the plaintiff, Korenbaum prevailed upon the Second Circuit to reverse the district court and reinstate the jury's verdict. See Zellner v. Summerlin, 494 F.3d 344 (2d Cir.2007) (reversing district court's judgment). The scope of this victory attests to Korenbaum's appellate skills and supports the proposition that a reasonable paying client would seek him out and pay him a substantial fee to defend a favorable verdict on appeal.
In this case, Korenbaum achieved a total victory over his adversary on all the substantive issues raised by the County's appeal. The only issue resolved in the County's favorthe fee remandderived from *305 the intervening opinion in Simmons. The issuance of a Summary Order by the appellate court succinctly disposing of all the County's substantive claims is testament to Korenbaum's appellate skills.
TheDellaVolpe, 65, enters the election at a bit of an advantage. Democrats outnumber Republicans, 3,595 to 1,326. The key could be Ansonia's 4,775 independent voters.

"The tax situation is the issue," he said at an editorial board meeting at the Connecticut Post. "The mill rate went up because of state-mandated revaluation."

The state's stagnant economy helped decrease assessed home values by about 25 percent -- and more on the city's West Side, with its densely populated, multifamily homes from the early 1900s.

"Our $1.1 billion Grand List went down $300,000," DellaVolpe said.

Meanwhile, plans to turn at least part of the sprawling, nearly empty Ansonia Copper and Brass complex into an indoor sports center fizzled, while developing a section of Fountain Lake into an industrial park sputtered, at least temporarily.

But DellaVolpe sees