JOHN S. BENNET is a lifelong resident of southern Connecticut and joined the firm in 1977. He is admitted to the courts of Connecticut and the U.S. District Court. John is a graduate of American University (B.A. 1973) and Franklin Pierce College and Law Center (J.D., 1977), where he was the Federal Editor of the Survey of New Hampshire Law, 1976. He is currently counsel to Regional School District #4 and the towns of Chester, Clinton, and East Haddam. He serves as an Attorney Trial Referee and is a member of the Middlesex County and Connecticut Bar Associations, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, and Trial Lawyers of America. John practices in the areas of Civil Litigation, Municipal Law, Planning and Zoning, Corporate Law, and Business Law.

MICHAEL J. WELLS lives in Killingworth, Connecticut, and joined the firm in 1983. He attended Western New England College (B.A., 1978) and Hofstra University (J.D., 1981), where he was a member of the Hofstra Law Review. He is admitted to practice before all Connecticut courts and the Connecticut U.S. District Court. Michael has served as a member of both the Westbrook Planning Commission and Board of Education. He is a former officer and member of the Board of Directors of the Westbrook Foundation, Inc. and Safe Harbor, Inc. He serves as counsel for the Towns of Westbrook and Killingworth, the Westbrook and Essex Zoning Board of Appeals, the Old Lyme Water Pollution Control Authority, and the Killingworth Land Conservation Trust. Michael is a member of the Middlesex County and Connecticut Bar Associations. He practices Real Estate, Probate, Municipal Law, and Planning and Zoning law.

KENNETH J. McDONNELL began the practice of law in 1983 and has been a member of the firm since 1990. Ken is a board certified trial lawyer. He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Connecticut, as well as the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. He is a graduate of Boston College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980), University of Connecticut (J.D., 1983). Ken is a member of the Clinton Land Conservation Trust, Inc. and takes an active interest in community groups. He serves as an Attorney Trial Referee and Fact Finder/Arbitrator for the Superior Court. He is a member of the Middlesex County and Connecticut Bar Associations, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and the Trial Lawyers of America. His areas of practice are Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, Divorce and Family Law, Employment Law, and Municipal Law. He also has an appellate practice.