Gaurav Mukherjee
The Path Forward: Regional Strategies for Climate Resilience
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Halloran Sage is pleased to welcome Devin L. McMahon ’16. Devin joins the firm as an attorney in the Insurance and Commercial Litigation practice groups.
Megan Michaud ’11 has been promoted to partner at Wood Smith Henning and Berman’s Hartford and Westport offices. Megan has successfully defended employment and labor law cases under a wide range of state and federal laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII, the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. She also defends clients in personal injury, premises liability, negligence, contract, and professional liability cases, including medical malpractice claims.
Congratulations Megan!
Governor Lamont nominated four UConn Law alumni to serve as judges of the Connecticut Superior Court.: Theodore M. Doolittle ‘92, Patrick M. Fahey ‘93, Felice Gray-Kemp ‘96, and Philip Miller ‘01.
Laura Jordan ’96 will be honored Wednesday, March 4 at the Greenwich Country Club with a Women Who Inspire Award. These awards were established to recognize and celebrate outstanding women in the community who have excelled in philanthropic, professional, and volunteer pursuits.
Anya Bernstein publishes Working with Statutes, 103 TEX. L. REV. 921 (2025) (with Cristina Rodríguez)
Professor Richard Pomp has been selected to serve on Law360’s 2026 Tax Authority State & Local Editorial Board. Congratulations Professor Pomp!
Professor Richard Pomp’s arguement has been echoed by the 3-2 majority decision in a recent case rejecting Amazon’s claim that the 2019 Marketplace Facilitator Act was a “new” tax. Instead, the court agreed with the Pomp-supported view that the 2019 law merely clarified obligations that already existed under the plain language of the older statutes.
Professor Leslie Levin was mentioned in a Law.com article concerning the DOJ’s continued appeal regarding President Trump’s law firm executive orders.
Gaurav Mukherjee publishes The New Homelessness, 113 CALIF. L. REV. 433 (2025) (with Mila Versteeg & Kevin Cope)
Join UConn Law’s Center for Energy & Environmental Law on April 17th for a solutions-based conference exploring the priorities and pathways toward regional resilience. Our discussion will range from law and policy to science and engineering. Panels feature historians, climate scientists, municipal planners, and law professors.
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This roundtable discussion, part of the In Conversation series, will consider the present and future role of the states in developing and maintaining democratic values and institutions.
Halloran Sage is pleased to welcome Devin L. McMahon ’16. Devin joins the firm as an attorney in the Insurance and Commercial Litigation practice groups.
Megan Michaud ’11 has been promoted to partner at Wood Smith Henning and Berman’s Hartford and Westport offices. Megan has successfully defended employment and labor law cases under a wide range of state and federal laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII, the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. She also defends clients in personal injury, premises liability, negligence, contract, and professional liability cases, including medical malpractice claims.
Congratulations Megan!
Governor Lamont nominated four UConn Law alumni to serve as judges of the Connecticut Superior Court.: Theodore M. Doolittle ‘92, Patrick M. Fahey ‘93, Felice Gray-Kemp ‘96, and Philip Miller ‘01.
Laura Jordan ’96 will be honored Wednesday, March 4 at the Greenwich Country Club with a Women Who Inspire Award. These awards were established to recognize and celebrate outstanding women in the community who have excelled in philanthropic, professional, and volunteer pursuits.
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