Gov. Ned Lamont announced Wednesday he is appointing Sarah Karwan to serve as general counsel in the governor’s office, effective Friday.
Karwan currently serves as counsel to the commissioner of the state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, where she has worked since 2023.
She will succeed Natalie Braswell, who left the position last week to begin serving in her new role as interim chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system.
Lamont said Karwan has an “impressive skill set and work ethic.”
Karwan previously worked from 2007 to 2023 as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, including as chief of the Criminal Division.
Before joining public service, Karwan worked as an attorney in private practice with the firm of Orans, Elsen, and Lupert LLP in New York from 2002 to 2007. She began her law career as a federal clerk for Chief United States District Court Judge Alfred Covello in the District of Connecticut.
She has a bachelor’s degree in government from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law.
