Theodore W. Heiser
Managing Director

Middletown, Connecticut
Phone: 860-704-0044
E-mail: theiser@gibsonbehman.com

Education:
Catholic University of America, J.D., 1995
Gettysburg College, B.A., 1991

Description:
Mr. Heiser practices civil litigation in the State and Federal Courts of Connecticut and Maryland. Since joining the firm in 2001, Mr. Heiser has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict in the Connecticut Superior Court, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut and the state courts of Maryland. He handles complex matters involving employment law, non-competition agreements, trade secrets, liquor liability, trucking, premises liability and adversary proceedings in the bankruptcy court. He also represents management in employment discrimination claims before the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

Mr. Heiser's successful trials have included: the defense of a U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese company against whom a permanent injunction to work in its industry had been sought; obtaining a defense verdict for a major international insurer in a bad faith failure to settle case; obtaining a defense verdict for a large regional trucking company in a tractor-trailer accident case with a demand in excess of $1.6 million; and obtaining defense verdicts for numerous bars and restaurants against claims arising out of the service of alcohol.

Bar & Court Admissions:

  • State of Connecticut
  • State of Maryland
  • State of New Jersey
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
  • Professional Associations & Memberships:

  • Connecticut Bar Association
  • Personal and Community Involvement:

  • Born: July 10, 1969, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Resident: Chester, Connecticut
  • Board Member, Visiting Nurses of the Lower Valley
  • Main Practice Areas:

  • Employment Law
  • Liquor Liability
  • General Litigation
  • Corporate Advice
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