The 2020 LSAA awards were presented during our Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner, online Tuesday, October 13, 2020.
Michelle Duprey, a leader in ADA compliance in the State of Connecticut, has been director of the Department of Services for Persons with Disabilities for the City of New Haven for more than 20 years. She is a frequent presenter on topics of ADA compliance, diversity and the disability community. She has been a longtime member of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor and Employment section and is past chair of the Human Rights and Responsibilities section. She has also served on many statewide committees and non-profit agency boards.
Timothy Fisher served as dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law from 2013 to 2020 before he stepped down to join the faculty. He previously worked for 35 years in private practice primarily in the areas of ethics, alternate dispute resolution, commercial transactions, construction law, family wealth disputes and municipal law. Throughout his career he donated his time to work on pro bono cases relating to prison conditions, speedy criminal appeals, marriage equality and exonerating wrongfully convicted prisoners.
Dan Brody,a member of Robinson+Cole’s Litigation Section, is president of the Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association and a board member of the Children’s Law Center of Connecticut. His practice focuses on government enforcement matters, white-collar defense and internal investigations. He also represents, pro bono, victims of domestic violence. He was named a New Leader in the Law by the Connecticut Law Tribune.
Aigne Goldsby, a trial attorney for MAPFRE Insurance, is the founder and principal of Black Esquire LLC, where she works with Black and minority pre-law and law students to increase their representation in the legal profession. She is the immediate past president of the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association and a member of the Board of Directors for the ACLU of Connecticut and the Steering Committee for the Governor's Council on Women and Girls.
Lisa Marie Rivas, a partner with Cramer & Anderson, focuses on immigration law and has represented clients from around the world, primarily Latin America and the Caribbean. Her volunteer and pro bono efforts, including free talks on immigration issues, have earned her several honors, including a 2016 New Leaders in the Law award from The Connecticut Law Tribune and the Above and Beyond Award from the Hispanic Center of Greater Danbury.
2018 Anne C. Dranginis ’72
2017 Cheryl A. Chase '78
2016 Kathleen A. Murphy ’87
2015 Andrew J. McDonald '91
2014 James T. Shearin '86
2013 Michael L. Aresco '76
2012 Evan D. Flaschen ’82
2011 James K. Robertson, Jr. ’74
2010 James Sicilian ’81
2009 Christine S. Vertefeuille ’75
2008 Kevin J. O'Connor ’92
2007 Christopher F. Droney ’79
2006 Hope C. Seeley ’89
2005 Alphonso E. Tindall, Jr. ’81
2004 John H. Durham ’75
2003 Thomas J. Groark, Jr. ’65
2002 Dona D. Young ’80
2001 William H. Trachsel ’71
2000 Joette Katz ’77
1999 Daniel F. Flynn ’62
1998 Rosemary E. Giuliano ’78
1997 Richard N. Palmer ’77
1996 Randall Pinkston ’80
1995 Members of the Judiciary
1994 Thomas D. Ritter ’77
1993 Hubert J. Santos ’69
1992 Robert R. Googins ’61
1991 Thomas H. Dooley ’64
1990 Francisco L. Borges ’78
1989 John F. Droney ’73
1988 Dale P. Faulkner ’63
1987 Richard D. Tulisano ’69
1986 James J. Kennelly ’59
1985 Hugh F. Keefe ’67
1984 William R. Davis ’55
1982 James F. English, Jr. ’56
1981 Lewis B. Rome ’57
1980 Robert N. Giaimo ’44
1979 Joseph W. Bogdanski ’40
1978 T. Emmet Clarie ’38
1977 Carmine R. Lavieri ’48
1976 Anthony V. DeMayo ’51
1975 Carl W. Nielsen ’52
1974 Alva P. Loiselle ’43
1973 Louis Shapiro ’32
1972 Douglass B. Wright ’37
1971 Thomas J. Meskill ’56
2018 Jon Bauer
2017 Steven M. Greenspan '85
2016 Lewis S. Kurlantzick
2015 Martha Stone
2014 Barbara J. Collins '78
2013 Willajeanne F. McLean
2012 Jeremy Paul
2011 Alexandra Davis DiPentima ’79
2010 William R. Breetz
2009 Laurie S. Werling
2009 Alan E. Green ’74
2008 Rafael A. Santiago ’83
2007 Kurt A. Strasser
2006 Nell Jessup Newton
2005 Alfred V. Covello ’60
2004 James D. Bartolini ’75
2003 Donna F. Martinez ’78
2002 Barbara B. Kennelly
2001 Dr. Henry C. Lee
2000 Hugh C. Macgill
1999 John C. Brittain
1998 Robert J. Callahan
1997 David W. Collins ’58
1994 Robert C. Zampano
1993 Ellen Ash Peters
1992 Cornelius J. Scanlon
1991 Peter A. Lane ’67
1990 George Schatzki
1989 Ethel S. Sorokin ’53
1988 Thomas C. McKone ’49
1987 Howard R. Sacks
1986 Phillip I. Blumberg
1975 George F. Sherwood ’66
1974 Aaron Nassau
2018 Perry Zinn-Rowthorn ’97
2017 Eric D. Coleman ’77
2016 Linda J. Kelly ’76
2015 Susan B. Handy '80
2014 Harry D. Weller '79
2013 John A. Danaher, III '80
2012 Pedro E. Segarra ’85
2009 Nora R. Dannehy
2007 Michael R. Sheldon
2006 Joan Glazer Margolis ’78
1990 Thomas P. Smith ’72
1989 Robert I. Berdon ’57
1988 Eunice S. Groark ’65
1987 Anne M. Hamilton ’73 & Rosalind S. Katz ’78
1975 William D. Graham ’49
1974 Robert C. Leuba ’60
2015 Robert M. Langer '73
2012 The Honorable Ellen Ash Peters
2010 Anthony V. DeMayo ’51
2008 William F. Gallagher ’63
2004 Ralph Gregory Elliot
1990 William B. Rush ’59
1989 Wesley W. Horton ’70
1988 William S. Zeman ’41
1987 Robert W. Fiondella ’68
1975 William R. Davis ’55
1974 George F. Muir ’39
