Alan H. Bowie.

Alan Bowie Named President-Elect of Crawford Black Bar Association

Attorney Alan H. Bowie, an associate with Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey, was elected president-elect of the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association at the bar's April 25 board meeting.

Bowie is an associate in Carmody's business services and litigation groups, practicing primarily in the area of labor and employment. He counsels employers on legal compliance and covers defense litigation at administrative agencies and in federal and state courts.

A Howard University graduate, Bowie earned his J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law and served as a judicial intern to U.S. District Judge Juan R. Sanchez of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and judicial extern to Judge Mark A. Davis of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

The Crawford Bar is a volunteer statewide organization of attorneys, judges and law students representing black attorneys in Connecticut. The organization was formed in 1977, with early activism including opinions on seminal civil rights and affirmative action cases. The bar continues to represent a collective voice on issues affecting black attorneys and the community, developing partnerships with private and public sector employers, nonprofits, schools and student groups.

Robinson & Cole Celebrates Volunteer of the Year Awards

The Pro Bono Partnership has honored Hartford firm Robinson & Cole with Volunteer of the Year awards for its law department and for employment litigator and counselor Stephen W. Aronson, marking the first time a firm has shared honors with one of its members.

Priya Morganstern, director of the partnership's Connecticut program in the Hartford office, wrote that these “extraordinary” selections “speak volumes about the depth of commitment at Robinson & Cole,” including a multiyear commitment to the Pro Bono Partnership, high-quality work and the firm's “generosity and graciousness in hosting our program in its offices for almost 11 years now.”

Morganstern called Aronson's commitment significant and enthusiastic. “He has helped so many nonprofits and has done it so well. He is a true partner.” The partnership noted that Aronson's employment experience is in high demand given that more than 25 percent of the partnership's matters are employment-related.

More than 250 corporations and firms, including some 1,400 attorneys, provide free legal assistance through the partnership each year in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.

Day Pitney Partner Glenn Dowd Joins Board of Trial Advocates

Day Pitney Hartford partner Glenn Dowd has been invited to become a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges. Membership qualifications include having served as lead counsel in a minimum of 10 civil jury trials that reached a verdict or hung jury. Dowd joins four other Day Pitney attorneys who are members of ABOTA.

Dowd's labor and employment practice involves defending employers against claims such as wrongful discharge and employment discrimination brought before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, as well as clients in a wide array of probate matters. He is a special master in Connecticut district court and an attorney trial referee and attorney fact-finder in Connecticut Superior Court.