Anita M. Varunes, born Hartford, Connecticut, March 7, 1963, admitted to the bar, 1989, Connecticut; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2000 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Preparatory education Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1985); legal education, Western New England College School of Law (J.D. 1989); Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate of The National Board of Trial Advocacy. Member of the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and National Association of Women Lawyers. Pro Bono Work: Legal Advisor, National Board of Ladies Philoptochos Society (second largest women's organization in the world).
Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Real Estate/Leases; Workers' Compensation; Small Corporations; Wills/Probate; Employment Law.
Languages: Greek; Proficient in French.


     Nicholas C. Varunes, born Hartford, Connecticut, February 17, 1965, admitted to the bar, 1997, Connecticut; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Preparatory education University of Rochester (.A. 1988); legal education, Western New England College School of Law (J.D. 1996); Member of the Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Assistant Clerk, Connecticut House of Representatives, 1997 to present.
Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Real Estate.
Languages: Greek; Proficient in French.
Publications: THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING: Responsibility to Pay the Claimant's Benefits and Medical Treatment in Connecticut's Workers' Compensation Claims, Compensation Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 3, Summer 2007

Associates

Jesalyn D. Cole, born Vernon, Connecticut, August 16, 1977, admitted to the bar, 2009. Preparatory school University of Connecticut (B.A. 1999); legal education University of Connecticut Law School (J.D. 2009); member of the Connecticut Bar Association.