Often brings the New Year seismic shift in the Connecticut legal community. Sometimes manifests itself in companies merge or add entire groups of practice, sometimes at the expense of competing companies. So far it seems 2016 is not so brought great changes.
But that does not mean that everything is calm. Recent weeks have new business opens up new Connecticut law firms in the state, and even brought by state. Large companies have new leader of the Connecticut offices announced without doing the good old boy network. Leading members of the legal establishment have been moved into new roles. And of course, companies of all sizes announce newly promoted partners.
Are the biggest changes come from? Peter Giuliani thinks. The consulting firm in Weston based it says at least one of the largest law firm merger comes in Connecticut. He also believes that the resignation of General Electric of Fairfield County in law firms in the southwestern part of the state reverberation. "GE is an important factor in the market," Giuliani Smock Sterling Strategic Management Consultants said. "All other parts are affected by what GE brings Fairfield County."
Giuliani has also seen a quiet revolution in legal circles of Connecticut. Some smart companies, he said companies are aggressively pushing young lawyers in leadership positions. Replace members who came of age in 1970 and 80 professionals, as there is a tremendous growth in the offices of lawyers from Connecticut. Many older partners are nearing retirement age.
"I see a lot of companies that are trying to absorb large partners and make room for the youth," Giuliani said. "People with different ideas and energy to develop business."
He added: "Smart companies have a new generation of people who continue to companies that are not yet you have probably not survive in its current form will be built lead, can be found in bankruptcy or .. a fusion partner."
Day Pitney Stanley Twardy Jr. Managing Partner agrees that it is important to maintain the company a "new generation of leaders." Day Pitney, shared with its main operations between Connecticut and New Jersey, recently announced seven new members, six of Connecticut.
Twardy said the process of choosing new leaders can take half a year. "Not only to be a good lawyer, but you need to interact with customers and provide guidance and advice that they need," Twardy said. "The process of picking partners is welcome, but difficult. We are able to reward these seven individuals for their years of hard work, but some unfortunately we did not."
Giuliani said he has seen companies to be more aggressive about women in leadership positions. This is certainly in Robinson & Cole, where three of the four climbers are partners women's case.
"We are very pleased that four new partners in various fields of practice," said John Lynch Jr., managing partner at Robinson & Cole. "This shows that we are there, the force in the various sectors of activity and geographical areas and have men and women there. There was a good mix and we can not comprehend."
The number of selected partners varies from year to year, but Lynch said he rarely less than two companies be encouraged. "We are really in the nature, have as developed in the lawyers," Lynch said, adding that the process takes into account solicitors client relationships, general technical and leadership skills, he said. "It depends on what seems to be right in the sweet spot in his career where it makes sense for us and they [the partnership to encourage]."
Connecticut Other large companies that have announced promotions include Wiggin and Dana, who has four new partners; Murtha Cullina that a few added; Cantor Colburn and who raised six lawyers of intellectual property with a lawyer connected.
In Wiggin, echoed a Paul Hughes his counterpart with respect to new partners, as it investments in the future. "Wiggin and Dana realized that these people are the future growth of the company and know that we will continue to come see the success of this group," said Hughes.
Study after study shows that women still underrepresented in the chronic management. While it is certainly true, it was a good month for women in legal circles of Connecticut.
On January 1, officially took Tanya Bovée responsible for the Office of the Connecticut National Insurance Company of Jackson Lewis, deputy director of the shareholders. In addition to practicing employment law, has Bovée leader in the Asia-Pacific American Bar Association of Connecticut and served on the Diversity Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association.
Then the word came Ann sugar accept as managing partner of Carmody and Torrance Sandak Hennessey 1 February.
Carmody has a history in this area. In 2005, Ann Rubin, the first partner of the woman in the management of a large law firm in Connecticut, when he took over what was then Carmody and Torrance. His legacy is an ongoing initiative called Women @ Carmody, forcing the company to enhance the careers of women lawyers and leader in gender diversity.
"Everyone here is in favor of women and people of color and people with different backgrounds," said Zucker. "We have tried to be an inclusive place and try to continue that to improve. A woman here is not so much a problem. "
Sugar joined the firm in 1985 and became a partner in 1994. His practice focuses on business transactions, such as financing and the purchase and sale of businesses and real estate. He has worked with major banks and financial institutions, businesses, manufacturers, charities, hospitals and health care organizations.
Most recently he was managing partner and deputy group leader Services business and personal business. In a press release about his promotion, described sugar as instrumental in the merger of 2.014 Carmody and Torrance is based in Waterbury based in Stamford Sandak, Hennessey and Greco. The combined company has more than 75 lawyers (more than a third of them are women) in New Haven, Southbury, Stamford and Waterbury. Sugar, said the women @ Carmody program benefits not only the company's lawyers, but it is a driving force for the customer. "Frankly, we have more clients come to ask how you can get these women in leadership positions," said Zucker. "As you can see to manage the planning? How to help identify and develop leaders?"
The law firm of employment lawyers New Haven Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti have fresh blood. Joshua Tree was raised for Good partner, while Amanda DeMatteis, who has worked in Hartford injury and employment law attorneys personal and Cicchiello Cicchiello, was hired as an associate.
The old social movements were necessary, Robert Richardson was elected to a federal judge in Connecticut last month. Founding Partner Joseph Garrison took the change in stride. "If you have been selected to be a federal judge, you have a lot of talent, that is, for the company, the person who is someone very talented, is losing to lose", it DIT.
He said that the company "had a chance" to find a replacement quickly. It turns out that the company's insider information about DeMatteis. Garrison literally grew up, for she is the daughter of a paralegal who has worked in Levin-Epstein Garrison for 30 years.
Another notable departure coincided with the promotion of a new partner in the office of Connecticut Hinckley, Allen & Snyder. Coleman Levy announced he left the company. He is best known as a founding partner of Levy and Droney, absorbed 1971-2012, when many of our lawyers were of Hinckley Allen where he announced.
John Droney was perhaps the biggest partner in the former company profile Farmington, after the chair of the Central Committee of the Democratic State of Connecticut. But Levy simply hidden behind the scenes. He is a former owner of the baseball team New Britain Rock Cats. And in his real estate practice, he was involved in the purchase and sale of many properties, shopping centers emblematic office building in Hartford "Golden building."
Levy says that he's not retired. He founded an office in West Hartford, the consultancy will do for companies. "I'm going to shift gears in my life," said Levy. "I had an exciting legal career. Now I'm going to try something a little different, and plan to spend more time with my wife, my children and my grandchildren, and more time on the field Golf."
As Levy left, Allen Hinckley announced the promotion of David DeBassio partners. DeBassio is a defense lawyer who is also a practical alternative dispute resolution. He said he asked Levy Levy and Droney, and the two have worked together since. "I owe a lot to mentoring gave me," DeBassio said. "Coleman is one of the hardest working guys I know, and he deserves a break."
This month Wiggin and Dana, based in New Haven, the opening of Washington, DC, desks has announced the participation of a dozen Connecticut companies to establish a presence in the nation's capital. (See article on page 4) But smaller companies have decided it. Advantages for the opening of new locations
Consider New Haven Bansley Anthony. It should be no surprise that the company, which was founded by a veteran of the Marine Corps in the 1990s was to come a new location on the same street as the submarine base in Groton Navy. Finally Bansley Anthony partially concentrated on military law. Anthony Keith partner, another veteran of the Marine Corps, going to the office.
In addition to the most common cases of injury, criminal defense and family law, the company dealing with a growing number of known cases of military lawyers Uniform Code of Military Justice Cases southeastern Connecticut. Several cases, Anthony said, left the US Coast Guard Academy in New London.
The Army has a unique system of justice, Anthony said. Only in the area of family law, there are laws that military pensions and survivors' benefits, which are specifically for employees and former active military fighters. About the criminal side, whether on active duty or a reservist in conflict with the law, they do not appear only in the courts of the state, but also by military courts. "If you do not know how they interact [two courts], [the lawyer], it will give you a few tips that may not be as useful for the reservists because they are taken by both parties and there may opportunities To minimize the damage, "Anthony told me.
Anthony also works with a sergeant who was involved with the Wounded Warrior Project. From time to time, which is called to help, a veteran wounded Marines in Connecticut. "We are very excited about the opportunity to have to do this", Antonio of the opening of the new office, said. "It's good to expand a bit and provide quality service." •
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