About Us
Atty. Michael J. McCabe
Attorney McCabe graduated magna cum laude from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1977. Thereafter, he attended the Western New England College School of Law in Springfield, Massachusetts, gradutating in 1980. Upon his graduation, Attorney McCabe was honored with the America Jurisprudence Award for Crimnal Procedure. Following his graduation from law school, Attorney McCabe was admitted to practice law in Connecticut and before the Federal Bar later that year.
Atty. Erica A. Wikstrom
Attorney Wikstrom attended Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, majoring in Criminal Justice. Upon graduation, she was awarded the honor of Valedictorian, graduating first in her class. Next, she attended American University's Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., where she graduated in the top twenty percent of her class, and was awarded the Claire A. Cripe Award for Correctional Law. After her graduation in 2002, she was admitted to the Connecticut bar that fall.
Atty. John Barney, Jr.
Attorney Barney graduated from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., with a Bachelor of the Arts in English and minor in philosophy in 1993. He then attended a dual degree program at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, graduating in 1999 with both a law degree and a masters in business administration. Attorney Barney was then admitted to the Connecticut bar in the fall of 1999, and thereafter the to the U.S. District Court of Connecticut.
Atty. Melissa M. Nixon
Atty. Nixon graduated in 2006 from Quinnipiac University, located in Hamden, Connecticut, with a double major in Legal Studies and Psychology. Upon graduation, she worked as an assistant clerk at the New Haven Regional Children’s Probate Court under the Hon. Frank J. Forgione and thereafter at the Milford-Orange Probate Court under the Hon. Beverly J. Streit-Kefalas. Clerking inspired her to attend law school and in June of 2018 she graduated from Western New England University School of Law located in Springfield, Massachusetts. After graduation from law school, she was admitted to the bar and practices throughout the state of Connecticut.