Wagner Named Interim Director of Connecticut Bar Foundation

Natalie Wagner, former counsel to Gov. Dannel Malloy and undersecretary for legal affairs at the state Office of Policy and Management, has signed on as interim executive director of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.

Natalie Wagner of the Connecticut Bar Foundation

A West Hartford resident, Wagner represented local schools and districts last year as counsel at Shipman & Goodwin and has volunteered for a number of professional and community organizations. Before her state service in the Executive Branch, she worked as deputy legal counsel for Connecticut Senate Democrats and was a public defender in Massachusetts. In 2004-05, she worked as a legal intern with the American Civil Liberties Union while obtaining her law degree at the University of Connecticut School of Law.

The Connecticut Bar Foundation administers grants to legal services agencies to help state residents who cannot afford an attorney. The group also works to educate community members on the law.

Shipman & Goodwin's Roberts Earns International Fellowship

William Roberts, co-chairman of the Shipman & Goodwin's data privacy and protection practice group and a partner in the firm's health law practice group, has earned the Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He has also been appointed Interlaw global chairman of privacy.

William Roberts of Shipman & Goodwin

The IAPP is the world's largest and most comprehensive global information privacy community. Fellows are credentialed and noted for comprehensive knowledge of privacy law, privacy program management and essential data protection practice.

Roberts will lead a webinar next month on the unique threats presented by personnel with legitimate access to controlled company information and how to proactively mitigate risks of data misuse.

“Earning the FIP credential and being selected as global chair of privacy at Interlaw demonstrate Bill's dedication to his profession and his clients as he best positions himself and the firm in a rapidly evolving data privacy and protection arena,” said Shipman managing partner Alan Lieberman.

Focuses on the intersection of privacy, technology and the law, Roberts guides health care, insurance and technology clients in government investigations, data breaches and complex contracting.

Goldberg Segalla Welcomes Ryan Powell

Goldberg Segalla has hired associate Ryan Powell in the firm's workers' compensation practice group in Hartford.

Ryan Powell of Goldberg Segalla

Powell joined Goldberg Segalla as a law clerk in 2018 and was recently admitted to the Connecticut bar. He defends insurers, employers and third-party administrators against workers' compensation claims. He handles employment and housing discrimination cases and issues related to municipal legislation.

Powell received his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he was a member of the Black Law Students Association. He interned in the Attorney General's Office's Antitrust Division and at the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and as a student attorney for the Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative. He is a member of the Boys to Men Youth Mentorship Program and Bet Tzedek Conservatorship Program.