Attorney Dan Brill

About Dan

Dan Brill is a passionate advocate for personal injury victims and their families. He knows what a serious injury can do to a person’s life, and he engages every resource available to get your life back on track.

• Dan Brill is a top-rated trial attorney who focuses on personal injury law. He has tried and won many jury trials in his career. He is unafraid to go to trial, and insurance companies know this.
• Dan is an authority on trial tactics and frequently publishes articles in trial lawyer journals.
• Dan gives lectures to other lawyers on trial tactics. He is also a lecturer to medical professionals on personal injury law
• Dan has the distinction of being personally commended by a Federal Judge for his exceptional pro bono service, a testament to his deep sense of justice and community responsibility.

Background and Experience

• Before becoming a personal injury lawyer, Dan worked as a Senior Trial Attorney for the New York City Law Department, defending City workers, including police officers, firefighters, sanitation workers, and teachers, in civil trials.
• Dan honed his craft in the battlefield of the Bronx trial courts, where he tried many cases back-to-back for years. Dan received the City’s Division Chief Award in 2015 for excellence in advocacy.
• As a former defense lawyer, Dan knows the insurance company’s playbook inside and out. He has leveraged this insider knowledge to his clients’ benefit by exploiting the defendant’s weaknesses at trial.
• Dan is admitted to practice law in Connecticut and New York, both State and Federal Court.
• Dan received his undergraduate degree from Emory University and his law degree from the Cardozo School of Law.

Outside of work, Dan spends time with his wife Abby and two children, Shoshana and Ari, in Fairfield. He’s an avid hiker and backpacker and enjoys playing guitar and boxing.