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Harold B. Finn III

Harold B. Finn III

Of Counsel
o: 203.325.5029
hfinn@fdh.com
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While Bill, a founding partner of the firm, is now partially retired, he continues to counsel long-standing clients from time to time, particularly with respect to pending or threatened litigation, and other dispute resolution matters.

Bill has long been recognized as a leader in the legal profession, both in Connecticut and nationally.  ln Connecticut, Bill has served as a member of the Blue Ribbon Commission of the Connecticut Attorney General (1982-83), a member of the Advisory Committee of the Connecticut Banking Commissioner (Chair (2001-2017), a member of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association (Chair 1992-1994), a member of the Advisory Committee on the Revision of the Banking Laws of Connecticut (1993-1994), a member of the Task Force on Revision of the Connecticut Business Corporation Act (Co-Chair) 1994-1997).

Nationally, Bill has served as a member of the Council of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (2000-2004), a member of the Banking Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (Vice Chair, 1992-1994, Co-Chair, 1994-1996, and Chair 1996-1998).  Bill is an Elected Member of the American Law Institute.

Bill served on active duty in the U.S. Navy (1960-1963) and in the ready reserve in the U.S. Navy (1963-1969).  He has also served as Co-President, North Street School, PTA (1978-1979, 1980-1981), a member of the Board of Trustees of the Greenwich Country Day School (1987-1991), a member of the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut Fund for the Environment (1997-2002), and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Naval War College Foundation (2010-2014). 

Representative Matters
  • Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 504 U.S. 353, 60 U.S.L.W. 4438, (1992)
  • Holly Hill Holdings v. Lowman, 226 Conn. 748 (1993)
  • United Illuminating Co. v. City of New Haven, 240 Conn. 422 (1997)
  • Woodbury Knoll, LLC v. Shipman & Goodwin, LLP, 305  Conn. 750 (2012)
Honors
  • Leading lawyer in The Best Lawyers in America for Stamford, CT 2025 Edition in the following practice areas (Recognized since 1989)
    • Corporate Law
    • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
    • Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
    • Securities / Capital Markets Law
    • Securities Regulation
  • Named "Lawyer of the Year" in The Best Lawyers in America for Stamford, CT 2025 Edition in Corporate Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law
  • Recognized as Top Lawyers (Corporate Counsel) in Fairfield County by Greenwich Magazine (2024)

Practice Areas

Previous Experience

  • Law clerk, late Chief Justice Earl Warren, U.S. Supreme Court
  • Law clerk, late Associate Justice Stanley F. Reed, U.S. Supreme Court

Education

  • Columbia Law School, L.L.B., magna cum laude
    • Articles Editor, Columbia Law Review
  • Yale University, B.A., Dean's List
    • Honors History Program 
    • Battalion Commander, Yale NROTC Unit

Admissions

  • Connecticut
  • District of Columbia
  • New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York

Highlights

Finn Dixon & Herling LLP Ranked Band I by Chambers & Partners

The Corporate/M&A practice and Litigation practice at Finn Dixon & Herling (FDH) have once again received the highest possible ranking from Chambers & Partners. The 2023 edition of Chambers USA ranks FDH as Band I Corporate/M&A (for the 20th straight year) and Band I Litigation... Read more

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