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Verrill Welcomes Litigator Travis Waller

October 15, 2019 Press Releases

(October 15, 2019) – Verrill is pleased to welcome attorney Travis Waller to the firm's Westport office.

Waller has experience in a wide range of complex commercial disputes in addition to construction litigation. Prior to joining Verrill, he participated in litigation on behalf of developers, general contractors, and subcontractors in some of the largest projects in Connecticut. Waller previously clerked for the Honorable Thomas J. LaConte, P.J.Ch. in the Superior Court of New Jersey, General Equity Division.

Waller earned his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School with a concentration in Intellectual Property. During law school, he worked as a legal research assistant to the Minnesota House of Representatives, a research assistant to a professor focused on the areas of intellectual property law and patent remedies, and as a managing editor and articles editor for the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, where Travis earned distinction as the 2017 Editor of the Year. Waller received his bachelor's degree in English and linguistics from the University of North Dakota. Waller also received the Minnesota Justice Foundation Public Service Distinction in 2017.

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