KARSTEN & TALLBERG, LLC
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Scott M. Karsten is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he was third in his class and graduated with honors. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1982, the Pennsylvania Bar in 2002, and is also admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Districts of Connecticut, Vermont and New York (Eastern and Southern), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Karsten is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court. Prior to practicing law, he was a police officer and president of the police union in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Mr. Karsten’s practice focuses upon jury trials of complex civil actions in both state and federal courts; he has tried over seventy cases to verdict or court judgment. He also has engaged in extensive appellate work at both the state and federal levels. In addition to handling a variety of other tort defense cases, Mr. Karsten specializes in the defense of civil rights actions against state and municipal government employees and officials, education agencies and employees, public and private sector employment matters, and professional liability claims, including legal and architectural malpractice. Mr. Karsten also is engaged as a speaker at continuing legal education seminars for the various bar associations of which he is a member, and other groups. Since 2009 Mr. Karsten has been selected by his peers as a New England and Connecticut “Super Lawyer,” as published in Connecticut Magazine’s Super Lawyers Section. skarsten@kt-lawfirm.com
James N. Tallberg is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law, with honors, and Southern Connecticut State University. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1996, and is also admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Tallberg’s practice includes the defense of public officials, including police officers and educators, professional liability defense, employment practices liability, business litigation and insurance coverage disputes. He has tried more than twenty cases to verdict or court judgment including claims of wrongful death, civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, false arrest, unlawful search and seizure, First Amendment retaliation, assault, negligence, breach of contract, and CUTPA. In 2005, he was chosen by the Connecticut Law Tribune as a recipient of the “New Leaders of the Law Impact Award” for exceptional success in his practice area. Since 2004, he has served as an appointee of the Governor on the Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council (“POST”). 
Mr. Tallberg is a member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association's Federal Practice Section and is board certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. jtallberg@kt-lawfirm.com
Kerry L. Keeney Curtin is a graduate of Stonehill College and received her law degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law, where she graduated with honors. During law school she was a Casenote Editor of the Law Review and completed an International Study Abroad Program at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland in 2005. Ms. Keeney Curtin is an active alumni member of Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity and served on the electoral board of the William O. Douglas Chapter during 2006 and 2007. Ms. Keeney Curtin was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 2007, and is also admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. She is active in all areas of the firm’s practice, focusing on municipal defense and civil rights. kkeeneycurtin@kt-lawfirm.com
Patrick D. Allen is a graduate of Middlebury College and received his J.D. cum laude from Quinnipiac University School of Law, where he was a Dean’s Scholar and earned Distinguished Academic Achievement Awards for Advanced Legal Writing and Medical Malpractice. While in law school, he interned with the Connecticut State’s Attorneys' Offices in both Meriden and New Haven. Mr. Allen was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 2007, and is also admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. He is active in all areas of the firm’s practice, focusing on municipal defense and civil rights. pallen@kt-lawfirm.com
Kateryna Lagun is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law. While in law school, she interned for the Honorable Michael R. Sheldon at the Superior Court for the Judicial District of Hartford. In addition, Ms. Lagun was a Research Editor for the Connecticut Journal of International Law and worked with the Center for Urban Legal Initiative (Building Urban Communities). Ms. Lagun received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English from Zhytomyr State Ivan Franko University in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. In 2003, Ms. Lagun received a scholarship from the U.S. Department of State and studied for a year as an exchange student at Trinity College in Hartford. Ms. Lagun is fluent in Russian and Ukrainian. She is admitted to the Connecticut Bar and is active in all areas of the firm’s practice, focusing on municipal defense and civil rights litigation. klagun@kt-lawfirm.com