Houston Putnam Lowry
Super Lawyers®Commercial and Corporate Law Lawyers in Hartford, CT in Hartford, CT
Education
Legal Education
- Cambridge University Faculty Board of Law The Old Schools, Cambridge, England, 1981
- LL.B., Bachelor of Law
- Honors: With Honors in International Law
- Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington, 1980
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Honors: cum laude
- Academy of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands
- Honors: Attended 1981-1982
Non Legal Education
- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 1980
- M.B.A., Master of Business Administration
- Pitzer College, Claremont, California, 1976
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Major: Psychology
- Major: Political Studies
Past Positions
- Ford & Paulekas, LLP; Hartford, Connecticut 06103, Partner, January 1, 2021 – present
- Polivy, Lowry & Clayton, LLC f/k/a Polivy, Taschner, Lowry & Clayton; Hartford, Connecticut 06103, Partner, August 2015 – December 31, 2020
- Brown & Welsh, P.C.; Meriden, Connecticut 06450, Partner, February, 1993 – August 2015
- Tarlow, Levy & Droney, P.C. f/k/a Tarlow, Levy, Mandell & Kostin; Farmington, Connecticut 06034, Partner, September, 1983 - February, 1993
- U.S. District Judge William M. Acker, Jr.; Birmingham, Alabama 35203, Law Clerk, September 1982 - July 1983
Representative Cases
- Citizens Bank of Clearwater v. Hunt
- Citation: 927 F.2d 707
- Court: C.A.2 (Conn.)
- Year: 1991
- Serial Number: 1991051631
- Bergeron v. Mackler
- Citation: 623 A.2d 489
- Court: Conn.
- Year: 1993
- Serial Number: 1993090073
Pro Bono Activities
- American Branch of the International Law Association (2012-present)
- Colonel Daniel Putnam Association.
- Lawyers Without Borders, Inc. (2002-2011)
- Avon Board of Finance, 2022-2025, Vice Chair 2022-2023
- Avon Board of Education 2004-2005 and 2008-2019. Secretary 2009- 2011. Chair 2016-2017.
Published Works
Articles
- Critical Documents Sourcebook Annotated International Commerce Law and Arbitration Little Brown & Co., 1991
- International Law 65 Ct. Bar Journal 70, 1991
- The United States Joins the Inter-American Arbitration Convention 7 Journal of International Arbitration 83, 1990
- Survey of 1992 Developments in International Law in Connecticut, 67 Connecticut Bar Journal 141, 1993
- Survey of 1991 Developments in International Law in Connecticut, 66 Connecticut Bar Journal 64, 1992
- Foreign Legal Consultants in Connecticut, 16 International Legal Practitioner 115, 1991
- Survey of 1990 Developments in International Law in Connecticut, 65 Connecticut Bar Journal 70, 1991
- The United States Joins the Inter-American Arbitration Convention, 7 Journal of International Arbitration 83, 1990
- Transborder Data Flow: Public and Private International Law Aspects, 6 Houston Journal of International Law 159, 1984
- Does Computer Stored Data Constitute a Writing for the Purposes of the Statute of Frauds and the Statute of Wills?, 9 Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal 93, 1982
- Release of Medical Records, Connecticut Medicine, Vol 44, No. 2, Page 103, 1980
- Normalization: A Revolutionary Approach, 20 Jurimetrics Journal 140, Published by American Bar Association of Science and Technology, 1979
- “Survey of 1993 Developments in International Law in Connecticut,” 68 Connecticut Bar Journal 222, 1994
- “Survey of 1994 Developments in International Law in Connecticut,” 69 Connecticut Bar Journal 143, 1995
- “Survey of 1995 Developments in International Law in Connecticut,” 70 Connecticut Bar Journal 68, 1996
- “Survey of 1996 Developments in International Law in Connecticut,” 71 Connecticut Bar Journal 185, 1997
- “Survey of 1997 Developments in International Law in Connecticut,” 72 Connecticut Bar Journal 364, 1998
- “So your client wants to engage in deep seabed mining…” 5 ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 325, 1999
- “1996 United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Electronic Commerce and Guide to Enactment” 5 ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 433, 1999
- “Survey of 1998 Developments in International Law in Connecticut,” 73 Connecticut Bar Journal 339, 1999
- “Survey of 1999 Developments in International Law in Connecticut,” 74 Connecticut Bar Journal 406, 2000
- “Recent Developments in the International Law of the Sea,” 35 International Lawyer 787, 2001
- “Early Implementation of the 1988 UNCITRAL Bills and Notes Convention” published as a chapter of “Legal Harmonization in the Americas: Business Transactions, Bijuralism and the OAS”, published by the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, ISBN 0-8270-4424-0, 2002
- “Survey of 2000-2001 Developments in International Law in Connecticut,” 76 Connecticut Bar Journal 217, 2002
- “Survey of 2002‑2003 Developments in International Law in Connecticut,” 77 Connecticut Bar Journal 171, 2003
- “Recent Developments in International Commercial Arbitration,” 10 ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law 335, 2004
- “Connecticut and International Law,” 12 ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law 575, 2006
- “Survey of 2004‑2005 Developments in International Law in Connecticut,” 79 Connecticut Bar Journal 131, 2005
- “How do I get my stolen domain name back?” Connecticut CPA Magazine, July-August 2007, volume 48, page 12.
- “Enforcing International Judgments” GP Solo April/May 2010 page 34
- “Should you include an arbitration clause in your engagement agreement?” Connecticut Lawyer September/October 2018, page 26.
- “Survey of 2019 Developments in International Law in Connecticut,” 93 Connecticut Bar Journal 275, 2021
- “Revised Uniform Arbitration Act comes to the rescue,” 31 Connecticut Lawyer 18, 2021
- “The Year in Review: Private International Law,” 55 International Lawyer 439, 2021
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1980
- New York, 1989
- District of Columbia, 1985
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Tax Court, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1982
- U. S. Court of Military Appeals, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1984
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1986
- United States Supreme Court, 1986
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1993
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1993
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 2003
- U.S. Court of International Trade, 1994
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court New Hampshire
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 2019
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 2020
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2020
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, 2020
- U.S. District Court District of Vermont, 2020
Other Affiliations
- American Arbitration Association (Member, Commercial and International Panel of Arbitrators)
- Connecticut Bar Association (Member, Sections on Computer Law, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy)
- American Bar Association, Member (Sections on Antitrust, Science and Technology and International Law)
- Connecticut Bar Association, 1987 - 1990 (Chairman, International Law Section)
- District of Columbia Bar Association.
- International Law Association (Patron)
- Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (domain name dispute panel), 2012 - Present (Treasurer)
- The Honorable Society of Gray's Inn (London, England)
- Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Arbitrators (London, England)
- Freeman, City of London
- International Law Association (Patron), 2008 - 2015 (Secretary)
- International Law Association (Patron), 2006 - Present (Executive Committee Member)
- International Law Association (Patron), 1990 - 2000 (Commercial Arbitration Committee)
- International Law Association (Patron), 1990 - 2012 (International Commercial Law Committee Chair)
- Connecticut Law Revision Commission’s Advisory Committee
- Connecticut Bar Association, 2017 - 2023 (House of Delegates)
- Connecticut Bar Association, 1986 - 1989 (Vice Chair)
- Connecticut Bar Association, 1984 - 1986 (Treasurer)
- Connecticut Bar Association, 1997 - 1998 (Legislative Committee Chair)
Attorney Details
| Full Name | Houston Putnam Lowry |
| Firm | Ford & Paulekas, LLP |
| Address | 280 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT 06103 |
| Phone | 860-527-0400 |
| Phone | 860-249-7500 |
| Website | www.fpllp.com |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |