He has twenty years of first-chair jury trial experience. He received his B.A. (1990) from Saint Anselm College and his J.D. (1993) from New England School of Law. Mr. Kappes is admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut, the Mohegan Tribe Gaming Disputes Court, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court, the State of California, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.