Connecticut Legal Awards 2022 | ALM Media Properties, LLC. | 22 February 2022 | Aqua Turf Club, 556 Mulberry St, Plantsville, CT 06479, US

The Connecticut Law Tribune honors those attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession in Connecticut - whether in shaping the law, achieving outsized results for their clients, being an outstanding jurist or assisting those in need of legal services.

Categories for 2022 Include:
• Lifetime Achievement Awards
• Attorney of the Year
• New Leaders in the Law
• Distinguished Leaders
• Diversity Initiative
• Best Mentors
• Litigation Departments of the Year
• Game Changers
• Giant Slayer
• Best Officiators
• Unsung Hero
• In-House Departments of the Year
• GC Impact
• Solo/Small Firm Innovators
• Law Firm/Legal Department Innovators

2021 Honorees

Attorney of the Year
• DeVaughn Ward, Ward Law LLC

Best Mentors
• Harriet Munrett Wolfe, Webster Bank

Best Officiators
• Stephen Morelli, CT Workers' Compensation Commission

Distinguished Leaders
• Gregg Burton, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey
• Carla Minniefield, Carter Mario
• Kent Mancini, Cramer & Anderson
• Jennifer Collins, Cramer & Anderson
• Christopher Kriesen, Kalon Law
• Suzanne Baldasare, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter
• Stacy Votto, Nelson Votto
• Linda Morkan, Robinson & Cole
• Jeffrey Vita, Saxe Doernberger & Vita

Diversity Initiative Award (Firm)
• Papcsy Janosov Roche
• Saxe Doernberger & Vita

Diversity Initiative Award (Company)
• Ken Horenstein, Travelers

Diversity Initiative
• Najia Khalid, Wiggin & Dana

Game Changes
• Angela Schlingheyde, Center for Family Justice

GC Impact
• Elicia Pegues Spearman, Quinnipiac University
• Alexandrea Isaac, Starion Energy

Giant Slayer
• Ken Krayeske, Law Office of Kenneth J. Krayeske and DeVaughn Ward, Ward Law

Innovation Award
• Connecticut Bar Association, CBA 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Task Force

Lifetime Achievement Award
• William Bruce Louden, Louden, Katz & McGrath
• Stephen Goldman, Robinson & Cole

Litigation Departments of the Year, Appellate
• Cowdery & Murphy
• Murtha Cullina

Litigation Departments of the Year, Business/Commercial
• Brown Rudnick
• McCarter & English
• Wiggin & Dana

Litigation Department of the Year, General Litigation
• Wiggin & Dana

Litigation Department of the Year, Insurance
• Saxe Doernberger & Vita

Litigation Department of the Year, Labor & Employment
• Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti

Litigation Department of the Year, Products Liability / Mass Torts
• Wiggin & Dana

New Leaders in the Law
• Bertram McDowell Jr., Bert McDowell Injury Law
• Kevin Munn, Brodeur Law
• Lisa Feinberg, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey
• Deborah Brancato, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey
• Jessica Ayala, Carter Mario
• Mark Kochanowicz, Cellino Law
• Marc Herman, Cohen & Wolf
• Lou Etemi, Etemi Law
• Adam Yagaloff , Homeless Youth Advocacy Project
• Allison Dearington, Jackson Lewis
• Allison Jacobs , Jacobs & Jacobs
• Rory M. Farrell, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter
• Ismian Feraizi, Minnella, Tramuta & Edwards
• Joseph Szerejko, Murtha Cullina
• Patrick Coughlin, Murtha Cullina
• Emily McDonough Souza, Murtha Cullina
• Bion Piepmeier, BlueTriton Brands
• Conor Duffy, Robinson & Cole
• Jennifer Shanley, Robinson & Cole
• Emilee Mooney Scott, Robinson & Cole
• Greg Bennici, Robinson & Cole
• Robert Fontaine, Ruane Attorneys
• Theresa Guertin, Saxe Doernberger & Vita
• Ben Shehu, Shehu Law
• Alfredo G. Fernández, Shipman & Goodwin
• Dennis Mancini, The License Lawyers

Solo/Small Firm Innovators
• CT Caselaw Podcast, Dan Lage, Ryan McKeen & Rich Rochlin
• Lyn Eliovson, Eliovson & Tenore
• Meghan Freed , Freed Marcroft

Unsung Hero
• Jessica Butcaris, Wiggin & Dana