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On December 21, volunteers from the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) gathered at Barnard Park in Hartford for a Day of Service in partnership with Food4Lives, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving unhoused and underserved individuals. The volunteers distributed homemade meals and over 200 care packages comprised of toiletries and winter clothing donated by CBA members.

On December 10, the annual CBA Presidential Fellows Dinner took place at Grassy Hill Country Club in Orange, where Association leaders and past fellows introduced and discussed the program with the current class of fellows.

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.

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.

On the evening of October 14, over 80 members of the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section (YLS) gathered at the Hartford Golf Club for the section’s 2025 Pro Bono Fair and Golf Event.

The Connecticut Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section (YLS) hosted its annual leadership retreat on August 8-9 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.

Maggie Castinado is a senior assistant public defender practicing criminal defense at the Superior Court in New Haven, where she has worked for over 27 years. Attorney Castinado is a past president of the CBA, having served as the association’s 100th President and first latine leader during the 2023-2024 bar year.

Lisa Moyles is a patent lawyer at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP with 30 years of experience advising clients on all aspects of intellectual property (IP) strategy, management, and protection. She brings her background as a mechanical engineer and former in-house counsel to her work, using her keen eye for detail and deep understanding of the complexities of IP law to guide her as she counsels and protects clients at every stage of the IP lifecycle.

Kenneth Bartschi is Of Counsel to the Hartford office of McElroy, Deutsch, Mulevaney & Carpenter, LLP, where his practice includes appellate litigation in civil, family, and constitutional matters.