About Attorney Jerome Paun
My staff and I are passionate about defending people in trouble with the law. We provide our clients with effective legal defense against criminal, juvenile delinquency, and motor vehicle charges. We help people get pardons for their Connecticut criminal convictions so their past won't continue to burden them in the future.
We care about our clients. We will promptly return your phone calls. We will compassionately and carefully listen to what you tell us. We will make every effort to schedule your initial free consultation at a time convenient for you and as soon as possible. During your free initial consult, I will explain the criminal justice system to you; I will explain the charges against you in plain English so you will understand your legal situation; I will explore the legal defense strategies available to defend you; I will explain my counsel fees to you and I will work with you to help make my fees affordable for you. I want to help you get out of your legal troubles.
The Law Office of Jerome Paun will vigorously defend you to preserve your freedom and protect your future. At the Law Office of Jerome Paun my staff and I effectively defend our clients against all felony and misdemeanor criminal charges in Connecticut courts. We defend adults and youthful offenders (YO) in superior and geographical area (GA) courts with our best efforts to preserve their freedom and protect their future. In juvenile court, we help children accused of juvenile delinquency protect their innocence and childhood. I am approved and serve as a Special Public Defender in various GA, superior and juvenile courts is Eastern Connecticut.
In the course of defending clients against criminal or juvenile delinquency charges, we are sometimes required to also defend them or their parents against abuse or neglect charges by the Department of Children and Families (DCF). I defend motorists against motor vehicle offenses including: operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs (OUI / DUI), reckless driving, driving while under suspension, avoiding responsibility for an accident, speeding, and many other motor vehicle offenses. I represent clients at Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) per se suspension hearings to help them keep their driving licenses or privileges after an OUI arrest. My staff and I help those already convicted of crimes to complete, file, and process pardon applications so that they may overcome the obstacles and stigma of a Connecticut criminal conviction record to free their future from their past.
Contact the Lawyer Who Will Passionately Fight For You - For your free initial consultation with Attorney Paun please call us toll-free at 866.787.0119 or send us an e-mail.
Attorney Paun's Court Admissions and Bar Association Memberships. I am admitted to practice before state courts in New York and Connecticut. I am also admitted to practice in the following federal courts: the United States District Court for the Districts of Southern and Eastern New York, the District of Connecticut, the District of Massachusetts, the First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeal and the United States Supreme Court.
My clients benefit from the collective knowledge and resources of my professional memberships in a variety of legal organizations including: the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Association (CCDLA), the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA). I am a proud member and former National Treasurer of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) “… to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests.” -- Preamble to the National Lawyers Guild Constitution
Contact a Lawyer Who Will Effectively Defend You - For your free initial consultation with Attorney Paun please call us toll-free at 866.787.0119 or send us an e-mail.
Attorney Jerome Paun's Education and Relevant Life Experience. I grew up in a working class neighborhood in New York City in the 1950s and '60s. I attended and graduated from Andrew Jackson High School in 1968. While still a high school student, I began my life-long involvement in the civil rights movement. After graduating high school, I continued my higher education at the State University College at Brockport, New York, receiving my Bachelor of Science degree with academic honors (cum laude) and dual majors in philosophy and political science. My college education included a deepening commitment to the struggle for civil rights and as part of that commitment I became involved in the anti-war movement.
While in high school and throughout my college years, I worked summers as a New York City life guard in Rockaway, saving lives and protecting the safety of the public who enjoyed the ocean beach. After college graduation in 1972 and employment as a taxicab driver in New York City, I worked for two years as a Volunteer In Service To America (VISTA). I served poor people as a criminal defense paralegal in Rochester, New York.
During my last months of VISTA service, I was recruited into a new Master of Arts degree program in political science, urban administration, launched by the State University College at Brockport, New York. I completed my masters degree in 1975 and applied to law school.
I earned my Juris Doctor degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 1979. After successfully competing against my fellow law students, I was one of only three first year law students selected to join the the Moot Court Board, the student organization that competes against other law schools in moot court competitions. Upon graduation, I was admitted to the Order of Barristers, an honor given to law students who excel in moot court competition. While attending law school, I wrote and secured a foundation grant to fund several law students, including myself, to work part-time with Prisoners Legal Services of New York, providing legal assistance to inmates incarcerated in New York State prisons.
I began my legal career as a lawyer representing working people and their labor organizations in labor and employment law matters. Eventually, I added criminal, motor vehicle offense, and juvenile delinquency defense to the legal representation I provide clients. Over time, the criminal, motor vehicle offense, and juvenile delinquency defense work has grown to predominant my law practice. Today, my law practice concentrates almost exclusively on those practice areas.
Contact the Lawyer Who Will Care About You and Your Legal Defense - For your free initial consultation with Attorney Paun please call us toll-free at 866.787.0119 or send us an e-mail.
My Life Outside the Law. My interests outside the law include: dancing, especially Argentine Tango and West Coast Swing; music, tango, the blues and jazz; photography, black and white film; sports cars, especially those nice old British roadsters from the 1960s.
