Jason Levine ’05 has joined the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation as Vice President of Advocacy, where he will be responsible for the national non-profit organization’s federal and state portfolios. Levine was most recently Director of the Office of Governmental Affairs, Policy, and Strategic Planning at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

Nancy Kennedy ’05 has joined Stites & Harbison, PLLC as a Member of their Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group. Kennedy was previously a Visiting Professor From Practice at the University of Connecticut School of Law. 

Jason Buchsbaum ’05 was sworn in as a State Representative at Connecticut’s General Assembly in Hartford on January 8th, 2025. Buchsbaum will serve his first term as a Republican State Representative for the 69th House District. He is currently a Principal at Cohen and Wolf in Connecticut. 

Jason Weida ’05 has been named Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ new Chief of Staff. Weida previously served as the Secretary for the Agency of Health Care Administration.

Conor McKenzie ’05 has joined the business law group of Downs Rachlin Martin. McKenzie will assist the firm’s tax team, and will practice out of their Burlington office.

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. 

Ali Caless ’17 and Nancy Kennedy ’05 have been promoted to partner at Cantor Colburn LLP. Caless is a trademark and copyright attorney working out of the Hartford office. Kennedy manages domestic and international trademark, copyright, trade dress, domain name and other cyberlaw matters, also out of the Hartford office. She teaches at UConn Law as a visiting professor from practice.