WOCL LEYDON - Key Persons
A Stamford native with a strong Irish Catholic upbringing, Riker Donahue has always had a desire to help those in need. Before she even graduated from Stamford Catholic High School in 1986, she started working for Michael A. Catalano Attorney at Law. This was the beginning of "her love of the law." From then on, she knew she wanted to earn a law degree so that she could use her knowledge and skills to fight for the rights of those who had been injured.
Job Titles:
- Legal Assistant
- Home Legal Assistant
Job Titles:
- Legal Assistant
- Home Legal Assistant
Betsy has been a vital member of the Wocl Leydon family for 20 years. As the receptionist and a legal assistant, her responsibilities are many. She helps the team by answering phones, greeting clients, data entry, and handling the attorneys' calendars for appointments, court hearings, and statute of limitations lists. She is also the firm's Spanish interpreter.
Brenden Leydon leads the firm's product liability practice and handles all types of complex personal injury and civil litigation. He has successfully resolved numerous cases against major auto, medical device, and consumer product manufacturers, and he has had many successful verdicts on behalf of victims seriously injured by the negligence of others.
Brenden received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University. He later went on to earn his law degree from Rutgers-Newark Law School. Prior to law school, Brenden served in the United States Army National Guard as a forward observer and infantry officer. He has been practicing trial and appellate litigation at Wocl Leydon, LLC, since 1995.
Job Titles:
- Home Attorney
- Member of the American Association for Justice
- Member of the Connecticut Bar Association
Dave is a longstanding member of the American Association for Justice, formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and the Fairfield County Bar Association.
When Dave isn't working with his fellow Wocl Leydon family members to help their clients, he and his wife, Amy (who have been married since 2003, the same year he graduated from law school!), are busy raising and being actively involved with their three children, Taylor (9), DJ (11), and MacKenzie (13). By living in the Trumbull community, Dave and his family are fortunate to be surrounded by wonderful neighbors who have children of similar ages who share the same interests and can enjoy watching them grow up together. He is a member of the Father Club at the school where his youngest two children attend, and the entire family participates in many school functions. In addition, he and his wife are both active in the PTA. In addition, Dave and his family are able to be a part of the church family at Saint Catherine's in Trumbull, where they attend services together.
Dave's focus is on solving problems at work and at home. In both places, he has the support of his "family" ─ his partner in life, his wife at home, and the rest of the team at Wocl Leydon at the office. This allows Dave to do what he does best, be there for the clients when they need him most.
Donald (Ted) A. Hendrie was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He received his law degree from Penn State University's Dickinson School of Law in 1981. As a partner in the firm of Wocl Leydon LLC, Ted concentrates on the development of the firm's Mass Tort practice and resolution of its motor vehicle accident cases.
Donald (Ted) A. Hendrie was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pennsylvania's Kutztown University in 1976. Upon graduation, he accepted a position as the administrative assistant to State Senator Michael A. O'Pake, a member of the Judiciary Committee and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aging and Youth. His responsibilities included solving problems and issues facing the senator's constituents and preparing legislation for the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ted loved working on behalf of the people residing in the senator's district. He knew there he was making a difference. So, it was his work in the senator's office and his work with the Senate Judiciary Committee that propelled him on to his next step, law school.
Job Titles:
- Legal Assistant
- Home Legal Assistant
Job Titles:
- Legal Assistant
- Home Legal Assistant
Job Titles:
- Founding Member, in Memoriam
- Home Attorney
- Member of the Stamford Old Timers' Association
Joe is a member of the Stamford Old Timers' Association where he served as President and Chairman of the Scholarship Committee. He is a member of the State Street Debating Society and is presently Chairman of their Scholarship Committee. State Street has honored him as their "Man of the Year". In 2014 he was named Grand Marshal of the Stamford Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
Job Titles:
- Legal Assistant
- Home Legal Assistant
Job Titles:
- Legal Assistant
- Home Legal Assistant
Job Titles:
- Assistant Clerk, 1997 - 1998