Local law firm Murtha Cullina has picked Andy I. Corea to serve as its managing partner as of Jan. 1.
The firm has offices in New Haven, Stamford and Hartford, as well as locations in New York and Massachusetts.
Corea will take over for Jennifer Morgan DelMonico, who has served as managing partner since 2015. In the new year, she will resume her full-time practice representing corporate clients in product liability and commercial litigation disputes.
Corea, a Woodbridge resident, currently serves as chair of the firm’s Business and Finance Department, and he is a partner in its Intellectual Property Practice Group.
“I am excited and tremendously honored that my partners have entrusted me to succeed Jen, who set a high bar in managing the firm,” Corea said in an announcement. “This is an exciting time at Murtha. We have integrated numerous lateral partners to improve the depth and breadth of our services, and we are strengthening our diversity and inclusion and pro bono initiatives.”
Corea is an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law. He received his law degree from the George Mason University School of Law and B.A. from the College of William and Mary.
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Avangrid names Brian Harrell to lead security
Brian Harrell
Avangrid, an energy company based in Orange, has picked Brian Harrell for the role of chief security officer and vice president of physical and cybersecurity.
Harrell will lead a comprehensive information, critical infrastructure and cybersecurity program across Avangrid’s eight network companies, which include United Illuminating and Southern Connecticut Gas Co. in Connecticut.
“I am proud to join the team and apply my expertise to protect Avangrid’s assets and help ensure the safety and security of our operations,” Harrell said.
Pete Church, Avangrid’s senior vice president of corporate administration and chief human resources officer, said serious cybersecurity and infrastructure threats to energy systems have grown “significantly.”
“Protection of these assets is critically important to Avangrid and our customers, and Brian is particularly qualified to help us continue to guard against evolving security threats to the energy industry,” Church said.
Harrell previously served as assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security and as assistant director at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.