Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has nominated eight UConn Law alumni to serve as judges of the Superior Court. They are Nicole Anker ’98, the legal director for the Connecticut Department of Correction; Kristin A. Connors ’92, a named partner at Stockman O’Connor Connors PLLC; Cody N. Guarnieri ’12, a senior partner and trial attorney at the law firm of Brown, Paindiris and Scott, LLP; Christine Jean-Louis ’08, the general counsel for the Office of Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz; Sara Nadim ’10, an assistant attorney general in the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office; Pedro E. Segarra ’85, an administrative law judge at the Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission; Nicole J. Tung ’94, a partner at Halloran Sage; and Matthew T. Wax-Krell ’05, a partner at Rogin Nassau LLC.
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Jonathan Harris ’98 Joins Nutter
Jonathan Harris ’98 has joined Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP in Boston as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Department and a member of its Life Sciences group.
David R. Shannon ’98 Appointed State’s Attorney
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.
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.
Jonathan Harris ’98 Joins Wiggin and Dana
The law firm Wiggin and Dana, LLP. announced the hiring of Jonathan Harris ’98 as a partner in the firm’s Life Sciences practice group. Prior to joining the firm, Harris worked as an intellectual property lawyer for nearly 20 years. Wiggin and Dana is a full-service law firm with more than 140 attorneys, with offices throughout the United States.
Teri Dennis-Davies ’98 Appointed Senior VP
Maple Leaves Sports & Entertainment has hired Teri Dennis-Davies ’98 as their senior vice-president of equity, diversity, and inclusion, the company announced September 16, 2020. Dennis-Davies spent the last 14 years with the Royal Bank of Canada, most recently as the vice-president of employee relations. She will start her new position on October 19, 2020.