CBA News

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.

The Connecticut Bar Association has moved its office to the following address: 538 Preston Avenue, 3rd Floor Meriden, CT 06450. Please send any mail to the CBA using this new address. Contact us by phone at (860) 223-4400 or email at msc@ctbar.org. Our staff is available from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

During the week of July 8-12, the CBA hosted its first in-person LAW camp since 2019 in New Haven for a group of 36 Connecticut high school students. LAW Camp exposes high school students to the legal profession and teaches them critical and analytical thinking to help them succeed in their educational and professional careers.

On Sunday, June 23, over 200 CBA members, officers, and their families and friends gathered at Holiday Hill in Prospect for a day of outdoor fun and summer recreation.

Hundreds of legal professionals gathered for the 2024 Connecticut Legal Conference on June 10 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. The conference featured a wide selection of educational content for attendees, including a special focus on artificial intelligence and the future of the legal profession with several seminars covering issues related to the topic.

The CBA denounces public officials' unsubstantiated attacks on the judicial system.

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 Lawyer Well-Being Committee hosted a series of free events available to CBA members during Lawyer Well-Being Week, which ran from May 6 to May 10. Among these events was the 2024 CBA Well-Being Summit held on May 8 at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich

The CBA Civics Education Committee held its annual Law Day Celebration at the Connecticut Appellate Court in Hartford on May 2. Law Day is a national celebration held annually to celebrate the role of law in our society and to help encourage a deeper understanding of the legal profession. The Law Day event also included the presentation of the 2024 Ralph J. Monaco Civics Education awards.

On April 10-11, a Connecticut Bar Association delegation traveled to Washington, DC to attend the American Bar Association (ABA)’s 2024 ABA Day event. ABA Day is a conference that brings together leaders of the ABA and thousands of professionals from state and local bar associations from across the country to advocate on behalf of issues of importance to the legal profession.

CBA Members Tamar R. Birckhead, Corrine A. Boni-Vendola, Kristin A. Connors, Steven R. Dembo, Cody N. Guarnieri, Cristina M. Lopez, Matthew Necci, Susan E. Nugent, John P. Regan, Eric P. Smith, Alayna M. Stone, and Matthew Wax-Krell were among those nominated.

Over 300 legal professionals, community members, families, and friends attended the eleventh annual “Celebrate with the Stars” awards dinner on April 3 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville to honor individuals who have made an impact on the Connecticut Legal Community.

If you are interested in remaining in your committee, joining another or taking a leadership position within a committee, please fill out a Committee Selection Request Form by Friday, May 17, 2024.

The CBA has been committed to supporting our state and federal legal systems and the rule of law since 1875. We oppose and condemn efforts undertaken by any political leader that seeks to undermine the independent operation of our judiciary and the public’s trust in the legal system because of personal animus.

Volunteer to respond to polling place complications on early voting days and election day for the upcoming Presidential Preference Primary.

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.

The CBA will be relocating to its new office located at Meriden Executive Park, 538 Preston Avenue, Meriden, CT, 06450 by this summer.