Connecticut Movers: Good People to Know
Connecticut Bar Foundation Fellows are named for their outstanding professional, public and private careers and commitment to the principles of equal justice and the rule of law.
September 27, 2019 at 11:34 AM
4 minute read
Connecticut Bar Foundation
Connecticut Bar Foundation Fellows Named
Forty-one individuals were elected James W. Cooper Fellows of the Connecticut Bar Foundation for 2019 for their outstanding professional, public and private careers and commitment to the principles of equal justice and the rule of law.
Now in its 24th year, the fellowship includes U.S. Court of Appeals and Connecticut judges of all levels up to the Supreme Court, along with corporate counsel, attorneys in nonprofit associations and legal services agencies and government lawyers. There are deans, law professors and past and current leaders of the Connecticut Bar Association among the ranks.
The program is named in honor of James W. Cooper, late president of the Connecticut Bar Foundation from 1973 to 1975 who left a generous bequest to the CBF. The organization's mission is to improve the law profession and the administration of justice in Connecticut. The CBF also administers Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts and the Interest on Trust Accounts programs that fund legal services for the poor.
The following members of Connecticut's legal community were elected CBF fellows for 2019: Ryan P. Barry, Barry, Barall & Spinella; Judge Tejas Bhatt, Superior Court of Connecticut; Charles Ceres, United Technologies Corp.; Stephen O. Clancy, Robinson & Cole; Seth Conant, Freed Marcroft; Mary Conklin, Connecticut Legal Services; Judge Robert A. D'Andrea, Superior Court of Connecticut; Theresa M. Dalton, Division of Public Defender Services; Michelle Wilcox DeBarge, Wiggin and Dana; Kathleen E. Dion, Robinson & Cole; S. Bruce Fair, McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce; Susan F. Filan, Cohen and Wolf; Beck S. Fineman, Ryan Ryan DeLuca; Marc T. Finer, Murtha Cullina; Patricia Cruz Fragroso, Ventura Law; Judge Ernest Green Jr., Superior Court of Connecticut; Judge Auden C. Grogins, Superior Court of Connecticut; Cody N. Guarnieri, Brown Paindaris & Scott; professor Shelia Hayre, Quinnipiac University School of Law; Eric Henzy, Zeisler & Zeisler; Seth Huttner, United Technologies Corp.; Benjamin C. Jensen, Robinson & Cole; Jessica Grossarth Kennedy, Pullman & Comley; Najia S. Khalid, Wiggin and Dana; Ginny O. Kim, United Technologies Corp.; Jon T. Kukucka, Pullman & Comley; Judge Jennifer Macierowski, Superior Court of Connecticut; David McGrath, Louden Katz & McGrath; Judge Stephanie A. McLaughlin, Superior Court of Connecticut; Bradford P. Meacham, Pratt & Whitney; Tracie L. Molinaro, St. Onge & Broulliard; Bryan J. Orticelli, Day Pitney; Adeline C. Park, PetVet Care Centers; Judge W. Glen Pierson, Superior Court of Connecticut; Judge Michael E. Riley (ret.), Pullman & Comley; Cindy Robinson, Tremont Sheldon Robinson Mahoney; R. Elizabeth Rosenthal, New Haven Legal Assistance Association; Allenston Sheridan Jr., Diana, Conti & Tunila; Douglas R. Steinmetz, Halloran & Sage; Carletha S.P. Texidor, Office of the Connecticut Attorney General; Regina M. Wexler, Office of Regina M. Wexler.
|Baldwin Elected to Board of SCG Legal
Kenneth C. Baldwin, chairman of Robinson & Cole's environmental, energy and telecommunications group, has been elected to the board of directors of SCG Legal for a three-year term with the international network of law firms.
Baldwin focuses his practice on energy, telecommunications and utilities law, regularly appearing before the Connecticut Siting Council and Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, among other agencies. He also appears at state regulatory agencies in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Robinson & Cole is a founding member of SCG Legal, which comprises 140 independent law firms with nearly 12,000 lawyers serving businesses in all 50 states and commercial centers around the world. Membership is by invitation only. The group's 15-member board of directors sets direction and maintains finances for the organization.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
From 'Confusing Labyrinth' to Speeding 'Roller Coaster': Uncertainty Reigns in Title IX as Litigators Await Second Trump Admin
6 minute read
Federal Judge Weighs In on School's Discipline for 'Explicitly Copying AI-Generated Text' on Project
When Police Destroy Property, Is It a 'Taking'? Maybe So, Say Sotomayor, Gorsuch
Trending Stories
Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
