A Special Conversation with
Todd Higgins:
Co-founder of crosby & higgins llp
Todd Higgins is the co-founder of Crosby & Higgins LLP. He has an extensive corporate background and possesses significant complex litigation experience in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings. Since co-founding Crosby & Higgins LLP in 2004, Mr. Higgins has prosecuted a number of cases through trial and judgment in state and federal court. Mr. Higgins focuses his legal practice on commercial disputes and complex civil litigation and has built a long track record of seeking out difficult-to-win cases, where smart, creative, and aggressive advocacy can make all the difference in the outcome.
Prior to founding Crosby & Higgins LLP, Mr. Higgins worked in Washington, D.C. and in New York City with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. At Gibson Dunn, he gained valuable experience with sophisticated commercial disputes, alleged securities and antitrust violations, and other complex litigation. As a member of the appellate group, Mr. Higgins also spent significant time working on appellate matters, including a number of cases pending before various federal courts of appeal and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Higgins entered into the study of law in 1998 and graduated from the Fordham University School of Law, where he was awarded the Fordham Law Prize (first in class) and was elected to the Order of the Coif for high attainment in the study of law. Mr. Higgins was also a member of the Fordham Law Review, was the co-author of a revised annual treatise on the antitrust law of vertical restraints, and was a research editor for a casebook on First Amendment rights. He is admitted to practice law in the state and federal courts of New York and Connecticut, as well as the federal court in Colorado. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Connecticut Bar Association.
Deeply interested in politics and the field of constitutional law, Mr. Higgins has also served as an adjunct professor of political science for the University of Connecticut, where he has taught courses in constitutional law since 2005. Mr. Higgins is a proud father of four children, and he strives to be an active member of the community. He has served as a volunteer attorney with Lawyers for Children America, a nonprofit organization that provides guardian ad litem services for abused and neglected children in crisis situations.