Annemette enjoys criminal defense work, family law and personal injury work. She regularly appears in all Connecticut courts defending those charged with committing a criminal offense, handling contested family cases, and handling personal injury trials. Annemette excels at cross examination of witnesses, jury selection and personal injury litigation. She has represented children and parents in the juvenile and criminal courts, special education proceedings, before the Department of Children and Families and regularly appears in all Connecticut courts. She excels at highly contested cases, and contentious matters, and is admitted to practice in all Connecticut state courts and was admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in 2002. Annemette graduated from Quinnipiac School of Law where she was an active participant in the volunteer tax assistance program. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Connecticut State University in 1998. She is active with the Connecticut Pro Bono Network, and is multilingual, speaking English and German.Annemette enjoys spending time with her family, including karate tournaments with her children, walking her dog, and time at the beach. Her interests include animal rights, vegetarianism, and child protection, among others.

Joseph C. Maya believes in providing large firm experience but with small firm communication and attention. His practice areas of the law include divorce, employment, personal injury, criminal and tax law. Joseph is a Managing Partner of Maya Murphy, the firm he established in 1993 located in New York, NY and Westport, CT.

Richard H. Raphael, Attorney at Law, practices in family law, personal injury, and litigation in the Westport, Connecticut area. He prides himself in providing personalized, professional representation to all of his clients. Mr. Raphael has practiced in Connecticut since 1979, first in New Canaan and since 1991 in his own firm in Westport. While in New Canaan, he enjoyed a term as president of the New Canaan Bar Association. Currently he is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and the American Bar Association.Mr. Raphael completed his undergraduate education in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his J.D. (law degree) from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., and was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1979. Since that time, he has been practicing in Connecticut primarily in family law, and other litigation including personal injury and commercial litigation.Mr. Raphael prides himself on is his personal approach to representation. He provides his clients with individual, one-on-one attention.Mr. Raphael offers a free initial consultation, to answer your questions, discuss the issues of your case, and explain the relevant law.