Attorney John Serrano

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Attorney John Serrano is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Connecticut School of Law.

For two decades, thousands of injured and disabled clients have turned to Attorney Serrano for help in recovering payments for personal injury suffered in automobile and motorcycle crashes, fall downs on ice, snow or stairs, dog bites and work accidents, and in obtaining Social Security Disability & SSI benefits to provide for themselves and their families when illness, impairment or injury have left them unable to work.

Drawing on his wide ranging legal experience and his skills as a litigator, negotiator and counselor, Attorney Serrano has helped many clients overcome difficult situations, whether due to criminal charges (including DUI), divorce and immigration, including applications for legal residency (green card) through marriage, citizenship petitions (naturalization), and fiancée / fiance visa applications

Besides his experience in the areas of personal injury, workers compensation, Social Security, immigration, divorce and criminal law, Attorney Serrano helps clients with cases involving real estate and business transactions, wills and trusts, probate, computer law, commercial litigation, evictions, franchise law, labor law,  products liability  and zoning.

Attorney Serrano has tried civil and criminal cases in Connecticut Superior Court and U.S. District Federal Court. He has appeared before the Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Courts.

Attorney Serrano founded the Serrano Law Firm to provide personal services to the members of the Hartford community who needed help with legal representation. His practice has grown over the 30 years that he has been a Connecticut lawyer and he now provides legal services statewide for personal injury, accident cases, Social Security Disability, and immigration. He represents clients in criminal, DUI, divorce and family law matters in the courts of Hartford, New Britain, Waterbury, Bristol, Enfield, Meriden, Middletown, and Rockville / Vernon. He also handles Social Security and SSI cases in the Springfield - Holyoke area of Massachusetts.

Born in Portugal, Attorney Serrano immigrated to the United States by ocean liner in 1960 and grew up in Hartford, graduating from Hartford Public High School in 1973 where he was a member of the cross country and state championship track teams. He speaks Portuguese and Spanish. He was a founding member and the first president of the Portuguese Foundation of Connecticut.