Alinor Sterling
Alinor concentrates on complex civil motion practice and appellate litigation. In the course of her practice, she has worked to develop innovative tort claims, litigated complex business disputes and briefed numerous appeals.
Prior to joining KK&B, Alinor worked on personal injury and business cases for nearly ten years with a small firm in New Haven and then in solo practice. She has argued a number of matters to Connecticut's appellate courts. The resulting decisions include Erickson v. Erickson, 246 Conn. 359 (1998), which altered the law concerning the admissibility of extrinsic evidence in a will contest, and Rioux v. Barry, 283 Conn. 338 (2007), which preserves the scope of the tort of vexatious litigation against a claim of quasi-judicial immunity.
Alinor received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1989 with a major in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a minor in Russian Studies. She then spent a year pursuing a course of study and research in Moscow, Russia through a graduate fellowship. Returning to the United States, she attended the UCLA School of Law where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Alinor was an editor of the UCLA Law Review and the UCLA Women's Law Journal. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lourdes G. Baird of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Alinor is admitted to practice before the courts of the State of Connecticut, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, and United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She is a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA), the CTLA Women's Caucus, and co-chairs the CTLA Rules Committee. She is also a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and sits on the CBA Appellate Advocacy Committee. Alinor has lectured for CTLA and the New Haven County Bar Association on the civil rules governing expert disclosure and appellate practice.
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1996
- New York, 1997
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1998
Education
- UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California
- J.D. - 1995
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Law Review: UCLA Law Review, Editor, 1994 - 1995
- Law Journal: UCLA Women's Law Journal, Executive Articles Editor
- Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, NJ
- B.A. - 1989
Published Works
- "Undressing the Victim: The Intersection of Evidentiary and Semiotic Meaning of Women's Clothing in Rape Trials", 7 Yale J.L. & Fem. 87 (1995)
Representative Cases
Classes/Seminars
- Lecturer, CTLA and the New Haven County Bar Association
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Chair, Women's Caucus
- Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Rules Committee, Co-Chair
- American Association for Justice
- Connecticut Bar Association
- New Haven County Bar Association
Past Employment Positions
- Hon. Lourdes G. Baird, U.S. District Court Judge, Central District of California, Law Clerk, 1995 - 1996
- Leila Day Nursery School , Board of Directors member
Pro Bono Activities
- Former Member, Representative Town Meeting, Town of Branford
- Former Executive Board member, Civic Association of Short Beach
- Former Board of Directors Member, Leila Day Nursery School
Languages
- French
- Russian
