Her practice concentration is complex civil litigation, principally high exposure medical malpractice defense. For over 30 years, she has defended hundreds of medical malpractice cases in all venues in Connecticut on behalf of physicians, hospitals, nurses, PAs, nursing homes and community health organizations. She also regularly represents medical practitioners and institutions in administrative proceedings before the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Ms. Lagnese has extensive trial experience in high exposure medical malpractice cases including wrongful death and permanent injury following surgical complications; hypoxic induced brain injury and Erb’s palsy during labor and delivery; delayed diagnosis of cancer and cardiovascular disease; permanent neurologic injury and death following general anesthesia; patient suicide in the psychiatric and primary care settings; catastrophic outcomes in the Emergency Department; blindness following ophthalmologic treatment; limb amputation in the vascular surgery setting among many others. Her track record at trial is impeccable as she has achieved defense verdicts in all of the dozens of jury cases she has tried to date. Ms. Lagnese has also been active over the past decade in advocating for tort reform to benefit the medical profession in Connecticut and has assisted in drafting reform legislation for presentation to the State legislature. She also devotes a significant portion of her professional time lecturing to medical professionals and working with hospital risk managers and quality officers on strategies to improve patient safety and mitigate medico-legal risk.

Christos Lagos has been the co-managing partner of Lagos & Priovolos PLLC since 2014 when he and John Priovolos formed the firm. Mr. Lagos, who has over 24 years of legal experience, heads the firm's civil litigation division. His primary focus is on claims that involve substantial losses arising out of construction negligence, unsafe premises, automobile and trucking accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, negligence, defective products, insurance claims, and other civil disputes. Mr. Lagos is a seasoned and accomplished trial lawyer with an exceptional track record of success handling high profile litigation. His experience as lead counsel in numerous jury trials has proven invaluable in the guidance and expertise he offers his clients. He has obtained several multi-million dollar settlements, judgments, and jury verdicts and is a standing member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. In total, Mr. Lagos has helped recover over $150 Million for those whose lives have been harmed by the wrongdoing of others.

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Ace has excellent negotiation skills. He has taken multiple courses in law school with extensive hands-on training in the art of negotiating. He aims to earn the trust of his clients by treating them as more than just another case. Clients can always reach him and he makes sure that they get the individual attention that they deserve. Ace will never ignore or turn down a meeting with a client, unlike some competitors. He is a people person that makes a strong effort to relate to and understand every one of his clients. He appreciates that people just want to be heard, and he is here to listen and help in any way that he can. Ace is a skilled negotiator. Currently, he is handling anywhere 600 to 800 cases at a time and settling millions of dollars monthly for his clients. Most of his success occurs outside the courtroom, negotiating with the insurance companie