Attorney General William Tong announced Wednesday that he has appointed Eileen Meskill to serve as deputy attorney general, succeeding Margaret Q. Chapple who will retire this month after more than 30 years in the attorney general’s office.
Meskill is the daughter of former Gov. Thomas J. Meskill, who served in office between 1971 to 1975. He also served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Meskill will be sworn in by Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Gregory T. D’Auria at 3 p.m. today.
Meskill currently serves as the associate attorney general and chief of the division of government administration, overseeing the functions of the office’s child support and collections, infrastructure and economic development and special litigation sections.
She joined the office in 1997 after working as an associate with the firm of Gaffney, Kane, Reynolds & Sullivan.
Meskill graduated from Fairfield University with a degree in economics and from the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Daughter of former CT governor named deputy attorney general
