Since joining the Bridgeport, Connecticut law firm of Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder in 1999, Antonio has achieved record-breaking verdicts and settlements for his clients, including the second largest personal injury verdict in Connecticut history ($41.75 Million) on behalf of a young woman who contracted Tick-Borne Encephilitis on an overseas school trip, a $20 Million verdict agains at rabbi for child sexual abuse, and the one and only wrongful death settlement with the manufacturer of Skoal smokeless tobacco on behalf of the surviving wife and children of a man who died from tongue cancer. More than half of Antonio's current caseload involves representing victims of child sexual abuse against molestors and the entities that enable them.Antonio has won numerous awards for mentally ill prisoners and state psychiatric patients, including the largest amount ever paid in Connecticut for the death of an inmate, substantial compensation for the families of inmates and patients who committed suicide while in custody, and countless settlements and verdicts for prisonsers killed and abused by guards. For more than a decade, Antonio represented the Guardians Black Police Officers Association against the City of Bridgeport in one of the longest-running racial discrimination cases in the nation. In 2014, the federal judges of the Connecticut District Court awarded Antonio the Pro Bono Award for service to indigent clients. He is a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
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