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Attorneys and Support Staff

Members of the Legislative Commissioners' Office


Commissioners:
email Ed Maley (D)     email Len Fasano (R)

Director:
email  Nicholas F. Bombace  [+/-]

Nicholas F. Bombace, LCO Director

   nicholas.bombace@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8410

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut, Massachusetts
  • University of Connecticut School of Law School, J.D., 2009
  • University of Connecticut, B.A. Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, 2005

Attorneys:
Support Staff:
Statute Revision:
email  Heather Bannister  [+/-]

Heather Bannister, Senior Legislative Attorney

   heather.bannister@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Appropriations, Executive and Legislative Nominations, Regluation Review
  • Previous: Supervisor of Statute Revision, Public Health and Human Services Committees

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 2006
  • Admitted: U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut 2007
  • Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
  • University of Washington, B.A. in Communications, cum laude

email  Joe Brennan-Reilly  [+/-]

Joe Brennan-Reilly

   joseph.brennanreilly@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8333

Committee Assignments

Before joining the Legislative Commissioners' Office in 2024, Joe was in private practice where he primarily concentrated on family law cases, including representing clients in dissolution of marriage and child custody matters. Joe also served for several years as a judicial law clerk for the judges of the Connecticut Superior Court system.

email  Libby Carlson  [+/-]

Libby Carlson

   elizabeth.carlson@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8491

Committee Assignments

email  Christopher J. Cordima [+/-]

Christopher J. Cordima, Senior Legislative Attorney

   christopher.cordima@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Education, Regulation Review
  • Previous: Banking, Children, Higher Education and Employment Advancement, Program Review & Investigations

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 2006
  • Roger Williams University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2006
  • Gettysburg College, B.A. Political Science, summa cum laude, 2003


email  Patrick Deegan [+/-]

Patrick Deegan, Legislative Attorney

   patrick.deegan@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Banking, Public Safety
  • Previous: Commerce

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut, 2017
  • University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., with Honors, 2017
  • Albertus Magnus College, B.S., Business Management, cum laude, 2010

Prior to joining LCO in 2022, Patrick was an associate attorney at a law firm in New Haven. He previously worked as a litigation associate at a firm in Hartford. Patrick was also a legal research clerk in the Connecticut Superior Court Office of Legal Research, where he was assigned to the Complex Litigation Docket. While pursuing his education, Patrick worked at the United States Postal Service as a letter carrier.


email  Marie P. Grady [+/-]

Marie P. Grady, Senior Legislative Attorney

   marie.grady@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Human Services
  • Previous: Aging

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 2010
  • Western new England School of Law, J.D., 2010

Prior to joining LCO, Marie was a daily newspaper journalist for more than two decades. She served as managing editor of The Republican newspaper in Springfield, MA., and the Connecticut Law Tribune. In addition to having her own private practice focused on appellate and federal immigration law, Marie also coordinated a literacy program in western Massachusetts before joining LCO in 2012.


email  Naurin Hashmi [+/-]

Naurin Hashmi, Associate Legislative Attorney

   naurin.hashmi@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Higher Education and Employment Advancement, Children

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 2009, New York 2012
  • University of Connecticut School of law, J.D., 2009
  • Rutgers University, B.A. Political Science, 2005

Prior to joining LCO in December 2018, Naurin worked in private practice in the areas of real estate and corporate transactions and defense litigation.


email  Connor Herdic  [+/-]

Connor B. Herdic, Legislative Attorney

  connor.herdic@cga.ct.gov
  (860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Insurance & Real Estate

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut, 2019; U.S. District Court of Connecticut, 2021
  • Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, J.D., 2018
  • College of the Holy Cross, B.A., History, 2013

Before joining LCO in 2022, Connor worked at a civil defense firm in Hartford, where he primarily concentrated his practice in the areas of professional and general liability defense. He also completed a judicial clerkship for the judges of the Connecticut Superior Courts.


email  Eileen Lawlor-Parker  [+/-]

Eileen Lawlor-Parker, Senior Legislative Attorney

   eileen.lawlor@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Public Health
  • Previous: Banks, Children

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 2002, New York 2003
  • Admitted: U.S. District Court 2003
  • Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
  • Boston University, B.A. in French Language and Literature, cum laude

Eileen brought years of legal experience with her when she began working at LCO in 2008. She was a litigation associate at Nuzzo & Roberts, LLC, for several years; a temporary assistant clerk for the Waterbury Superior Court; and a legal research clerk for the judges of the Litchfield Superior Court.


email  Shannon M. McCarthy  [+/-]

Shannon McCarthy, Chief Legislative Attorney

   shannon.mccarthy@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8496

Committee Assignments

  • Current: GAE, Regulation Review and Executive and Legislative Nominations
  • Previous: Environment, Housing, Public Safety, Veterans' Affairs

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 2004
  • University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 2004
  • Saint Anselm College, B.A. History (minor in French), 1999

Prior to joining LCO in 2005, Shannon worked for multiple general practitioners in a variety of fields, including criminal law, family law, worker's compensation law and real estate law. She worked as a research assistant and assisted various firms in doing title searches and in writing motions and appellate briefs. Prior to obtaining her law degree, Shannon studied French at the Sorbonne in Paris and lived in France for two years.


email  Sarah O'Connor [+/-]

Sarah O'Connor, Senior Legislative Attorney

   sarah.oconnor@cga.ct.gov
   860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Children, Planning and Development

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut, Massachusetts
  • Western New England College School of Law, J.D., 2013
  • Smith College, B.A., Government, 2005

Before joining LCO, Sarah was a legal research clerk in Hartford Superior Court, where she specialized in complex litigation matters. During law school, she served on the executive board of the Western New England Law Review and completed internships in the Massachusetts Attorney General's office and United States District Court. Prior to law school, Sarah was legislative director to a Massachusetts state senator.


email  William F. O'Shea  [+/-]

William F. O'Shea, Chief Legislative Attorney

   william.oshea@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8451

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Judiciary and Regulation Review
  • Previous: Public Health, Human Services, Aging

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut, U.S. District Court of Connecticut
  • Western New England College School of Law
  • Boston College, B.A., Political Science

Before joining the Legislative Commissioners' Office, Bill was in private practice and litigated family law cases. He routinely appeared in state court representing clients on dissolution of marriage, alimony property division, custody, visitation, support and relocation matters.


email  Nicholas Panzarella  [+/-]

Nicholas Panzarella, Associate Legislative Attorney

   nicholas.panzarella@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8339

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Aging, Public Health
  • Previous: Commerce

email  Jonathan Porzuc  [+/-]

Jonathan Porzuc, Associate Legislative Attorney

  jonathan.porzuc@cga.ct.gov
  (860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Energy, Planning and Development

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 2012
  • University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D.
  • University of New Hampshire, B.A. Political Science and Justice Studies

Before joining LCO in 2021, Jonathan spent ten years as an associate attorney at a law firm in Middletown. Jonathan’s private legal practice focused on municipal law, real estate transactions, and business law.


email  Heather Reeves  [+/-]

Heather Reeves, Legislative Attorney

  heather.reeves@cga.ct.gov
  (860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Labor, Appropriations, and Public Employees

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 2021
  • Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2020
  • Central Connecticut State University, B.A. Political Science, 2016

Before joining LCO in 2022, Heather was a judicial law clerk in Rhode Island Superior Court where she was the sole law clerk to the judges in Newport County, working mainly on the civil motion calendar.


email  Angela R. Rehm  [+/-]

Angela Rehm, Chief Legislative Attorney

   angela.rehm@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8312

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Judiciary
  • Previous: General Law, Banks, Education, Higher Education, Appropriations, Program Review and Investigation, Government Administration and Elections, Regulation Review         

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut, New York
  • Cornell Law School, J.D.
  • University of Washington, B.A. History and Jackson School of International Studies

email  Kumi Sato  [+/-]

Kumi Sato, Senior Legislative Attorney

   kumi.sato@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8415

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Finance Revenue and Bonding, Regulation Review
  • Previous: Insurance and Real Estate

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 2007, New York 2007
  • University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., with Honors, 2006
  • Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford, cum laude, B.Mus.Ed.

Before joining LCO, Kumi worked for the Connecticut Food Association for 13 years and spent her last year with the trade group serving as its interim executive director.


email  Catriona Stratton  [+/-]

Catriona Stratton, Senior Legislative Attorney

   catriona.stratton@cga.ct.gov    (860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Transportation
  • Previous: Public Safety, Regulation Review Committee, and Transportation

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Illinois; Connecticut
  • Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D.
  • Benedictine College, B.A. Political Science and History

email  Michael L. Tellerico  [+/-]

Michael L. Tellerico, Senior Legislative Attorney

   michael.tellerico@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8410

Committee Assignments

  • Current: GAE, Veterans' Affairs, Regulation Review
  • Previous: Planning and Development

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 2014
  • University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 2014
  • Fairfield University, B.A., Politics and Sociology & Anthropology (minor in Jazz/Popular Music), summa cum laude, 2005

Before joining LCO in 2014, Michael interned during law school throughout and around Connecticut state government, spending time with the Office of the Attorney General, the General Assembly and the Office of the Secretary of the State, as well as with Halloran & Sage Government Affairs. While at UConn Law, he served as Symposium Editor for the Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 46 and Litigation Director for the Connecticut Moot Court Board, earned a CALI Excellence Award in Election Law and received top marks in Justice David Borden's course on Statutory Interpretation.


email  Bradford M. Towson [+/-]

Bradford M. Towson, Chief Legislative Attorney

   bradford.towson@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8480

Committee Assignments

  • Current: Environment, Regulation Review Committee
  • Previous: Government Administration and Elections, General Law, Commerce, Aging

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 1997
  • Rutgers Law School, J.D., with Honors, 1997
  • Wesleyan University, B.A. Government, 1994

Prior to joining the General Assembly in 2000, Bradford was an associate attorney with a boutique defense litigation firm specializing in insurance and medical malpractice claims. From 1997 to 1998 he served as a judicial law clerk for the judges of the Connecticut Superior Court system. Bradford has drafted model legislation concerning air emissions standards for electric generating facilities and transmission line moratoriums for Long Island Sound, as well as noteworthy legislation to overhaul the state of Connecticut's procurement process, reconstitute the state's ethics agency and implement comprehensive campaign finance reform.


email  Brian F. Valko [+/-]

Brian F. Valko, Senior Legislative Attorney

   brian.valko@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8391

Committee Assignments

  • Current: General Law
  • Previous: Insurance & Real Estate

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Connecticut 2010
  • Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., 2010
  • University of South Carolina, B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 2007

Before joining the Legislative Commissioners' Office in 2017, Brian worked as a litigation associate at a boutique law firm in New Haven. From 2010 to 2011 he served as the judicial law clerk for Judges William J. Lavery and Francis X. Hennessy of the Connecticut Appellate Court.


email  Sandra Dauch
email  Martha Dumas
email  Elizabeth Ainzuain
email  Patricia Egan
email  Carolyn Giusti
email  Evelyn Huertas
email  Kimberly Krechko
email  Deborah Morin
email  Maria del Pilar Noble
email  Catherine Peruccio
email  Amy Weidlich
email  LaToya Williams
email  Richard Hunter  [+/-]

Richard Hunter

   richard.hunter@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8490

Education

  • Louisiana State University, Ph.D. Geography
  • South Dakota State University, M.S. Geography
  • South Dakota State University, B.S. Geography
  • South Dakota State University, B.A. History

Prior to joining LCO in 2021, Richard served as an associate editor of the Journal of Latin American Geography, sat on journal editorial boards, and authored academic book reviews, encyclopedia entries and annotated bibliographies. His research into the colonial-era environmental degradation of central Mexico has appeared in geographic and interdisciplinary science journals.


email  Kristin Karr  [+/-]

Kristin Karr, Statute Revision Supervisor

   kristin.karr@cga.ct.gov
   (860) 240-8484

Education/Bar Memberships

  • Admitted: Colorado
  • University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, J.D., 2007
  • The University of Iowa, School of Library and Information Science, M.A., 1999
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.A., Psychology (minor in Computer Science), 1997

Prior to joining LCO, Kristin was the Publications Division Manager at the Office of the Secretary of the State, which included administration of the state-of-the-art Connecticut eRegulations System and annual production of the 130-year-old Connecticut State Register and Manual. She has worked as a research librarian and law librarian, including at the Yale Child Study Center, an environmental firm in Denver, and the Colorado and Wyoming Supreme Court libraries. Following law school, she also dedicated a few years to legal practice as an immigration attorney before returning to librarianship.


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