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CBA OFFICERS

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

Livia D. Barndollar, President
Francis J. Brady, President-elect
Ralph J. Monaco, Vice President
Maureen E. Burns, Secretary
Judith Rossi, Treasurer
Daniel J. Krisch, Asst. Secretary Treasurer
William H. Prout, Jr., Past President


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Livia DeFilippis Barndollar
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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)

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Francis J. Brady


CBA Offices Held: 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: 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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Maureen E. Burns


CBA Offices Held: Secretary (2008-2009)

Professional Data: Leads the insurance defense team at The Pellegrino Law Firm PC in New Haven. Her practice concentration is primarily in civil litigation, including, but not limited to, negligence, product liability, uninsured/underinsured motorist, and insurance coverage. Experience in real estate and commercial litigation. Trial and appellate experience in both state and federal courts. Extensive mediation and arbitration experience.

CBA Activities: Member and Past Chair, Standing Committee on Professionalism; Member of the Legislative Policy Committee; Member of the House of Delegates (2007-Present); Member of the Board of Governors (2005-Present)

Other Professional Activities: Serves on the Board of Friends, New Haven Legal Services; Court-appointed arbitrator for Superior Court, Judicial District of New Haven; Served as a Commissioner to the New Haven Parking Authority from 1990-1995 and was elected Treasurer from 1991-1995.

Law School: Western New England College, J.D., 1983

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Judith Rossi


CBA Offices Held: Treasurer (2008-2009)

Professional Data: Executive Assistant to the Chief State's Attorney

CBA Activities: Member of the Committee on Professional Ethics; Member of the Criminal Law Section (Executive Committee, Secretary)

Other Professional Activities: Member of the Connecticut Bar Foundation; the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society; the Connecticut Italian-American Bar Association; the National District Attorneys Association; National Association of Prosecutor-Coordinators; Editor and Contributing Author, Prosecutor's Deskbook; Connecticut Law Tribune Advisory Board; UCONN School of Law Student Mentoring Program

Law School: University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 1982

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Daniel J. Krisch


CBA Offices Held: Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (2008-2009)

Professional Data: Principal, Horton Shields & Knox PC, Hartford; pursuing an appellate practice in the Connecticut Appellate and Supreme Courts and a trial practice with cases in state and federal court.

CBA Activities: Young Lawyers Section Member (Executive Committee, Past Chair 2007-2008); Member of the Connecticut Council of Bar Presidents; Member of the Standing Committee on Long-Range Planning; the Appellate Advocacy Certification Committee; the Court Visitation Committee; Criminal Law Section; Litigation Section; Task for the Study of a Mentoring Program

Other Professional Activities: Elected member, American Law Institute; adjunct professor, University of Connecticut School of Law

Law School: University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 1999

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William H. Prout, Jr.

CBA Offices Held: Past-President (2008-2009); President (2007-2008); President-Elect (2006-2007); Vice-President (2005-2006)

Professional Data: Litigation partner at the New Haven office of Wiggin and Dana. Practice encompasses litigation matters in the areas of business, securities, unfair trade practice, construction, professional liability and complex probate litigation. Serves as the firm's Loss Prevention Counsel and heads the firm's Professional Ethics Group.

CBA Activities: Construction Law and Federal Practice Sections; Standing Committee on Professionalism; Professionalism Subcommittee of the CBA's Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession (Chair); James W. Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation. Pro Bono Committee (Chair, 2005-present).

Other Professional Activities: Litigation and Antitrust Sections and the Forum on the Construction Industry of the American Bar Association; Federal Bar Council; New Haven County Bar Association (immediate past president and member of the Executive Committee); New Haven Inn of Court (member) and Federal Grievance Committee (Counsel).

Law School: Boston University School of Law, cum laude.

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