Timothy Reimers ’01 has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental Practice Group in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He was most recently a partner at Polsinelli LLP.
Author: Leblanc, Jeanne
Elizabeth Alquist ’94 Receives 2022 Ladder Award
Elizabeth “Beth” A. Alquist ’94 received the 2022 Ladder Award from the Connecticut Bar Association on March 3, 2022. The award, created by the Young Lawyers Section Women in the Law Committee, honors lawyers who understand the importance of mentoring and supporting more junior lawyers and have “left the ladder down” for women to follow in their footsteps. Alquist is an intellectual property partner and chair of the Litigation Department at Day Pitney LLP in the Hartford office. She co-founded the firm’s Women Working Together initiative, which helps shape the firm’s parental leave and flextime policies and ensures equal pay.
Joseph Bruckman ’81 Retires
Joseph Bruckman ’81 has retired after 22 years as the chief public defender in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He will leave office at the end of March.
In Memoriam: Robert N. Talarico ’65
Robert N. Talarico ’65, former Danbury judge of probate and co-founder of the firm Talarico, Frizzell and Olivo, died February 14, 2022. Read his obituary.
Larry Grijalva ’19 Joins Hinckley Allen
Larry E. Grijalva ’19 has joined Hinckley Allen as an associate in the company’s Construction and Public Contracts group, working from the Hartford office. He was previously assistant corporation counsel for the New York City Law Department, Tort Division.
Lynn Fountain ’04 Named Partner at Day Pitney
Lynn M. Fountain ’04 has been named a partner at Day Pitney LLP. She works in the area of energy and utilities from the firm’s Hartford office. She previously taught courses in renewable energy law and energy regulation and policy at the UConn School of Law and managed the Center for Energy and Environmental Law.
Andraya Pulaski Brunau ’13 Named Partner
Andraya Pulaski Brunau ’13 has been named a partner at Day Pitney LLP. She works in the firm’s Hartford office in the areas of intellectual property and technology.
Dimitrios Tournas ’11 Hired as Partner
Dimitrios P. Tournas ’11 has been named a partner in the Real Estate, Construction and Facilities Department of Wiggin and Dana LLP, working in the firm’s Stamford office. He rejoined the firm from Withers Bergman.
Jonathan Harris ’98 Moves to Wiggin and Dana
Jonathan Harris ’98 has been hired as a partner in the Corporate and Litigation Departments and a member of the Life Sciences Practice Group at Wiggin and Dana LLP. An expert in intellectual property, he was previously a partner in a boutique intellectual property firm. He works in Wiggin and Dana’s Hartford office.
Daniel Goren ’11 Named Partner
Daniel E. Goren ’11 has been made a partner at Wiggin and Dana LLP, where he works in the New Haven office. Goren is a member of the firm’s International Trade Compliance Group and has taught International Trade Compliance as an adjunct professor at the UConn School of Law.