HEIMAN AWARD WINNER
Jeffrey J. White, an associate in the business litigation practice at Robinson & Cole LLP, received the Judge Maxwell Heiman Memorial Award at the Hartford County Bar Association’s annual meeting on April 6. The award goes to an attorney in the first 10 years of practice who exemplifies the service to the legal profession, ethics, scholarship, and devotion to clients that were the hallmarks of Judge Heiman’s professional career. Pictured is White, left, receiving the award from Raymond C. Bliss, past president of the bar association and member at Baker O’Sullivan & Bliss PC.
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Murtha Cullina LLP RECEIVEs BUSINESS VOLunteer award
Hands on Hartford presented Murtha Cullina’s Hartford office with its Business Volunteer Award on April 11 at the South Congregational Church.
The law firm has implemented an in-house community service program in which attorneys and staff volunteer lunch hours three times each month to serve meals at the MANNA soup kitchen in the Parish House of Christ Church Cathedral.
Hands On Hartford is an organization that connects Connecticut businesses and residents with volunteer opportunities, including working with Hartford’s homeless, unemployed and needy residents.
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Shipman & Goodwin LLP Honored
The Washington, D.C. office of Shipman & Goodwin was among those honored for pro bono work with Women Empowered Against Violence, a Washington-area nonprofit that provides a wide range of services to survivors of violence. Under the leadership of partner James Ruggeri, the firm’s Washington, D.C. office made working with victims of domestic violence its pro bono priority when the office opened in May 2010. Pro Bono Coordinator Tara Plochocki said more than 95 percent of the office’s pro bono work is done for WEAVE.
Shipman & Goodwin LLP has more than 140 attorneys in offices in Hartford, Stamford, Greenwich and Lakeville as well as Washington, D.C.
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CT Orthopaedic Society HONORS Dr.Biondino
The Connecticut Orthopaedic Society will present its Orthopaedist of the Year award posthumously to C. Robert Biondino.
The award is the society’s highest honor. Dr. Biondino was selected by his peers for his leadership role in medicine, dedication to the practice of orthopaedic surgery and active participation in the field. He was a partner in the Meriden Orthopedic Group for 21 years and a founder of Comprehensive Orthopedics’ where he worked for the past nine years. He died last fall at 67.
The award will be presented to his widow, Sharon Biondino, at the society’s annual meeting on May 13.
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