BROWN JACOBSON - Key Persons


Aimee Siefert

Job Titles:
  • Director / Commercial

Attorney Michael D. Colonese

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
  • Director

Cassie N. Jameson

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
  • Civil Litigation Attorney
Cassie Jameson graduated Summa Cum Laude from Quinnipiac University School of Law in 2009, where she won awards for distinguished academic achievement, excellence in oral advocacy, and outstanding legal scholarship. Following law school, Cassie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bethany J. Alvord of the Appellate Court of Connecticut. In 2010, she joined Brown Jacobson, where she currently practices civil litigation including employment and personal injury law, and appellate advocacy. Cassie has researched and briefed a variety of Appellate issues and has successfully argued before the Connecticut Supreme Court. She is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association's House of Delegates and former member of the Board of Governors. Education University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A., 1999 Quinnipiac University, J.D., 2009

Jeffrey F. Buebendorf

Job Titles:
  • Director / Employment

Jeffrey R. Godley

Job Titles:
  • Director / Commercial and Residential Real Estate / Commercial Finance / Banking
  • Public Member
Jeffrey Godley practices in the area of residential and commercial real estate, banking law that includes commercial litigation and foreclosures, municipal law, and planning and zoning law. While at Western New England College School of Law, Mr. Godley served as a Staff Member (1985-86) and Managing Editor (1986-87) of the Western New England Law Review. He also authored "Defining the CIA's Intelligence Sources as an Exemption to the Freedom of Information Act - CIA v. Sims, 471 U.S. 159 (1985)", 9 Western New England Law Review 333 (1987). Upon graduation, he served as a legal research clerk for the Connecticut Judicial Department until joining Brown Jacobson in 1989. Mr. Godley is a public member, representing the State of Connecticut, of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, New England Association of Schools and Colleges. He is Legal Counsel for, and an ex officio member of the Board of Directors of The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut, Inc. He is a member of, and past President, of the Three Rivers Community College Foundation, a past member of the Executive Board of the Connecticut Rivers Council, Boy Scouts of America, and a Corporator of Chelsea Groton Bank. In 2006 Mr. Godley received the National Distinguished Service Award from the Boy Scouts of America and in 2013 the Connecticut Rivers Council, Boy Scouts of America, presented him with their Outstanding Leadership Award. Education University of Connecticut, B.A., 1984 Western New England College School of Law, J.D., 1987

John F. Duggan

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Trustee of the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
Mr. Duggan has served as Trustee of the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut and as Vice President of The Community Foundation of the Tri County Area. He is a past Trustee of The Community Foundation of Southeastern Connecticut, a former Treasurer and Board Member of the American Red Cross of Southeastern Connecticut and a former member of the Rose City Senior Center Job Bank Advisory Board.

Laurie A. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal

Linda J. Slonski

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal
Linda Slonski has been employed in the legal field for over 30 years and is an essential member of the Plaintiffs Practice Group. She obtained her paralegal certificate from UConn and for the past 16 years has worked closely with Attorney Michael Colonese in the areas of personal injury litigation and workers' compensation. She is a member of the Central Connecticut Paralegal Association and the Connecticut Bar Association. She brings professionalism and compassion to her job and is dedicated to helping clients get through a difficult time in their lives.

Michael E. Driscoll

Job Titles:
  • Director
Michael Driscoll has an active civil litigation practice that includes insurance defense, employment law and municipal law. He currently serves as Corporation Counsel for the City of Norwich. Mr. Driscoll has trial experience in both state and federal courts and has presented arguments before the Connecticut appellate courts. He is Diocesan Counsel for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich. Mr. Driscoll serves as a Corporator of Chelsea Groton Savings Bank and the Norwich Free Academy. He has served on the State of Connecticut Library Board and as President of the Otis Library Board. Education Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., B.S., 1970 Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., J.D., 1973