jimenez, 324 Conn. 70 (2016); Diamond 67, LLC v. Oatis, 167 Conn.App. 659 (2016); Horrigan v. Town of Washington, 144 Conn.App. 536, cert. denied, 310 Conn. 939 (2013); Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. Lone Star Industries, Inc., 290 Conn. 767 (2009); Giglio v. American Economy Ins. Co. 278 Conn. 794 (2006); Mroczek v. Kret, 81 Conn.App. 128, 838 A.2d 1012 (2004). Honors & Recognitions Recognized by The Connecticut Law Tribune as a Game Changer. Professional Excellence Awards. March, 2018. Professional Associations Mediators Without Borders International Oliver Ellsworth American Inn of Court George W. Crawford Black Bar Association Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association Connecticut Bar Association (Professional Liability, Litigation, Appellate, ADR Sections) Connecticut Bar Foundation Connecticut Mediation Association Hartford County Bar Association |
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