Thomas Joseph Hagarty

1914 - 2008

HAGARTY, Thomas Joseph
Thomas Joseph Hagarty, was born in Hartford on February 2, 1914 to the late Thomas J. Hagarty Sr. and Margaret Turner Hagarty. He graduated from Bulkeley High School in 1931 and Trinity College in 1935. He received his law degree from the Hartford College of Law (Now the University of Connecticut Law School) in 1939. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1939. He married Francis Martel in 1942. After briefly practicing law with the late Robert Halloran, he became a special agent with the FBI where he served until 1945. He then resumed his law practice in Hartford and was a founding member of the partnership of Halloran, Sage Phelon and Hagarty, now know as Halloran- Sage L.L.P. He was an active partner in the firm until his retirement in1988 and was well known throughout the state as an excellent and tenacious trial attorney. Mr. Hagarty also served as executive secretary to Mayor Cornelius Moylan from 1945-1946 and was an assistant corporation counsel for the City of Hartford from 1946- 1947. After moving to Bloomfield, he served as Town Attorney from 1951-1961. Mr. Hagarty was an active member of numerous national associations of trial attorneys including the International Association of Insurance Counsel and the Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. He served as President of the Federation from 1982-1983. Mr. Hagarty was an avid golfer and was a member of the Golf Club of Avon for many years. Mr. Hagarty was predeceased by his beloved wife, Frances; his daughter, Christine; his sister, Anne Hagarty and brother, Frank Hagarty. He is survived by his sister, Eileen O’Brien of West Hartford; his son, Thomas J Hagarty Jr. of West Hartford, his son, Mark Hagarty and daughter-in-law, Molly Hagarty and his two grandchildren, Maclean and Murphy Hagarty all of La Jolla, CA.; his daughter, Kathleen Hagarty of San Diego, CA., and his daughter, Mary Pat Hagarty of Irvine, CA. The family wishes to express special thanks and appreciation to the staff at Duncaster and the Caleb Hitchcock Center in Bloomfield for the loving care and companionship which they provided to Mr. Hagarty while he was a resident the for the past six years. The funeral will be Wednesday at 9:15 a.m. from the Molloy Funeral Home, 906 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, with a celebration of his Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in the Church of St. Timothy, 1116 North Main St., West Hartford. Burial will follow in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Calling hours are Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Duncaster Residents Association. 40 Loeffler Road Bloomfield, CT. 06002. Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www. molloyfuneralhome.com