Two months after the Sandy Hook families hired former U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., of Munger, Tolles & Olson, as counsel in its litigation at the U.S. Supreme Court with Remington Arms Company LLC, the gunmaker has hired its own powerhouse firm: Day Pitney.

Court records show Day Pitney’s Jeffrey Paul Mueller, from the firm’s Hartford offices, entered an appearance Wednesday on behalf of Remington.