CBA OFFICERS

(The officers of the CBA are also members of the Board of Governors and the House of Delegates)

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Francis J. Brady


CBA Offices Held: President (2009-2010); President-elect (2008-2009); Vice President (2007-2008)

Professional Data: Partner with the law firm Murtha Cullina LLP, Hartford. Practices in litigation and insurance recovery.

CBA Activities: Chairman of the Governance Task Force (2006-2007); Co-Chairman of the Connecticut Bar Association's Federal Practice Section (2003-2004); Member of the Connecticut Bar Association's House of Delegates (2001-2007); Member of the Insurance Practice Section Executive Committee

Other Professional Activities: President of the Hartford County Bar Association (2000-2001); Chairman of the Civil Justice Advisory Group for the District of Connecticut (1996-2000); Member of the Connecticut State Bar Examining Committee (2000-2006); Member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Legal Aid Society of Greater Hartford; Member of the American, Connecticut and Hartford County Bar Associations and of several bar association committees; Mayor of the Town of Windsor (1994-1997) and member of several community boards and committees

Law School: George Washington University, J.D., 1973; Harvard University, LL.M., 1974

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Ralph J. Monaco


CBA Offices Held: President-elect (2009-2010); Vice President (2008-2009); Treasurer (2007-2008); Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (2002-2003)

Professional Data: Member, Conway & Londregan, PC, New London CT, 1998-present. Practice areas include: civil and commercial litigation, including personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, business contract litigation, and municipal defense litigation.

CBA Activities: Unbundled Legal Services Committee (2006-2007); Nominating Committee (2004-2006); Committee on Liaison with State Courts (2003-2007); Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession (2004-2005); Litigation Section Executive Committee (2003-2007); Judiciary Committee (2003-2007); Young Lawyers Section Chair (2001-2002); Member House of Delegates (1999-2007)

Other Professional Activities: Board Certified Trial Lawyer by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2001-present; Named New Leader of the Law for New London County by the Connecticut Law Tribune (2002); Tried 30 cases to verdict or judgment, with 18 cases tried to a jury; argued 10 cases to the Connecticut Appellate Court, one case to Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and 4 case to the Connecticut Supreme Court; Member of Town of Essex, Planning Commission, 2004-present; Member New London Catholic Charities Advisory Board, 1996-present; Chairman New London Catholic Charities Advisory Board, 2006-present; Named among Connecticut Super Lawyers by Connecticut Magazine, 2006 and 2007; and Named among New England Super Lawyers by Connecticut Magazine, 2007

Law School: Fordham University, cum laude, B.A., (1989), New York Law School, Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., with honors (1993)

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Brad Gallant


CBA Offices Held: Vice President (2009-2010)

Professional Data: Partner with Day Pitney LLP, New Haven, in the Individual Clients Department. His practice includes trust and estate planning and administration, special needs planning, planning for same-sex couples and their families, planning for incapacity, and all types of probate litigation.

CBA Activities: Chair, Pro Bono Committee; Member of the Animal Law Committee and Legislative Policy Committee; Member of the Elder Law Section and Executive Committee; Member and Past Chair of the Estates and Probate Section and Executive Committee; Member of the House of Delegates; Member of the Board of Governors

Other Professional Activities:

Law School: University of Connecticut School of Law, 1978

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Anne C. Dranginis


CBA Offices Held: Secretary (2009-2010)

Professional Data: Judge Anne C. Dranginis retired from the Connecticut Appellate Court on January 31, 2006 to become principal at Rome McGuigan PC in Hartford, where she practices in the areas of arbitration and mediation, family law, corporate compliance and governance, as well as trial strategy. Judge Dranginis was the first woman Assistant State's Attorney for the Connecticut Superior Court and was appointed to the Connecticut Superior Court in 1985. She was elevated to the Appellate Court in 2000.

CBA Activities: Co-chair, CBA Task Force on Gender Equity in the Profession, 2007-2008; Member of the Appellate Advocacy Committee, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and Executive Committee, Litigation Section; Member of the Board of Governors; Member of the House of Delegates

Other Professional Activities: Chair, State Bar Examining Committee; Connecticut Bar Association James W. Cooper Fellow; Member of the Hartford and Litchfield County Bar Associations; Member of the Board of Directors, Children's Charities of America; Member of the Advisory Board, Susan B. Anthony Project; Member of the Advisory Board, Litchfield Bancorp (2006-2008); Member of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Branch (1988-1994); Rules Committee of the Superior Court (1996-2000); Connecticut Judges' Association (1985-2006); National Judicature Society (1986-1989); Board of Directors, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (1997-1999); Parenting Education Advisory Committee (1996-2000); Board of Directors, Manhattanville College Alumni Association (1995-1996); Law Revision Commission (1976-1980); Co-chair, Governor's Commission on Custody, Divorce, and Children (2001-2002); Governor's Commission on Judicial Reform (2006); Family Commission (2008-present).

Law School: University of Connecticut School of Law, 1972

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Sung-Ho Hwang


CBA Offices Held: Treasurer (2009-2010)

Professional Data:

CBA Activities: Member of the Federal Practice Section; Member of the Litigation Section and Executive Committee; Member of the House of Delegates; Member of the Board of Governors

Other Professional Activities:

Law School: University of Connecticut School of Law, 1992

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Lawrence F. Morizio


CBA Offices Held: Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (2009-2010)

Professional Data: Principal at the law firm of Cousins, Desrosiers & Morizio, P.C. located in Stratford, Connecticut. He is a Board Certified Workers Compensation Specialist consistent with the guidelines and standards set forth by the Connecticut Bar Association and his focus is representing the interests of the injured worker.

CBA Activities: Chair, Young Lawyers Section (2008-2009); Member of the Workers' Compensation Section Executive Committee; Associate Editor, Compensation Quarterly.

Other Professional Activities: Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellow; Member, Greater Bridgeport Bar Association.

Law School: Quinnipiac University School of Law, 1998

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Livia DeFilippis Barndollar

CBA Offices Held: President (2008-2009); President- elect (2007-2008); Vice President (2006-2007); Secretary (2005-2006).

Professional Data: Partner with the law firm Marvin Ferro Barndollar & Roberts LLC, New Canaan. Practices family law, including dissolutions, appeals, and representation of children.

CBA Activities: Connecticut Bar Journal Board of Editors (1985-present); Editor in Chief (1994-1997); Senior Topical Editor-Family Law (2000-present); Family Law Section (Executive Committee, 1996-present); Treasurer (2005-2006); Secretary (2005-2006); Publications Committee (1994-1997); Co-chair, Solo and Small Firm Section; Pro Bono Committee (Chair, 2006-present); Task Force on the Structure and Governance of the CBA (2006-present).

Other Professional Activities: Connecticut Bar Foundation, James W. Cooper Life Fellow, American Bar Association, Family Law and Litigation Sections (member), Special Master, Judicial Districts of Stamford/Norwalk, Fairfield at Bridgeport and Regional Family Trial Docket; Fairfield County Bar Association, Family Law Section member; Stamford YWCA, Board of Directors and Board, Domestic Violence Center; Soundwaters, founding Board member.

Law School: Villanova University School of Law; N.Y.U. School of Law (nonmatriculant, 1980-1981)