Glenn B. Coffin is a Partner in the Environmental & Toxic Tort practice group of GRSM's Hartford office and has practiced in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since 2005 and the State of Connecticut since 2007. Glenn concentrates his practice on the defense of a variety of entities and clients in the complex litigation setting including the manufacturers of products in toxic tort, products liability and asbestos litigation. He is actively involved in both the Bridgeport and New London Connecticut Asbestos dockets and is frequent lead examining counsel in depositions of plaintiffs and witnesses in Connecticut asbestos cases. Additionally, Glenn has experience in the defense of complex personal injury, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, fire/explosion loss and property damage claims, municipal litigation, construction litigation, commercial general liability defense, legal malpractice defense, premises and automobile liability defense.
Connecticut Rejects Asbestos Plaintiff’s Effort to Assert Environmental Exposure Claim, GRSM Environmental & Toxic Tort Defense Insight Blog, November 2015
A Defense Perspective on the Preparation of the Plaintiff's Case, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Orange, Connecticut, Fall 2011
Admissions
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, First Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Memberships
- Connecticut Bar Association
- New Haven County Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Since 2007, Mr. Coffin has been an active member of the Clinton Volunteer Fire Department and is presently certified to the level of Fire Officer 1 and Incident Safety Officer.
Education
- J.D., New England School of Law, 2005
- Recipient, CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Constitutional Law, 2003
- B.A., English and Political Science, Fairfield University, 2001