Michael G. Curley ’13 has joined Murtha Cullina LLP as an associate in the firm’s Trusts and Estates Department. Curley previously served as chief legal counsel for the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood. Before his legal career, Curley was a social worker.
Author: Leblanc, Jeanne
Melissa Mack ’00 Joins Shipman & Goodwin
Melissa M. Mack ’00 has joined Shipman & Goodwin LLP as a partner in the firm’s Tax and Employee Benefits Practice Group. Melissa previously practiced at Robinson & Cole before launching her own law practice, Mack Law LLC, in 2014.
Hope C. Seeley ’89 Appointed to CT Appellate Court
High School to Honor Omar Williams ’02
The Norwalk High School Alumni Association will add Judge Omar Williams ’02 of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut to its Wall of Honor at a ceremony on May 15. The Wall of Honor recognizes graduates for their professional accomplishments and integrity. Williams graduated from the high school in 1994.
Joan K. Alexander ’87 Appointed to CT Supreme Court
Howard B. Brown Jr. ’73 Retires
Howard B. Brown Jr. ’73, former commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Banking, recently announced his formal retirement from the practice of law. After graduating from law school, Brown worked at The Hartford Insurance Group, where he was the first attorney of color to be hired by the company and where he reached the position of associate counsel. He then served as deputy banking commissioner before becoming commissioner in 1985. He was elected chair of the Federal Bank Legislation Committee by the national organization of bank regulators and was honored at the White House. He subsequently worked as a vice president of Kidder Peabody, co-founded the investment banking firm Community Reinvestment Associates, and served as senior counsel with Bush & Miller in Atlanta. He also taught as an adjunct professor of Business Law at Morehouse College, his alma mater.
Marc Lombardi ’02 Joins Shipman & Goodwin
Marc Lombardi ’02 has joined Shipman & Goodwin as a partner and leader of the firm’s Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation practice group. Lombardi more than 20 years’s experience in health care, technology and data innovation, most recently serving as deputy general counsel at Yale New Haven Health System.
In Memoriam: Stanley M. Lessler ’62
Stanley M. Lessler ’62, an attorney and real estate developer who lived in Stratford, died April 21, 2022. Read his obituary.
In Memoriam: Wendy Taylor Linscott ’79
Wendy Taylor Linscott ’79, a partner in Lamme and Linscott in Great Barrington, Mass., died April 19, 2022. Read her obituary.
Seven UConn Law Alumni Nominated to Superior Court
Seven graduates of the UConn School of Law were nominated to the Connecticut Supreme Court by Gov. Ned Lamont on April 13, 2022. They are Scott R. Chadwick ’87, a probate judge and litigator; Assistant Connecticut Attorney General Thamar Esperance-Smith ’11; Assistant Connecticut Attorney General Josephine S. Graff ’01; New Britain State’s Attorney Brian W. Preleski ’91; Charles M. Stango ’95, the supervisory assistant state’s attorney in Milford; Greater Hartford Legal Aid attorney Cecil J. Thomas ’06; and David L. Zagaja ’93, supervisory assistant state’s attorney.