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The Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) is seeking an Executive Director with a start date of January 2, 2025.

CBA Executive Director, Keith Soressi, has tendered his resignation effective as of December 31, 2024. While we at the CBA will miss Keith, this is a happy moment for him. He will be retiring to enjoy time with his family and hobbies.

On September 4, 2024, the CBA hosted its fifth Rule of Law Conference, and the first held in person since 2018, at the state’s Legislative Office Building in Hartford. The event was hosted collaboratively with the American Bar Association (ABA) as part of the ABA Task Force on American Democracy Listening Tour and featured former United States Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh C. Johnson as its keynote speaker.

The Connecticut Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section (YLS) hosted its annual leadership retreat on August 9-10 at Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard. The YLS Executive Committee holds this event each summer to familiarize new members of the committee with the duties of their leadership roles and to present awards to members of the committee for their service during the previous bar year.

On the morning of June 7, 36 new attorneys were sworn into the Connecticut Bar during a ceremony held inside the Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court Building.

The CBA Women in the Law Section, in association with the CBA Young Lawyers Section (YLS) Women in the Law Committee, presented the 2024 Ladder Award to the Honorable Evelyn M. Daly at this year’s Pathways to Leadership for Women Lawyers event on March 7 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville.

Lucas Hernandez is the founder of the Law Offices of Lucas Hernandez, a solo practice that focuses on Family Law, Real Estate and Probate.

Scott T. Garosshen maintains a state and national appellate practice at Robinson & Cole LLP in Hartford. Attorney Garosshen’s work has ranged from successfully persuading the Connecticut Supreme Court to enforce a contract regarding frozen embryos upon divorce, to securing appellate reversal in a choice-of-law battle over an arbitration agreement, to pro bono work on the Sheff v. O’Neill Connecticut school desegregation lawsuit.

Ashleigh Backman is the deputy director and chief operating officer at the Connecticut Bar Foundation, where she supports the foundation’s mission to facilitate systemic change that advances civil justice for all, regardless of power or resources, to achieve a more just and equitable society.