About
Michael A. D’Amico is a Founding Partner of D’Amico Pettinicchi Injury Lawyers and a Connecticut trial attorney focused on personal injury and medical malpractice. His official profile lists medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, personal injury, and product liability among his practice areas. He has more than 35 years of trial experience and represents people pursuing claims arising from negligence, serious injury, unsafe products, medical errors, and failures in nursing home care.
D’Amico attended the University of Bridgeport School of Law, now associated with Quinnipiac University School of Law, and reliable supplemental professional sources identify his J.D. as earned in 1986. Those sources also identify the University of Connecticut in his educational background. His legal training has supported a career centered on civil trial advocacy, where medical records, expert evidence, liability analysis, damages, and courtroom preparation can determine how an injury claim is developed and presented.
D’Amico is dual board certified in Civil Trial Advocacy and Civil Pretrial Practice by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. His official profile identifies leadership with the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, including service as a past president, as well as involvement with the American Association for Justice. His trial work has included substantial personal injury verdicts, and he has written and lectured on personal injury, medical negligence, and trial advocacy topics.
Michael A. D’Amico combines long-term trial practice with professional leadership in Connecticut personal injury law. His work focuses on preparing negligence and malpractice claims for negotiation, arbitration, or trial while addressing the medical and financial consequences faced by injured clients. His board certifications and litigation background reflect a practice built around civil case preparation, courtroom advocacy, and representing people in serious personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home, and product liability matters.
Law Office Affiliations
- Founding Partner, D’Amico & Pettinicchi
- Member, Connecticut Bar Association
- Member, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, American Association for Justice
- Member, Waterbury Bar
- Member, Litchfield Bar
- Member, National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Arbitrator/Fact-Finder, Civil Litigation, State of Connecticut Superior Court
Licensed State
- Connecticut
Education
- Western New England University School of Law
Juris Doctor (JD)
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- Car Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
- Products Liability
- Slip & Fall Accidents
- Trucking Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Litigation





