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The CBA is seeking leaders to represent their colleagues in the House of Delegates for a three-year term. The districts that have at least one expiring seat beginning July 1st are 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 17.

On April 2, the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA), the Connecticut Bar Foundation (CBF), the CBF James W. Cooper Fellows, and Quinnipiac University School of Law co-hosted a video premiere at Quinnipiac’s law school campus that highlighted four trailblazing attorneys of color in CT: Marilyn Diaz; Past CBA President Amy Lin Meyerson; Judge M. Nawaz Wahla; and John Rose, Jr.

On March 24-26, a delegation of bar leaders from the CBA traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the American Bar Association (ABA)’s 2026 ABA Day event.

The CBA Women in the Law Section and the CBA Young Lawyers Section (YLS) Women in the Law Committee presented the 2026 Ladder Award to Attorney Nancy Kennedy at this year’s Pathways to Leadership for Women Lawyers event on March 5 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville.

Over 150 attendees gathered at the Pond House Café in West Hartford on February 10 for the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) Young Lawyers Section’s (YLS) 2026 Diversity Dinner. The event’s primary presentations included a keynote address from Representative Matt Ritter, who currently serves as the speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives and a discussion with a four-person panel.

On December 2, The Connecticut Bar Association’s (CBA) Young Lawyers Section (YLS) joined together with the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CTCPA) to host a new collaborative Day of Giving benefiting Connecticut Foodshare and the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

Erin O’Neil has been an attorney for 25 years and was born and raised in Connecticut. Twenty years ago, she opened her own law firm, Norte Immigration Law, which she continues to operate as a female owned firm.

CBA Members Campbell D. Barrett, Theodore M. Doolittle, Patrick M. Fahey, Leah Pollard, and Patrick T. Ring were among those nominated.

Attorney Tamara J. Titre serves as deputy commissioner for the State of Connecticut Office of the Claims Commissioner and is the first person to be appointed the role of deputy claims commissioner. In this role, she oversees claims filed against the state.