Attorney Kim A.S. Sudnick

Kim has recovered more than 90 million in verdicts and settlements. Kim is fighting for justice for injured people by filing law suits in MA, CT, and VT.

Kim received honors and awards from her colleagues nationally and throughout New England. Nationally, in 2015, Kim was invited into Membership of The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial attorneys in the country. Kim was invited into that membership after obtaining a record verdict in one of Connecticut’s most conservative jurisdictions. In MA, Kim was asked to be a special prosecutor for the District Attorney’s Office for the Northwestern District of MA, where she worked on felony trials. In MA, Kim successfully litigated many motorcycle and motor vehicle accident cases. In MA, Kim represented a National Labor Union and successfully won the Union’s right to continue to picket for a living wage.

In CT, Kim has been repeatedly asked by the Connecticut Bar Association to be a 20+ year member of the Ethics Committee drafting many of the ethical opinions involving liens against personal injury recovery cases and has been asked to teach ethics to attorneys. In MA, Kim also has been asked to teach updated laws to attorneys. Kim enjoys participating in the attorney comedy improv night in Burlington, VT. In MA and CT, Kim has been invited to various news stations to provide legal opinions on television.

Kim has performed trials in CT and MA. In 2017 Kim had 4 of the top 20 settlements and verdicts in CT.

Kim obtained multi-million-dollar awards including a $5 million prejudgment award following a hearing, a $2.6 million arbitration award on disputed liability, and a $1.4 million verdict. Kim has brought hundreds of cases through litigation with many cases settling for more than a million dollars. Kim is an aggressive litigator. Kim files prejudgment attachments to recover millions past what the insurance coverage is for a defendant. This aggressiveness brings her cases to settle sooner. In all the cases where Kim has filed for prejudgment attachments, Kim has obtained multi-million-dollar results.

Practice areas

Motorcycle accidents, motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, dog bites, slip & fall, premise liability, and wrongful death cases.

Education

  • B.A. Boston University 
  • J.D. Western New England School of Law

Admissions

  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • State of Connecticut
  • State of Vermont
  • United States District Court – District of Massachusetts
  • United States District Court – District of Connecticut

Memberships

  • Connecticut Bar Association
  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Vermont Bar Association
  • Connecticut Bar Association Ethics Committee
  • Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
  • Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
  • Massachusetts Motorcycle Association

Awards/Honors

  • Million Dollar Verdict Club
  • The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Attorneys in the country
  • Wall of Tolerance Award
  • Commencement Speaker at Boston University Graduation
  • Frequent TV guest/legal commentator on Western MA News & Fox News in Hartford, CT
  • Faculty – teaching updated laws to attorneys in Massachusetts Bar Association & Connecticut Bar Association
  • Record Verdict – Litchfield County Superior Court

Hobbies

Motorcycle riding, basketball, gun dogs, and preserving open spaces.

She has a real gift for patiently, clearly, kindly, thoroughly, and efficiently explaining things to a “first timer” like myself.

“I will speak for youYou focus on getting better. My team is devoted to our clients. I’ve got you. Your story is my inspiration. It is why I practice law.” – Attorney Kim