Partner
Phone: (860) 522-8338
Fax: (860) 728-0401
E-mail: blevesque@hortonshieldsknox.com

Education:
Bachelor of Science in Biology, May 1993
Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
J.D., magna cum laude, May 2003
Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, CT

Admissions
State of Connecticut, 2003
State of New York, 2006
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 2004
Certification: Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Practice
Appeals in state and federal courts in Connecticut, Civil Litigation, Insurance.

Attorney Levesque joined Horton Shields and Knox in August of 2004 after serving as a clerk for Judge DiPentima of the Connecticut Appellate Court. Attorney Levesque was made a principal of the firm effective January 1, 2009. His areas of practice include born civil and criminal appeals, insurance defense litigation, insurance coverage, and civil litigation.

Attorney Levesque is active in the legal community and is presently a member of both the Litigation and Young Lawyers Sections of the Connecticut Bar.

He is co-author of "The Wheeler Court" with Attorney Horton for the Quinnipiac University Law Review, an article focusing on the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1910 through 1930. He also co-authored "The Maltbie Court" with Attorney Horton for the University of Connecticut Law Review (Vol. 39, No. 5, July, 2007). He authored "Preparing for your first Appellate Argument" which was published in the Connecticut Lawyer, Vol. 18, No. 12. He also co-authored two chapters of Attorney Horton's book, The History of the Connecticut Supreme Court, Thomsen/West, 2008.

In January of 2008, Attorney Levesque was an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, teaching the Moot Court Interterm with Attorney Michael S. Taylor.

His notable cases include:
State v. Hankerson, 118 Conn. App. 380 (2008)
Gambardella v. Apple Healthcare, Inc., 291 Conn. 620 (2009)
State v. Hasfal, 106 Conn. App. 199 (2008)
Corcoran v. Bysiewicz, 46 Conn. L. Rptr. 300 (2008)
Simms v. Simms, 283 Conn. 494 (2007)
Contractor's Supply of Waterbury, LLC v. Commissioner of Enviromental Protection, 283 Conn. 86 (2007)
State v. Adgers, 101 Conn. App. 123 (2007), Cert. denied 283 Conn. 903 (2007)
Ramin v. Ramin, 281 Conn. 324 (2007)
Economos v. Liljedahl Bros, Inc., 279 Conn. 300 (2006)
Gurguis v. Frankel, 93 Conn. App. 162 (2006, cert. denied, 277 Conn. 916 (2006)
Gingras v. Avery, 90 Conn. App. 585 (2005)