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Phone: (860) 522-8338
Fax: (860) 728-0401
E-mail: kknox@hortonshieldsknox.com
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EDUCATION
B.A. Connecticut College, 1982
J.D. University of Connecticut School of Law, 1986

ADMISSIONS
State of Connecticut, 1986
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1987
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1991
United States Supreme Court, 2006

DISTINCTIONS
AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale Hubbell
Listed in Super Lawyers, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011/2012
Listed in Best Lawyers, 2010, 2011 for Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
Appointed to the Committee on Admissions and Grievances for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by the Honorable Dennis Jacobs, Chief Judge.

Practice
Professional Disciplinary Matters, Ethics Consultations and Bar Admissions; Connecticut and Second Circuit Appellate Litigation; Appellate Consultation in Trial Proceedings.

Professionalism Practice
Attorney Knox represents attorneys before grievance panels, at public hearings before the Statewide Grievance Committee, and in presentments and appeals. She also represents clients as to the unauthorized practice of law matters. Attorney Knox represents attorneys seeking reinstatement or readmission to the Connecticut Bar and represents candidates for bar admission before the Bar Examining Committee. She consults with attorneys on random audits of client's funds accounts by the Statewide Grievance Committee and consults with firms on a myriad of issues involving the Rules of Professional Conduct. Attorney Knox also handles matters involving the State of Connecticut Code of Ethics, including investigation and evaluation of complaints before the OSE. She also represents clients before the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board.

Appeals
Attorney Knox also handles civil litigation in the Connecticut appellate courts and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. She also consults on trial matters from an appellate perspective. Attorney Knox and Attorney Horton co-founded the Appellate Advocacy Institute of the Connecticut Bar Association, an intensive three day appellate practice program. With Attorney Daniel Klau, she was founder and co-chair of the Connecticut Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Committee from 2006 to 2009. She is a member of the American Bar Association Judicial Division, Institute of Appellate Counsel.

Litigation
Attorney Knox also handles civil litigation in Connecticut's state and federal trial courts. She is a member and former Chair of the Connecticut Bar Association Litigation Section.

Professional Affiliations
Connecticut Bar Association: Vice President (2011-2012); Chair, Pro Bono Committee (2011-2012); former Chair Appellate Advocacy Committee (2006-2009); former Chair Litigation Section (1999-2001); Vice-Chair Professional Ethics Committee (2010-2011).  Member, Connecticut Bar Association's Rule of Law Conference (2010).  Appointed Member to Task Force for Judicial Independence, the Task Force on Grievance Procedures and the Task Force on Client's Fund Security
Connecticut Bar Foundation: Sustaining Life Fellow
Connecticut Bar Association: Sustaining Member
 Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL): Member. 
American Counsel Association: Member

Attorney Knox is co-author of the Connecticut Practice Book Annotated with Attorney Horton and other members of the firm and the Connecticut Juvenile Law, Annotated with Attorney Krisch.  Attorney Knox and was featured in the Woman in the Law Special Section of the Connecticut Law Tribune.  She is a frequent contributor to legal publications and has spoken on appellate and ethics topics at seminars and bar meetings. 

Some of her notable cases include:

Ackerman v. Sobol Family Partnership, LLP, 298 Conn. 495 (2010)
Town of Branford v. Santa Barbara, 294 Conn. 785 (2010)
Town of Branford v. Santa Barbara, 294 Conn. 803 (2010)
Parrotta v. Parrotta, 119 Conn. App. 472 (2010)
Statewide Grievance Committee v. Rapopart, 119 Conn. App. 269 (2010)
National RR Passenger Corp. v. O and G Industries, 537 F. 3d 153 (2008), cert. denied, 129 S.Ct. 2043 (2009)
Pelletier v. Sordoni/Skanska Constr Co., 286 Conn. 563 (2008)
Johnson v. Atkinson, 283 Conn. 243 (2007)
Charash v. McVerry, 96 Conn. App. 589, cert. denied, 280 Conn. 934 (2006)
Maritime Ventures v. Norwalk, 277 Conn. 800 (2006)
Bee v. Bee, 266 Conn. 932 (2003)
Wagner v. Clark Equipment Co., Inc., 259 Conn. 114 (2002)
Statewide Grievance Committee v. Spirer, 247 Conn. 762 (1999)
Haymond v. Statewide Grievance Committee, 247 Conn. 436 (1999)
In re Dean, 246 Conn. 183 (1998)
Wagner v. Clark Equipment Co., Inc., 243 Conn. 168 (1997)
Metropolitan Dist. v. Town of Burlington, 241 Conn. 382 (1997)
Doe v. Manheimer, 212 Conn. 748 (1989)
Gold v. Newman, 211 Conn. 631 (1989)
Hagist v. Washburn, 16 Conn. App. 83 (1988)

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