Linda W. Alderman and Myles H. Alderman, Jr.
formed Alderman & Alderman, opening their
doors on January 1, 1992 with offices they built out
at 20 Church Street in Hartford,
Connecticut. Before forming Alderman &
Alderman, Linda had been an attorney at the
law firm of Robinson & Cole, where she focused
on environmental law, land use and zoning since
1987. Myles started his
career as an attorney at the law firm of Reid &
Riege, where his practice was focused on
business insolvency, creditors' rights and
commercial law.
Frank Browne was
"of counsel" to Alderman & Alderman from its
start. Frank had worked with Linda at
Robinson & Cole, where he had been an
attorney in the corporate law and business formation
practice group and he had worked with Myles in
leadership of the Connecticut Bar Association's Young
Lawyers Section. Shortly, after Alderman &
Alderman was formed, Eric Gruber, who practiced
commercial litigation and creditors rights in New
York, joined the firm as the second
"of counsel" attorney. Eric had been a friend
of Myles and Linda since their days together in law
school. Morris Pollack was
introduced to Alderman & Alderman when, as
senior Intellectual Property counsel for Litton
Industries he retained the firm to represent his
company's interests in various matters. When
Morris decided to return to private practice, he
joined Alderman & Alderman as of counsel.
From 1992 - 2013,
Alderman & Alderman was also fortunate to have
many very capable law students and attorneys work
with us. Some of Alderman &
Alderman's alumni eventually left the firm and
Connecticut to practice with larger firms, such
as Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher and Paul Weiss
in New York City. Some others went on to
become partners in other well respected firms in
Connecticut.
As a result of
complications from a very rare illness Linda was
forced to take a
leave from the practice of law starting in 2006.
Clients that had turned to Linda Alderman for
her environmental expertise were referred to other
highly skilled environmental lawyers. The
balance of the firm's practices continued to
thrive.
In 2013, Myles Alderman accepted the invitation to
join Halloran & Sage as Chair of that firm's
Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights and Restructuring
Practice Group. In
the fall of 2015, Myles returned to practice with his
former colleagues at the firm that is now known as
Alderman &
Alderman, LLC. See, Connecticut Law Tribune Article. Myles
had this to say about his decisions: "It was an
honor and a privilege to be tapped to chair the
Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights and
Restructuring Group at Halloran & Sage. I am
pleased with what we accomplished. However, in
the final analysis I found that working at one of the
largest firms in New England resulted in too
many conflicts that precluded our group from serving
too many clients that sought our services.
I also missed practicing with my good
friends with whom I had practiced for so many years."