Robinson & Cole attorney Kate Dion receives the Distinguished Law Review Alumni Award from Western New England Law Review Managing Editor Samuel Prickett on Oct. 4.

Robinson & Cole Lawyer Honored by Alma Mater

Robinson & Cole business litigation group lawyer Kathleen E. Dion was recently presented two awards—the Ascending Alumni Award and the Distinguished Law Review Alumni Award—from her alma mater, Western New England University School of Law.

Dion focuses her practice on all aspects of civil and criminal litigation. She frequently handles cases related to education, government and internal investigations and business disputes. She has been a Connecticut Law Tribune New Leader in the Law and was recognized as a 40 Under Forty honoree by BusinessWest. She received her J.D. and served as editor of the Western New England Law Review.

 Neubert, Pepe & Monteith Merges With Fontaine Alissi

New Haven's Neubert, Pepe & Monteith has acquired the Hartford-based law firm Fontaine Alissi to expand legal services for litigation and other clients. As part of the merger, the firm welcomes partners Craig Fontaine, James Alissi and Beverly Knapp Anderson and associates William Catalina and Kristi Gardner.

The combined firm of 32 attorneys will conduct business as Neubert, Pepe & Monteith with offices in New Haven, Hartford and Fairfield, as well as White Plains, New York.

"We are very excited to join forces with Fontaine Alissi and expand the reach of Neubert, Pepe & Monteith to Hartford," said Michael Neubert, founding partner. "Fontaine Alissi brings great people and resources to our practice which will benefit all our clients."

Fontaine Alissi focuses on professional, dental and medical malpractice liability and general liability defense. The firm also has significant experience in alternative dispute resolution. Craig Fontaine, a founding partner of Fontaine Alissi, expressed enthusiasm about the merger. "We are excited to join forces with a well-respected firm which will enhance the depth and scope of legal services we can provide to clients," he said.

Quinnipiac Law Professor Named Fulbright Canada Research Chair

Jennifer Herbst, a professor at the School of Law and the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, has been selected to serve as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa during the Spring 2020 semester.

As research chair, Herbst will join the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa for four months starting in January 2020.

Herbst will benefit from exchanges with center members from law, social sciences, arts, health sciences, management and medicine. Members work on mental health law and policy, medical aid in dying, new technologies, reproductive health, bioethics, rights to health and many other issues. Herbst also will have opportunities to network with leading policymakers in the nation's capital and compare legal and ethical standards between nations.

"I was looking for a way to more formally explore the ethical and legal standards applied in the Canadian health care and social systems to see whether or how they support informal care," Herbst said. "This opportunity to spend time in the national capital with such a dynamite interdisciplinary faculty will give me a better chance of capturing a more holistic national picture rather than a single province's approach."