Connie Cahill is the managing partner of Barclay Damon LLP, a 500-plus-person, full-service law firm with offices in the Northeastern United States, Washington, and Toronto and a particular focus on energy, intellectual property, labor and employment, and health care. Connie is the first woman to lead the organization in its 165-plus-year history.
Connie joined Hiscock & Barclay—now Barclay Damon—in 2006 as the firm’s Public Finance Practice Area co-chair and became the sole chair in 2018. She is a leading bond lawyer in New York State, having built a high-performing team that represents state authorities, agencies, and other issuers in some of the largest and most complex public-project transactions in the Northeast. Connie has also held positions as the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group leader and Albany office managing director, helping the office double in size and secure its current ranking as the Capital District’s second-largest law firm office. Since Connie joined the firm’s Management Committee 12 years ago, she has helped drive significant growth in the representation of women in leadership positions throughout the firm, including on the firm’s two main governing bodies.
Connie has actively worked alongside Barclay Damon’s diversity partners, supporting the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Connie also helped found the Next Generation Committee, she was instrumental in creating the firm’s new Helping Attorneys and Their Children (HATCH) paid-parental-leave policy and innovative policies regarding associates, and she led the firm’s work-from-home and return-to-office transitions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Numerous articles have been published about Connie Cahill being elected Barclay Damon’s first-ever woman managing partner.
On achieving 100-percent participation in the firm's pro bono program by all full-time Barclay Damon attorneys for seven consecutive years:
“Providing the same excellent service to our pro bono clients that our paying clients receive is foundational to Barclay Damon’s culture. The harsh realities of contemporary life can present significant, often dire, hardships to many members of our communities who aren’t able to afford the representation they need, and we’re honored to have our team be willing and enthusiastic to roll up their sleeves to help address community members’ challenges and get them the assistance they require.”
On being named to US News & World Report's "Best Companies to Work For: Law Firms":
“We are thrilled to have received scores of five out of five in areas that are core to Barclay Damon’s culture of employee wellness and diversity, equity, and inclusion: work life balance and belongingness.” She continued, “Given that attracting the best talent across our platform is key to Barclay Damon’s success and a critical part of our strategy, we always aim to be an employer of choice.”