Luis M. Matos ’90 has been nominated by Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee to serve on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Matos has served as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court since 2012. Before joining the bench, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney and held a variety of roles in public service and private practice.

Julia Nye ’87 has been appointed to the Laconia (N.H.) City Council, representing Ward 5 through January 2028. After earning her J.D. from UConn Law, Nye clerked for Judge William Batchelder on the New Hampshire Supreme Court and later worked as a public defender for more than 30 years.

Carrie Brodzinski ’88 has been appointed chief underwriting officer of MSIG USA. Brodzinski brings nearly 30 years of underwriting and insurance leadership experience to the role. She will lead the company’s underwriting strategy, working across its specialty businesses to govern and drive underwriting performance, portfolio management, and execution.

She joins MSIG USA from The Hartford, where she served as chief underwriting officer for Global Specialty.

Alex A. Toribio ’05, head of Global Litigation and Government Investigations at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., was elected as a new member of the Board of the Urban League of Greater Hartford in June. The local affiliate of the National Urban League is entering its 62nd year of continuous service providing education, employment, housing, and health programs while fighting for social justice.

Eileen O’Shaughnessy ’93 has joined title insurance underwriter CATIC as vice president, managing counsel, in its Rhode Island office. In this role, she will lead CATIC’s Rhode Island team and provide underwriting and educational support for the firm’s Rhode Island agents.

Prior to joining CATIC, O’Shaughnessy was state underwriting counsel for a national title insurance company in Rhode Island. In that role, she advised and educated title insurance agents on real estate transactions and title insurance processes, determined insurability of titles, and reviewed titles for preparation of title commitments and policies for residential and commercial transactions.

Lesley Chuang ’12 received an Emerging Women Leaders in the Law award from the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts (WBA). Chuang Litigation Of Counsel at DLA Piper in Boston

The WBA’s Emerging Women Leaders in the Law Award honors women attorneys who have demonstrated professional excellence or had a significant professional achievement in approximately their first 12 years in the legal profession, and either promote the status of women in the legal profession or contribute meaningfully to the equal participation of women in a just society.