Two new associate state attorneys general have emerged in Attorney General George Jepsen’s reshuffling of the office to improve management and allow the state’s lawyers to do their jobs better.
Gregory D’Auria of Hebron was named associate attorney general/solicitor general, with responsibility for supervising and assisting state and federal appeals throughout the agency.
Margaret Chapple of Granby is now associate attorney general for administration and management. She will be oversee professional training and development as well as office policies and procedures.
Both appointments are effective April 14. In the department’s hierarchy, after Jepsen and his Deputy Nora Dannehy, are four associate attorneys general, followed by more than 200 assistant attorneys general, more than a dozen of whom are department heads.
In other changes, Assistant Attorney General Mark Kohler of North Haven will replace D’Auria as head of the special litigation and charities unit.
Assistant Attorney General Antoria Howard of Bloomfield will lead the employment rights unit that Chapple previously headed.
Assistant Attorney General Clare Kindall of West Hartford will succeed Kohler as head of what will be a newly created energy department, representing the state Department of Public Utility Control.
All served under previous attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, now one of Connecticut’s two U.S. senators.
