The Connecticut Criminal Justice Commission has appointed David R. Shannon ’98 state’s attorney for the Judicial District of Litchfield. Shannon began working for the Division of Criminal Justice in 1998 as a legal intern in the New Haven State’s Attorney’s Office. He subsequently served as an assistant state’s attorney in the Danbury Judicial District and the Judicial District of Litchfield, where he was promoted to supervisory assistant state’s attorney in 2019.

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.

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 has retired after 22 years as the chief public defender in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He will leave office at the end of March. 

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.

Marc T. Miller ’09 has joined Neubert, Pepe & Monteith as a principal. Miller is a commercial litigation and real estate attorney with experience in business formation and financing. 

Jeffrey Cerio ’09  has been named general counsel and corporate secretary at Atomwise, a pharmaceutical company that uses artificial intelligence for small molecule drug discovery. Cerio joins Atomwise from Triplet Therapeutics, where he was senior vice president and general counsel.

Lea Shedd ’78, elder law attorney and former chair of the Legal Studies Department at Quinnipiac College, died January 19, 2022. Read her obituary.