Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen on Tuesday swapped out the leadership of his Environmental Department, replacing the head who ran the division for 18 years.
Assistant Attorney General Kimberly Massicotte, who had served as environment department head since 1997, had been named the new associate attorney general for litigation, replacing the retiring Margaret Chapple.
Massicotte, a 27-year veteran of the attorney general’s office, is a graduate of the Western New England College School of Law and will start her new duties April 1.
Replacing Massicotte as environment department head will be Assistant Attorney General Matthew Levine, who joined the office in 1996 after graduating the Quinnipiac University School of Law. He has worked with the environment department since 1999, focusing on enforcement litigation with the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection.
In other leadership change, Assistant Attorney General Lorrie Lewis Adeyemi will take over as head of the Consumer Protection Department, replacing Phillip Rosario, who left in February to take a deputy bureau chief position with the Federal Communications Commission. Adeyemi graduated the UConn School of Law and joined the attorney general’s office in 1990.
Finally, Assistant Attorney General Linsley Barbato will take over the Torts/Civil Rights Department, replacing the retiring Matie Barainca. Barbato graduated the UConn School of Law and joined the attorney general’s office in 1994.
