Month: July 2025

Pastore LLC represented a private equity investor and an active philanthropist in Greenwich based non-profits in a defamation case against a former candidate for the United States Senate and House of Representatives. After three weeks of jury selection and evidence, a jury in the Stamford Superior Court deliberated as to whether the defendant was liable for defamation, defamation per se, false light and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Within hours, the jury reached a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Pastore LLC’s client, on all counts and all questions tendered to the jury. The jury awarded substantial monetary damages and punitive damages finding the defendant’s conduct to be wanton, willful and malicious. Pastore LLC’s Joseph M. Pastore III, Melissa Rose McClammy and Tyler W. Rutherford represented the private equity investor in the case.

Pastore LLC was retained by a national insurance broker in connection with a $350 million Notes offering by Bank of America. Pastore LLC served as counsel in Connecticut for the transaction. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP served as New York counsel. Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP represented Bank of America. Pastore LLC delivered analysis and guidance on the corporate structure of entities involved with the transaction. The transaction was led in Connecticut by Pastore LLC’s transactional group. Joseph M. Pastore III, Paul Fenaroli, and Summer Associate Ryan Mennitt from Tulane University Law School assisted with the matter.