Kimball Haines Hunt is a founder of Hunt Leibert and is the managing attorney for the Commercial Litigation practice.

Attorney Hunt directs this practice group in cases that commonly highlight an intricate plexus of fraudulent interactions among loan brokers, real estate appraisers, attorneys and sham purchasers – who, singly or in combination, variously employ side letter agreements, collapsible notes, check voiding, and 'bonus' payments to entice lender involvement.

Attorney Hunt has over 30 years of litigation experience in nearly every major field of criminal and civil law. Attorney Hunt, as a criminal defense lawyer, has obtained acquittals after verdicts involving charges of murder, felony murder, assault, burglary, racketeering, conspiracy, drug sales, and sexual assault. Attorney Hunt, as plaintiff's counsel, has successfully prosecuted and obtained a half dozen verdicts and settlements for a million dollars or more involving medical malpractice, insurance misrepresentation, defective mechanics, and reckless intoxication.

Attorney Hunt has filed and argued nearly two dozen appellate cases in the Supreme and Appellate Courts of Connecticut. He has conducted seminars addressing Discovery Procedures; Trial of the Soft Tissue Injury Case; and Trying the Wrongful Death Case in Connecticut .

Community Activity
Mr. Hunt has served local area high schools as a coach and mentor to students that have expressed an interest in pursuing careers in the legal profession.  Mr Hunt's high school “student lawyers” have been awarded the Connecticut State Championship in Mock Trial competition and qualified for the final quarter round on five separate occasions of the eight years he has acted as coach. 

Education
Mr. Hunt received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of New Hampshire in 1971 and received his J.D. from North Carolina University School of Law in 1974.

Richard C. Jacobson manages the Real Estate Services for Hunt Leibert. The practice includes closing residential real estate mortgage loan originations and refinances for prime and sub-prime lenders and REO and Evictions for the Firm. Attorney Jacobson also manages Titlestar, LLC an affiliate of Hunt Leibert. Titlestar provides full title services including title examinations, instrument recording and document retrieval services to the mortgage servicing industry.

Education
Mr. Jacobson received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from the University of Connecticut in 1974 and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Connecticut in 1977.

Publications
Attorney Jacobson has developed the USFN REO/Eviction Training Manual and assisted in creating a training video for REO/Eviction Training. Attorney Jacobson has written numerous articles such as "Creative Hints to Timely Closings" and "Drafting REO Sales Contracts" to name a few.

Community Involvement
Mr. Jacobson mentors young people from several local high schools that are planning careers in law on an ongoing basis. He has also lectured on topics related to real estate law at the University of Hartford. Attorney Jacobson has also volunteered his services to a local synagogue during a major reconstruction project during which he became involved in all facets of the project from design and planning to legal work required to obtain approvals from governmental authorities.

Activities
Mr. Jacobson is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and Hartford County Bar Association where he serves as member of Commercial Law Section and Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Sections, respectively. Attorney Jacobson is an active member of the USFN, currently serving as the Chair of the REO/Evictions Committee.

The focus of Attorney Milne’s practice is real estate and commercial litigation. Attorney Milne brings direct banking experience to Hunt Leibert from Lafayette American Bank where he served as Senior Vice President and Counsel.

Education
J.D., Villanova University, 1990; B.A., Marist College (Cum Laude), 1987; District of Connecticut 1993, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York 1997; Appointee, 2001 Connecticut Bar Association Task Force on Pro Se Litigation; Member, Legal Issues Committee, USFN; Member, Mortgage Fraud Task Force, Mortgage Bankers Association of America.

Publications
Connecticut Foreclosures, 4th Ed., Caron and Milne (2004), © The Connecticut Law Tribune, a Division of American Lawyer Media.
Contributing author, The Law of Distressed Real Estate, by Baxter Dunaway.

Representative decisions
Moazed v. First Union , 221 F.R.D. 28 (2004); Moazed v. First Union , 319 F. Supp. 268 (D. Conn. ) (2004); Atlantic Mortgage & Investment Corp. v. Stephenson, 86 Conn. App. 126 (2004); Fishman v. Connecticut Suites, LLC, 2004 WL 114455; City of Stamford v. Stephenson, 78 Conn. App. 818, cert. denied 266 Conn. 915 (2003); Homeside Lending v. Negron, 2002 WL 172645; Ocwen Federal Bank v. Weinberg,2001 WL 1330002; Bankers Trust of California v. Neal, 64 Conn. App. 154 (2001); BancPlus Mortgage Corp. v. Tharmapalan 56 Conn. App. 902 (1999); Republic Bank v. Baltayan 1999 WL 1001171.