CARMODY TORRANCE SANDAK & HENNESSEY - Key Persons


Adam C. Brocklehurst

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Stamford
Adam is an associate in the Corporate & Business Services practice focusing on corporate, commercial and transactional matters. He works with businesses of all sizes across a wide variety of industries and assists with entity formation, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and debt and equity financing.

Amanda C. Nugent

Job Titles:
  • Director of Talent & Diversity

Ann H. Rubin

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Waterbury

Ann H. Zucker

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Stamford

Arthur G. Schaier

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / New Haven

Ashley M. Spinosa

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Stamford
Ashley is an associate in the Corporate & Business Services practice focusing on corporate, commercial, and transactional matters. She works with businesses of all sizes across a wide variety of industries.

Barbara Ercoli

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Business Income and New Business Intake

Benjamin H. Pomerantz

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of the Firm
  • Partner / Stamford
Ben is a leading member of the firm's cannabis industry group and has a wealth of knowledge and practical experience regarding the state and national cannabis, hemp, and CBD industries regulations. Partner, Ben Pomerantz, was quoted in the Hartford Business Journal regarding 2024 predictions for the cannabis industry and its regulations in Connecticut.

Brian T. Henebry - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
  • Partner
  • Partner / Waterbury
Brian is the former Managing Partner of the firm and led the efforts resulting in the combination of Carmody & Torrance and Sandak, Hennessey & Greco in 2014.

Bridget D'Angelo

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / New Haven

Brock T. Dubin

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Guilford

Carmody Adds Experienced

Job Titles:
  • Real Estate Partner in Stamford
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP is pleased to announce that Carolyn J. Cavolo has joined the firm's Real Estate & Land Use team as a Partner in its Stamford office. Cavolo focuses her practice on sophisticated commercial real estate transactions advising owners, investors, developers, financial institutions, and planned community

Carolyn J. Cavolo

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Stamford

Christopher J. Rooney

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / New Haven

Chrysta Plummer

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager

Colleen Noonan Davis

Job Titles:
  • Counsel
  • Counsel / Guilford

Craig Appel - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

Damian K. Gunningsmith

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / New Haven

Daniel C. Chapple

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Stamford
  • Associate in Carmody 's Real
Daniel Chapple is an associate in Carmody's Real Estate practice group. He focuses on Land Use Law. Prior to joining Carmody, Dan served as a law clerk at the Connecticut Appellate Court for two years. In his first year, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable José A. Suárez. In his second year, he served as a law clerk to Senior Judge Alexandra D. DiPentima and several judge trial referees, where his responsibilities included, in part, assisting with land use petitions for certification. During law school, Dan served as an articles editor of the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal and worked for all three years at the Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative. He also served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Alvin W. Thompson (D. Conn.), completed a field placement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and interned at the Connecticut Fair Housing Center. Affiliations Connecticut Bar Association

Daniel L. Conant

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Stamford

David M. Orschel - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Director of IT

David S. Hardy

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / New Haven

David T. Grudberg

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / New Haven

Deborah R. Brancato

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Stamford

Domenico Zaino

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Waterbury
  • Practice Group Leader - Corporate & Business

Douglas A. Balko

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Waterbury

Eileen Schain

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Manager

Elizabeth A. B. Suchy

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / Stamford

Eric J. Herst

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate / Waterbury
  • Associate in Carmody 's Litigation
Eric Herst is an associate in Carmody's Litigation practice and represents a diverse array of clients from startup founders, rideshare transportation companies and private equity funds to individuals and small business owners. Eric received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School. During law school Eric was a judicial intern for the Honorable Magistrate Judge Bruce J. McGiverin of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in San Juan. Eric was also a participant in Harvard Law School's Negotiation and Mediation Clinic where he helped design a restorative justice curriculum to be implemented in a public school system. Eric received his B.A. magna cum laude from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Fatima Lahnin

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Partner / New Haven

Gary S. Klein

Job Titles:
  • Partner

George W. Crawford Black Bar - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Giovanna Tiberii Weller

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Practice Group Leader - Litigation

Gregg T. Burton

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Hon. Douglas C. Mintz

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Hon. Salvatore C. Agati

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Howard K. Levine

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Jacqueline O. Kaufman

Job Titles:
  • Partner

James K. Robertson Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Partner

James W. Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Fellow Connecticut Bar Foundation

Janie L. McDermott

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Jason A. Klein

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Jason R. Gagnon

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Jay H. Sandak

Job Titles:
  • of Counsel

Jeffrey M. Beck

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Jeffrey R. Houle

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Jennifer A. Calcagni

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Johanna K. Bachmair

Job Titles:
  • Associate

John R. Horvack Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Joseph Dornfried

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Joseph L. Kinsella

Job Titles:
  • Partner ( Retired )

Karina Arredondo

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Kevin G. Palumberi

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Kevin M. Greco

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Kristianna L. Tyler

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Lauren M. Hopwood

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Lawrence D. Paelet

Job Titles:
  • Counsel

Lindsay T. Reed

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Lisa L. Feinberg

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Practice Group Leader - Real Estate & Land Use

Maggie E. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Makana Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Marc J. Kurzman

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Maria L. Laurato

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Mark F. Williams

Job Titles:
  • of Counsel

Mark J. Malaspina

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Matthew H. Gaul

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Matthew H. Geelan

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Matthew R. Peterson

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Maureen Danehy Cox

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Meaghan M. Miles

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Meghan F. Buckley

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Michael G. Durham

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Michael J. Reardon

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Michael P. Sweeney

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Practice Group Leader - Real Estate & Land Use

Patrick J. Hanna

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Patrick M. Noonan

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Peter M. Nolin

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Practice Group Leader - Litigation

Rebecca Minihane

Job Titles:
  • Director of Business Development

Sarah S. Healey

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Sherwin M. Yoder

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Stephanie E. Cummings

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Stephen J. Conover

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Tamara M. Nyce

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Thomas J. Sansone

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Thomas R. Candrick Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Practice Group Leader - Corporate & Business

Timothy A. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Counsel

Todd Michaelis

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Trudie R. Hamilton

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Vincent D'Amore

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Vincent Farisello

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Wesley D. Cain

Job Titles:
  • Partner

William J. Hennessey Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Partner

William M. O'Donnell III

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Wilton YMCA

Job Titles:
  • Directors - Secretary & Member, 2001 - 2011