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The CBA hosted its most recent quarterly Free Legal Advice Clinic on Tuesday, April 21, and Wednesday, April 22. Held from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on both days, the clinic connected community members in need of legal advice with volunteer attorneys who, during 30-minute virtual online sessions, provided guidance on a variety of legal issues.

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.

The Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section hosted a Speed Networking Event at Kinsmen Brewing in Milldale on April 1, bringing together a group of young attorneys and law students from across the state.

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.

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.