Alinor Sterling

Alinor Sterling is an attorney at Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She believes the law is a powerful weapon in the fight against injustice, and she has devoted her career to that fight.

Alinor represented nine families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in a landmark case against Remington Arms Company, the manufacturer of the assault rifle used in the attack. Her work led to the families' settlement of the case for every dollar of available coverage, $73 million, and the right to publicly share Remington's internal documents. Alinor also represented Sandy Hook families in a suit against internet broadcaster and supplement salesman Alex Jones for his false claims that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax. The case resulted in a final judgment of over $1.2 billion in favor of the families.

Alinor is both a trial lawyer and an appellate lawyer. Some nationally known appellate wins came in the Sandy Hook cases, and include Soto v. Bushmaster, the landmark case in which the Connecticut Supreme Court allowed the Sandy Hook families' case to proceed against Remington, and Lafferty v. Jones, in which the Connecticut Appellate Court affirmed $1.2 billion in damages against Jones. Other appellate successes include cases protecting the rights of children and victims of medical malpractice, like Munn v. The Hotchkiss School, affirming a $41.5 million damages verdict in favor of an injured student, and Escobar-Santana v. State of Connecticut, reinstating a birthing mother’s claim for emotional distress damages due to medical malpractice.

Alinor formerly served as President of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA), and currently co-chairs CTLA's Rules and Amicus committees. She is also an executive board member of Public Justice and serves on American Association for Justice's Legal Affairs and Amicus committees.