Law Offices of Moriarty, Paetzold & Sherwood

What Law Offices of Moriarty, Paetzold & Sherwood does

Law Offices of Moriarty, Paetzold & Sherwood is a privately held partnership law firm headquartered at 2230 Main Street, Glastonbury, Connecticut, serving individuals, families, and businesses across Connecticut (Glastonbury, Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven). The firm was established around 1996 by three name partners — Thomas P. Moriarty, William H. Paetzold, and David F. Sherwood — and operates with a 1–10 person headcount. Practice areas are partitioned by partner expertise: Moriarty leads personal injury and commercial real estate; Paetzold leads criminal defense with a digital evidence specialty; Sherwood leads real property, land use, and environmental law. The firm delivers services through direct client engagement, courtroom representation, and transactional work, with quote-based fees and periodic billing updates per testimonial commentary.

The firm's service portfolio spans federal and state criminal defense, personal injury claims (motor vehicle accidents, product liability, slip and fall, medical malpractice), commercial real estate transactions and litigation (including leasing negotiations with national retailers such as Home Depot, Staples, and T.J. Maxx), residential real estate, civil litigation, and land use/environmental law. Its most differentiated capability is digital evidence work in criminal defense, codified through the Digital Evidence Case Assessment Method (DECAM) and reinforced by Paetzold's founding membership in the Digital Evidence Innocence Initiative and his prior six-year tenure as a criminalist at the Connecticut State Police Forensic Science Laboratory under Dr. Henry C. Lee.

Revenue is generated entirely through professional services fees on a quote-based, case-by-case basis with no disclosed subscription, retainer, or alternative fee arrangements. Client acquisition is driven by attorney referrals, peer endorsements, and content marketing via a firm blog and social channels (Facebook, LinkedIn), supplemented by Lawyer.com Verified and Featured Attorney directory presence. The firm holds no patents, operates no subsidiary entities, and has no parent company, M&A activity, or external investment; it functions as an independent professional partnership with no disclosed growth, hiring, or geographic expansion plans beyond existing Connecticut coverage.

Name

Law Offices of Moriarty, Paetzold & Sherwood

Legal name

Moriarty, Paetzold & Sherwood Attorneys at Law

Website

https://mpslawfirm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Law Offices of Moriarty, Paetzold & Sherwood is a three-partner Connecticut law firm headquartered in Glastonbury, serving individuals and businesses across Glastonbury, Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven with criminal defense, personal injury, and commercial real estate legal services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Criminal Defense (BPAHAAAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE), Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM), Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB)

Keywords

• Criminal defense law
• Personal injury law
• Commercial real estate law
• Digital evidence forensics
• Land use environmental law

Headquarters

HQ city

Glastonbury, Connecticut

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Traditional law firm revenue through client fees for legal representation services including criminal defense, personal injury claims, and commercial real estate transactions. Services provided to individuals, families, and businesses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The firm is a Connecticut-based law practice providing legal representation across federal and state criminal defense, personal injury claims, commercial real estate transactions and litigation, residential real estate, civil litigation, and land use and environmental law. Its criminal defense work is distinguished by partner William Paetzold's digital evidence and forensic science expertise, including founding membership in the Digital Evidence Innocence Initiative.

Product overview

Law Offices of Moriarty, Paetzold & Sherwood is a Connecticut law firm offering legal services through its three attorneys. The firm provides Federal and State Criminal Defense, Personal Injury Claims, and Commercial Real Estate Transactions and Litigation services. The practice areas are delivered by individual attorneys: Thomas P. Moriarty handles personal injury and commercial real estate; William H. Paetzold specializes in criminal defense with expertise in digital evidence; David F. Sherwood focuses on real property, land use, and environmental law. The firm is not a software product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Federal and State Criminal Defense Legal representation for individuals facing federal and state criminal charges, including trials, appeals, and post-conviction review. Distinguished by partner William Paetzold's digital evidence and forensic science expertise.
• Personal Injury Claims Legal representation for individuals who have been injured due to the negligence of others, including motor vehicle accidents, product liability, slip and fall, and medical malpractice cases.
• Commercial Real Estate Transactions and Litigation Legal services for businesses, developers, and shopping center owners including commercial real estate transactions, leasing, and related litigation. Includes lease negotiations with national retail chains such as Home Depot, Staples, and T.J. Maxx.
• Residential Real Estate Legal services for residential real estate matters handled primarily by partner Thomas P. Moriarty.
• Civil Litigation General civil litigation services including breach of contract matters and tort cases, led by partner Thomas P. Moriarty.
• Land Use and Environmental Law Legal services focused on real property, land use, and environmental law matters, including appearances before municipal commissions and state trial and appellate courts on behalf of landowners and developers. Led by partner David F. Sherwood.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cases dismissed successfully
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Digital Evidence Innocence InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAttorney William Paetzold is a founding member of the Digital Evidence Innocence Initiative, which provides strategic legal consultation to the defense community regarding effective use of digital evidence in pre-trial cases and post-conviction review. The initiative publishes educational content including white papers on digital evidence handling.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Halloran & Sage LLP: Hartford-based full-service Connecticut firm with established litigation, real estate, and environmental practices. Competes with MPS across multiple practice areas at a significantly larger scale.
• Shipman & Goodwin LLP: Major Connecticut-headquartered full-service law firm with strong real estate, environmental, and litigation practices. Direct competitive overlap with MPS's commercial real estate, land use, and environmental law offerings, though at significantly larger scale.
• Day Pitney LLP: Large Connecticut-based full-service firm with strong real estate, environmental, and litigation practices. Competes with MPS for commercial real estate and land use matters involving developers and shopping center owners.
• Wiggin and Dana LLP: Large full-service Connecticut firm with offices across New Haven, Hartford, Stamford, and beyond. Competes with MPS for sophisticated commercial real estate, litigation, and land use matters but at a much larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Pullman & Comley LLC: Connecticut-based full-service firm with prominent real estate, land use, environmental, and litigation practices. Competes directly with Sherwood's specialty areas and Moriarty's commercial practice at the regional scale.

Direct peers

• Kennedy, Johnson, Schwab & Roberge: Connecticut personal injury and accident firm with similar regional scale and plaintiff-side focus. Comparable on personal injury practice area and Connecticut client base.
• Brown, Paindiris & Scott, LLP: Connecticut-based full-service firm with comparable size and a parallel mix of criminal defense, personal injury, and family law practice. Operates across Hartford, Bristol, and Danbury, making it a near-direct comparable in geography, scale, and practice mix.
• RisCassi & Davis, P.C. Hartford-based personal injury and accident firm with comparable Connecticut footprint. Strongly comparable on the Moriarty-side personal injury practice and Connecticut regional positioning.
• Silver Golub & Teitell LLP: Connecticut-based plaintiff-side personal injury firm. Comparable to MPS on the personal injury and tort practice, serving similar Connecticut geographic markets and individual client base.
• Horton, Duffy & Bassman: Small Connecticut litigation firm with overlapping practice areas. Comparable in scale and Connecticut regional orientation, particularly on the civil litigation side.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Moriarty-Paetzold-Sherwood-165268553499125
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/law-offices-of-moriarty-paetzold-sherwood

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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