James Harrington
Attorney | Polito & Harrington LLC
James Harrington is a personal injury, wrongful death and nursing home abuse trial lawyer and attorney at Polito & Harrington LLC in Waterford, Connecticut. Admitted in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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Waterford, Connecticut 06385
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James M. Harrington is a Connecticut civil trial attorney at Polito & Harrington LLC in Waterford, Connecticut. His practice is devoted to personal injury and wrongful death litigation, representing people injured in car and truck accidents, motorcycle and bicycle crashes, slip and fall incidents, animal attacks and casino injuries.
Harrington is board certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut and Massachusetts, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, and the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribal courts. He has handled appeals before the Connecticut Supreme Court, the Connecticut Appellate Court and the U.S. Supreme Court, including Lewis v. Clarke, a tribal sovereign immunity case that ended in a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Super Lawyers has recognized him since 2022, after naming him a Rising Star from 2013 to 2018, and Best Lawyers in America listed him in 2023, 2024 and 2025. He was elected to the Board of Governors of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association in 2018 and has been a guest lecturer on trial methods at the University of Connecticut School of Law since 2014.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Admitted to practice in Connecticut
- Admitted to practice in Massachusetts
- Admitted to the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- Admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court
- Admitted to the Mohegan Tribal Court
- Admitted to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
- Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy
Practice Areas
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors; General Tort Committee)
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
- New London County Bar Association
- Best Lawyers in America (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Super Lawyers (2022-present)
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers (2013-2018)
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers Association (2014-2019)
- Professional Excellence Award, Connecticut Law Tribune (2018)
- New Leaders in the Law, Connecticut Law Tribune (2015)
- Ascending Alumni, Western New England Law School (2018)
- Lewis v. Clarke: Appeal involving tribal sovereign immunity that resulted in a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision, based on the arguments advanced by Harrington, according to his firm bio.
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