Family Law

• Divorce
  Where a divorce agreement required one party to provide proof that he had notified his lawyer to withdraw a lawsuit in another country, the divorce court could not require the party to take additional measures to have the lawsuit withdrawn. The divorce court was limited to enforcing what the divorce agreement called for.
• Child Support
  A divorced mother of six children could pursue a motion for contempt for back child support and alimony, even though she waited four years after the child support order ended and two years after the alimony order entered. The divorce court properly held that her delay was not unreasonable as she testified that she was busy raising the children and putting them through high school and college, with no or little help from the father, to have accurately calculated how much child support and alimony had been paid to her.
• Premarital Agreement
  No one gets married planning to end up in divorce court. However, circumstances develop that make some couples realize they would be better off separated. We help you know your rights and protect yourself, your children and your property during divorce. In many situations, we can get you a no fault quick divorce or a 30 day no-court divorce. We also provide mediation services — a way for divorcing couples to work together to reach an agreement and reduce expense and emotional conflict. Through prenuptial agreements, we help people contemplating marriage protect themselves and their property.
• Spousal Support
  It was error for a divorce court, during a hearing on a motion for contempt regarding alimony and child support, to rule on a motion for modification of alimony and support that had been filed, even though the judge stated that the evidence for both motions would essentially be the same, as the judge had told the attorneys that he would only hear the motion for contempt.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  A graduate of Yale and UConn Law School, Attorney John Serrano is a Connecticut lawyer who focuses on Personal Injury, Worker’s Compensation, Social Security Disability, Immigration, Divorce and Criminal Law. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. With his skill, determination and 30 years experience, Attorney Serrano gets results.
• DUI/DWI
  Nosso escritório de advocacia fornece uma representação de defesa criminal eficaz e agressiva para pessoas que são acusadas de crimes, incluindo agressão, violência doméstica, dirigir sob a influência (DUI), roubo e crimes relacionados a drogas, sexo e impostos. Pessoas injustamente acusadas de crimes precisam de ajuda legal experiente para evitar condenações criminais. Nós fornecemos isso. Também ajudamos pessoas que cometeram um erro tentar evitar um registro criminal apresentando o caso com a maior firmeza possível a um juiz que deve decidir se concederá programas para pessoas presas pela primeira vez ou em casos familiares ou acusações de delitos de drogas. Nós nos reunimos com os clientes na cadeia, se necessário, e podemos ajudá-lo a encontrar um fiador se você não puder cumprir a fiança.
• Wrongful Death
  At the Serrano Law Firm, we understand it will not be easy for you to discuss a loved one’s death. We will take the time to listen to you calmly and compassionately if a person close to you has died as the result of a fatal accident. We will explain how Connecticut law applies to your situation. And if it appears that the law allows a wrongful death claim to be brought, we will use all our skill and resources to obtain the maximum compensation for the loss of your loved one.
• Traffic Violations
  Our firm often obtains money for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians injured in an accident in which they got a traffic ticket. Police officers are trained to investigate auto accidents but they sometimes make mistakes. The following situations often cause officers to make mistakes...
• Sex Crimes
  A moment of poor judgment can have lifetime consequences when an arrest is made. FWe vigorously defend people facing criminal or drunk driving (DUI) charges. Our defense success includes not guilty trial verdicts for kidnapping and sexual assault. We regularly help first time offenders avoid convictions and having a criminal record. Know you rights. Our firm provides help for felony and misdemeanor cases, including arrests for drugs, assault, domestic violence, larceny and motor vehicle crimes.
• Misdemeanors
• Assault
• Kidnapping
• Hit and Run
  If you, your passenger, or a family member living in your household, has an automobile insurance policy, that policy most likely will cover your hit and run car accident. This insurance coverage is provided under the policy’s Uninsured / Underinsured Motorist ("UM") provisions.

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  At the Serrano Law Firm, we know what it is like for you to have a work injury because we have over 30 years experience helping injured workers get the benefits they deserve under Connecticut Workers' Compensation law. We have handled cases for a variety of injuries, including back injuries, stress and heart claims, lung ailments, and hand, elbow and knee injuries.

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  A licensee is someone who has not been invited onto property but has permission to go there. Your cousin goes with you to pick up your daughter from a sleepover at her friend's house. The friend's father has been installing a porch railing that is not yet nailed. Your cousin leans on the railing and falls. The law of premises liability most likely will consider your cousin to be a licensee. The homeowner had the duty to warn licensees — your cousin in this example — about the railing because he should have known that people would be coming and it was not obvious that the railing was loose.

Immigration Law

• Citizenship and Naturalization
• Family Immigration
  Immediate residency (green card) for some. If you are a U.S. citizen, the person for whom you filed the residency (green card) petition can adjust status (Form I-485) and become a legal resident without leaving the country if both these things are true...
• Green Cards

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  If you or your child has been bitten by a dog, please call us at 860 236-9350 to schedule an appointment to speak with a dog bite lawyer about your personal injury case.
• Auto Accidents
• Social Security Disability
  At the Serrano Law Firm, we have helped hundreds of injured, sick and disabled persons throughout Connecticut and the Springfield - Holyoke - Northampton area of Massachusetts get Social Security Disability or SSI benefits. If your or your child's claim for disability has been denied, call us at 860 236-9350. We have 30 years experience helping clients win the benefits they need when physical or mental impairments leave them unable to work.
• Dog Bites
  At the Serrano Law Firm, we have over 30 years experience in helping adults and children receive compensation for dog bite attacks. Homeowner insurance usually pays for the injuries in a dog bite case. We know Connecticut dog law regarding dog bites and dog attacks. We are a Connecticut personal injury law firm that pursues insurance claims and files lawsuits when necessary to protect victims of dog attacks when the owners of dogs or their insurance companies try to avoid responsibility for the dog attack.

Trusts and Estates

• Wills
  The owner or person who controls a property has a duty to protect people who are on the property. What must be done to make the property safe depends on who it is that is on the property. The law allows the executor or administrator of a estate to bring a negligence claim against the person or persons legally at fault for causing a person’s death. (If the deceased person left a Last Will, the executor is the person named in the Will to handle the deceased person’s estate.) We only charge a fee if we win or settle the case.