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Robinson & Cole LLP is sponsoring the 50th annual WALKS interscholastic Constitution Essay Contest and awards dinner on April 17, 2012, at Avon Old Farms School. “We are proud to sponsor this academic competition that promotes greater knowledge of our nation’s Constitution,” said Edward J. Samorajczyk, Jr., a partner at Robinson & Cole and an Advisory Board member of WALKS. WALKS (an acronym for Westminster School, Avon Old Farms School, Loomis Chaffee School, Kingswood-Oxford School, and Suffield Academy) provides students with limited financial means from Greater Hartford an opportunity to attend and succeed at each of its member schools. more details |
| 1.27.12 | Alaine C. Doolan returns to Robinson & Cole LLP as a senior associate in the firm’s Business Section, primarily practicing in the areas of intellectual property, technology law, and brand management. Ms. Doolan worked at the firm as a trademark analyst while attending law school and as an associate before venturing out to explore other platforms, including in-house positions where she managed more than 4,000 worldwide trademark portfolios for two large consumer products companies. more details |
| 1.23.12 |
Robinson & Cole’s Deal Team, led by business transactions partner Eric J. Dale, was named a finalist in the 2012 Turnaround of the Year Awards in the middle market sector for the recapitalization of Patriot National Bancorp, Inc. by PNBK Holdings LLC.
An independent panel of professionals is judging all the finalist transactions submitted for the Turnaround Awards. Winners will be announced at the Awards Gala January 30–31 at the 2012 Distressed Investing Summit at The Colony in Palm Beach, Florida. The event honors the accomplishments of the top distressed investing, restructuring and turnaround professionals and firms. more details |
| 1.19.12 | Robinson & Cole is pleased to announce the addition of two attorneys to its Health Law Practice Group, Brian D. Nichols and Eric R. Greenberg. The Health Law Practice Group has been steadily growing, adding six new attorneys to the practice over the past 13 months, including two in the firm’s Providence, Rhode Island, office. more details |
| 1.03.12 | Each year Robinson & Cole’s Mentor of the Year Award recognizes and honors associates, counsel, and partners throughout the firm for their outstanding guidance and encouragement of fellow attorneys in their pursuit of effective lawyering and professional growth. The nominees for this award, sponsored by the firm’s Professional Development Committee, are selected through a firmwide voting process. Mentoring is vital to the success and development of attorneys. Effective mentors provide critical insight, support, and advice on substantive as well as cultural issues and their mentees integrate and connect to the firm. more details |
| 12.23.11 | Robinson and Cole LLP welcomes associates Ryan M. Burns and Nicolas F. Perry to the firm’s Hartford office. Mr. Burns joins the Construction Practice Group, concentrating his practice in construction law, commercial litigation, and surety and fidelity law. Mr. Perry joins the Business Litigation Practice Group, focusing on all matters of business litigation, including antitrust litigation, employment litigation, and white-collar criminal investigation. more details |
| 12.16.11 | Benchmark Litigation 2012, a peer review guide published by Euromoney’s Legal Media Group, has recognized Robinson & Cole as a leading litigation firm in Connecticut. Benchmark is the only publication on the market to focus exclusively on litigation in the U.S. For the second year, Benchmark has also recognized Robinson & Cole lawyers Bradford S. Babbitt, Linda L. Morkan, James A. Wade, and Ronald W. Zdrojeski as “local litigation stars.” Additionally, litigators Craig A. Raabe and Joseph L. Clasen were recognized as “future stars” in Connecticut, indicating they are likely to be named litigation stars in future editions. more details |
| 12.09.11 | Through teamwork, collaboration, and many laughs the partners of Robinson & Cole built bicycles for the Boys & Girls Club of Newport at the annual partners retreat. Teams had to correctly answer trivia questions to secure the necessary parts and tools for their bike and then race to assemble the bikes before taking them on a test ride around an indoor obstacle course and marketing them to their colleagues. After the teams completed the project, 17 children enrolled in the Boys & Girls Club of Newport went home with new, road-worthy bikes and helmets. more details |
| 12.06.11 | Robinson & Cole LLP is pleased to announce the election of four attorneys to partner: William J. Egan, Peter E. Strniste Jr., Melissa Sullivan, and Jeffrey J. White, effective January 1, 2012. more details |
| 11.22.11 | Robinson and Cole LLP is pleased to announce the election of three attorneys to counsel: Brett J. Boskiewicz, Andrea Donovan Napp, and Todd R. Regan. The promotion of the three Hartford-based attorneys to counsel is effective January 1, 2012. more details |
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