About Us

Military Veteran-Led Doctor and Attorney Team

Advocates: Attorney Paul McConnell and Dr. Michael Giordanno

Military medical malpractice trial attorney Paul McConnell is a former Marine Corps infantry officer and federal prosecutor with extensive grand jury, trial, and appellate experience. He is a highly skilled trial lawyer, advocate, and negotiator. He has been the lead counsel or presiding judge in hundreds of matters including over 55 jury trials. Paul concentrates his practice on investigating and prosecuting medical malpractice claims on behalf of military service members, veterans, and their families.

Throughout his career, Paul developed a reputation as the “go-to guy” for challenging, high profile cases. A representation includes: two U.S. Army Abu Ghraib trials; a case involving parachute sabotage that formed the factual predicate for the second episode of “NCIS”; a $7.2 million armed robbery; several counter-terrorism matters; an extortion case involving a billionaire philanthropist; and a high profile civil rights/public corruption case, among many others. Paul has litigated cases in nine different states and four nations.

Immediately before entering private practice, Paul served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Connecticut where he developed a particular focus and expertise in healthcare fraud, bank fraud, environmental crimes, national security litigation. While at the U.S. Attorney’s office, Paul was also called-upon to defend high exposure medical malpractice claims brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Prior to becoming a federal prosecutor, Paul served on active duty for 14 years as a United States Marine officer. He held a variety of assignments, including: infantry officer, defense counsel, claims attorney, prosecutor, trial judge, circuit judge, and deputy chief trial judge. Paul’s portfolio as a claims attorney included litigating medical malpractice claims arising at Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital. Paul served combat tours as a rifle platoon commander during the first Gulf War and as an operations officer in Afghanistan from 2010-2011. In 2008, as a reserve officer, he led a delegation to Baghdad, Iraq in order to present a two-week ministerial level, anti-corruption program. His personal decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (Fourth award), the Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal (w/ combat “V”), and the Combat Action Ribbon. In addition, in 2012 while serving as an Assistant United States Attorney, Paul was awarded with the District of Connecticut’s coveted “Standing Tall” award. In 2014, the National Trial Lawyers Association listed him as a Top-100 Trial Lawyer. Paul is a Colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve where he presently serves as the senior reserve officer in the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary. He has previously held Top Secret clearances. Paul volunteers as the General Counsel for the MARSOC Foundation, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports families of Marine Special Forces members who are catastrophically injured or killed in the line of duty. Paul is a published author and sought after speaker on topics including the Federal Tort Claims Act and military medical malpractice claims.

Paul is foremost a trial lawyer with a national reputation for winning complex, high-stakes cases.

Dr. Michael Giordano is the “doctor part” of the Doctor Lawyer team. Although he is admitted to the Connecticut Bar as an attorney, his focus in on medical matters that involve the law. He functions as our internal physician/surgeon expert who has knowledge of the legal process involved in making claims for medical malpractice He is a board-certified neurosurgeon who has distinguished himself in several professional arenas. Dr. Giordano received his BS in bioengineering from Columbia University, MD from New York University, MBA from Yale, and JD from UCONN Law School. Dr. had an active surgical practice for several years and was a co-founder of a medical device company before attending law school and earning his law degree. He has testified as an expert in numerous cases in both state and federal court. Dr. Giordano worked in medical device development and managed an FDA-approved IDE trial. Finally, Dr. Giordano has proudly served in the U.S. Navy for over 28 years combined active and reserve service achieving the rank of Captain. Mike has held a variety of naval assignments including submarine medical officer, diving medical officer and as a neurosurgeon in OIF. He has also held several assignments with the Marines including battalion, regimental and group surgeon billets; his last deployment was to Afghanistan with a Marine infantry battalion as its surgeon in 2011-2012. Mike holds qualifications as a submarine medical officer, Navy diving medical officer and Fleet Marine Forces Officer. He retired from Naval service in Dr. Giordano continues to maintain an active medical business and also performs Independent Medical Evaluations for defense and plaintiff sides alike and is Certified as a Medical Examiner by the American Board of Medical Examiners. He advises the firm in medical matters (mainly claims for medical negligence) when representing veterans under the Federal Tort Claims Act. He holds active unrestricted medical licenses in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Missouri.