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firm has about 725 attorneys, and is one of the
firms representing Remington.
Day Pitney and Mueller’s appearance in the case
comes nearly one month after the U.S. Supreme
Court declined to hear a Remington appeal.
The company had raised a challenge, arguing it
had zero liability for the Sandy Hook Elementary
School mass shooting, which left 20 schoolchildren
and six educators dead. The case will decide wheth-
er victims’ families can hold companies account-
able for crimes committed with their products. It
will now continue in Connecticut courts.
Meet Mueller
Mueller did not respond to a request for com-
ment Thursday. A 2007 graduate of Yale Law
School, where he was senior editor of Yale Law &
Policy Review, he has been with Day Pitney since
September 2008. He was named partner in 2016.
He clerked for U.S. District Judge Alvin Thompson.
The Connecticut Law Tribune named him
among the “New Leaders of the Law for 2014.”
Mueller’s biography on Day Pitney’s website Jeffrey Mueller of Day Pitney/courtesy photo

shows he represents clients in complex business over the way the company sold and marketed
disputes involving negligence, breach of contract, firearms,
fraud and misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary Attorneys for the families have reiterated
duty, unfair trade practices, and securities vio- throughout that the AR-15 rifle, like the one Adam
lations, among other issues. His clients include Lanza used at Sandy Hook, should only be used in
United Technologies Corp. battle, and not sold to civilians.
“Jeff is incredibly smart and very creative,” Unit- Josh Koskoff, Alinor Sterling, and Katherine
ed Technologies chief litigation counsel Steven Mesner-Hage of Bridgeport-based Koskoff Kos-
Greenspan said of Mueller in a testimonial posted koff & Bieder originally filed the lawsuit. An-
on Day Pitney’s website. “He sees arguments and drew Friedman, a spokesman for the firm, said
positions that other lawyers simply don’t see.” no one from the plaintiff ’s side, including the
In 2017, Mueller represented Duracell in a feder- seven attorneys from Munger, would be com-
al lawsuit against Ocean State Job Lot, claiming the menting on Remington’s hiring of Mueller and
discount retail chain was selling Duracell products Day Pitney.
not meant for sale in the United States. That case is In addition to Day Pitney, Remington’s legal
pending. team includes Baker Botts litigators Scott Keller
Remington was pinning its hopes on the fed- and Stephanie Cagnairt, and Swanson Martin &
eral Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Bell attorneys James Vogts and Andrew Lothson of
Act, which shields gunmakers, and it hoped the Chicago.
country’s highest court would overrule a March ¦

Connecticut Supreme Court ruling. In that rul- Robert Storace covers legal trends, lawsuits and
ing, the state court justices found that the plain- analysis for the Connecticut Law Tribune. Follow
tiffs could sue Remington under an exception to him on Twitter @RobertSCTLaw or reach him at
the federal law, allowing legal action to proceed 203-437-5950.

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