Tribune Announces 2018 Award Winners, Attorney of the Year Finalists
The nominations are in and winners have been chosen in 10 categories for the Connecticut Law Tribune's annual Professional Excellence Awards.
March 23, 2018 at 01:21 PM
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The nominations are in and winners have been chosen in 10 categories for the Connecticut Law Tribune's annual Professional Excellence Awards. Attorneys, firms, law departments and legal services organizations from throughout the state are represented in this year's group of distinguished winners, with the coveted Attorney of the Year accolade going to one of three finalists.
All honorees will be recognized at an awards dinner on May 24 at the Bond Ballroom in Hartford. The Attorney of the Year winner will be announced at the dinner.
This year's finalists for Attorney of the Year, followed by winners in 10 other categories, are as follows:
Attorney of the Year Finalists
Karen DeMeola, University of Connecticut School of Law
Aaron Bayer, Wiggin and Dana
Thomas Behrendt, Connecticut Legal Rights Project
New Leaders in the Law
Jarod Taylor, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider
Katherine Bogard, Brody and Associates
John D'Ambrosio, Cowdery & Murphy
Abigail Miranda, Cramer & Anderson
Daniel Raccuia, Day Pitney
Ron Houde, Kalon Law Firm
Stephen Napier, Ivey, Barnum & O'Mara
Sarah Skubas, Jackson Lewis
Dennis Durao, Karsten & Tallberg
Peter Zarella, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter
Mathew Jasinski, Motley Rice
Nisha Kapur, Murtha Cullina
Robert Heinimann Jr., Murtha Cullina
Devin Janosov, Papcsy Janosov Roche
Edward Lefebvre, Pullman & Comley
Kelly O'Donnell, Pullman & Comley
Sean Stokes, RisCassi & Davis
Meaghan Mary Cooper, Robinson & Cole
Nuala Droney, Robinson & Cole
Dyan M. Kozaczka, Rutkin Oldham & Griffin
Aaron Levy, Shipman & Goodwin
Nathan Plotkin, Shipman & Goodwin
Robyn Gallagher, Wiggin and Dana
Aigné Goldsby, Meehan, Roberts, Turret and Rosenbaum
Litigation Departments
Murtha Cullina
Pullman & Comley
Wiggin and Dana
Shipman & Goodwin
Best Mentors
Michael Fitzpatrick, Ruane Attorneys
Robert Brody, Brody & Associates
Paul Iannaccone, RisCassi & Davis
Vincent Trantolo, Trantolo Law
Randy DiBella, Cramer & Anderson
Distinguished Leaders
Michael K. Conway, Office of Michael K. Conway
John Houlihan, RisCassi & Davis
Chris Sochacki, Cramer & Anderson
Kim Rinehart, Wiggin and Dana
William Davis, RisCassi & Davis
Claudia Baio, Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald
Amy Marx, New Haven Legal Aid
David Rosen, David Rosen & Associates
Unsung Heroes
Fred Ury, Ury & Moskow
Marcy Tench Stovall, Pullman & Comley
Lifetime Achievement
Henry Anderson, Cramer & Anderson
Angelo Cicchiello, Cicchiello & Cicchiello
Francis Morrison, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider
Arnold Rutkin, Rutkin, Oldham & Griffin
GC Impact of the Year
Brian Farnen, Connecticut Green Bank
Gregory Butler, Eversource
Moses Vargas, Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Francis X. Dineen, New Haven Legal Assistance Association
Game Changers
Donald Papcsy, Papcsy Janosov Roche
Christopher Kriesen, The Kalon Law Firm
James Harrington, Polito & Associates
Jessica Grossarth Kennedy, Pullman & Comley
Keith Trantolo, Trantolo Law
Giant Slayer
Daniel Casagrande, Cramer & Anderson
Officiator
Chase Rogers, retired Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice
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