2023 Attorney Committee Assignments
LCO Attorney Committee Assignments for 2023
Committee |
Attorney |
| Aging |
Nicholas Panzarella [+/-]
Nicholas Panzarella
nicholas.panzarella@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
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| Appropriations |
Heather Bannister [+/-]
Heather Bannister, Senior Legislative Attorney
heather.bannister@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
Heather joined LCO in 2008. Prior to joining LCO, Heather worked in private practice focused on public and private sector labor and employment matters. |
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John "Jack" Mitchell [+/-]
John "Jack" Mitchell
john.mitchell@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
Before joining LCO in 2022, Jack worked as a trademark examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. During law school, he served as an editor of the Georgetown Journal of International Law and completed internships at the DC Housing Authority and the Office of the United States Trade Representative. |
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| Banking |
Patrick Deegan [+/-]
Patrick Deegan, Legislative Attorney
patrick.deegan@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
| Children |
Sarah O'Connor [+/-]
Sarah O'Connor, Associate Legislative Attorney
sarah.oconnor@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
| Commerce |
Patrick Deegan [+/-]
Patrick Deegan, Legislative Attorney
patrick.deegan@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
| Education |
Christopher J. Cordima [+/-]
Christopher J. Cordima, Senior Legislative Attorney
christopher.cordima@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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Naurin Hashmi [+/-]
Naurin Hashmi, Legislative Attorney
naurin.hashmi@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
Prior to joining LCO in December 2018, Naurin worked in private practice in the areas of real estate and corporate transactions and defense litigation. |
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| Energy and Technology |
John "Jack" Mitchell [+/-]
John "Jack" Mitchell
john.mitchell@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
Before joining LCO in 2022, Jack worked as a trademark examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. During law school, he served as an editor of the Georgetown Journal of International Law and completed internships at the DC Housing Authority and the Office of the United States Trade Representative. |
| Environment |
Bradford M. Towson [+/-]
Bradford M. Towson, Chief Legislative Attorney
bradford.towson@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
| Executive and Legislative Nominations |
Heather Bannister [+/-]
Heather Bannister, Senior Legislative Attorney
heather.bannister@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
Heather joined LCO in 2008. Prior to joining LCO, Heather worked in private practice focused on public and private sector labor and employment matters. |
| Backup: Shannon M. McCarthy | |
| Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
Kumi Sato [+/-]
Kumi Sato, Senior Legislative Attorney
kumi.sato@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
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Christopher Reinhart [+/-]
Christopher Reinhart, Senior Legislative Attorney
christopher.reinhart@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
Before joining the Legislative Commissioners' Office, Chris worked in the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Legislative Research for 18 years and led the Legislative Policy and Research Office at the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He joined LCO in 2018. |
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| General Law |
Brian F. Valko [+/-]
Brian F. Valko, Associate Legislative Attorney
brian.valko@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
| Government Administration and Elections |
Shannon M. McCarthy [+/-]
Shannon McCarthy, Chief Legislative Attorney
shannon.mccarthy@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
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Michael L. Tellerico [+/-]
Michael L. Tellerico, Senior Legislative Attorney
michael.tellerico@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
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| Higher Education and Employment Advancement |
Naurin Hashmi [+/-]
Naurin Hashmi, Legislative Attorney
naurin.hashmi@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
Prior to joining LCO in December 2018, Naurin worked in private practice in the areas of real estate and corporate transactions and defense litigation. |
| Housing |
Jonathan Porzuc [+/-]
Jonathan Porzuc, Legislative Attorney
jonathan.porzuc@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
| Human Services |
Marie P. Grady [+/-]
Marie P. Grady, Senior Legislative Attorney
marie.grady@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
| Insurance and Real Estate |
Connor Herdic [+/-]
Connor B. Herdic, Legislative Attorney
connor.herdic@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
| Judiciary |
William F. O'Shea [+/-]
William F. O'Shea, Chief Legislative Attorney
william.oshea@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
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Angela R. Rehm [+/-]
Angela Rehm, Chief Legislative Attorney
angela.rehm@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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| Labor and Public Employees |
Heather Reeves [+/-]
Heather Reeves, Legislative Attorney
heather.reeves@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
| Legislative Management |
Nicholas F. Bombace [+/-]
Nicholas F. Bombace, LCO Director
nicholas.bombace@cga.ct.gov Education/Bar Memberships
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| Planning and Development |
Sarah O'Connor [+/-]
Sarah O'Connor, Associate Legislative Attorney
sarah.oconnor@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
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Jonathan Porzuc [+/-]
Jonathan Porzuc, Legislative Attorney
jonathan.porzuc@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
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| Public Health |
Eileen Lawlor-Parker [+/-]
Eileen Lawlor-Parker, Senior Legislative Attorney
eileen.lawlor@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
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Nicholas Panzarella [+/-]
Nicholas Panzarella
nicholas.panzarella@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
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| Public Safety and Security |
Christopher Reinhart [+/-]
Christopher Reinhart, Senior Legislative Attorney
christopher.reinhart@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
Before joining the Legislative Commissioners' Office, Chris worked in the Connecticut General Assembly's Office of Legislative Research for 18 years and led the Legislative Policy and Research Office at the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He joined LCO in 2018. |
| Regulation Review (Coordinator) |
Catriona Stratton [+/-]
Catriona Stratton, Senior Legislative Attorney catriona.stratton@cga.ct.gov (860) 240-8410 Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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| Transportation |
Catriona Stratton [+/-]
Catriona Stratton, Senior Legislative Attorney catriona.stratton@cga.ct.gov (860) 240-8410 Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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| Veterans' Affairs |
Michael L. Tellerico [+/-]
Michael L. Tellerico, Senior Legislative Attorney
michael.tellerico@cga.ct.gov Committee Assignments
Education/Bar Memberships
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. |
