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Windsor Resident Honored at New CBA Awards Celebration

The Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) is proud to announce Attorney Diane W. Whitney as the recipient of this year’s Charles J. Parker Legal Services Award.

 

Diane W. Whitney practices with Pullman & Comley LLC in Hartford where she chairs the firm’s Environmental Law Department. Attorney Whitney practices in the areas of environmental, toxic torts, and land use law and is involved in the defense of toxic tort claims throughout the country.

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As an active member of the CBA, she holds membership in the Litigation Section; Environmental Law Section, also serving on its executive committee; Planning and Zoning Section; and has served on the House of Delegates for district 12. In addition to her CBA membership, she is a member of the Hartford County Bar Association, American Bar Association, and is a Coopers Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation. In her town of Windsor, she has served on the Planning & Zoning Commission.

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The Charles J. Parker Legal Services Award was presented to Whitney at the CBA’s new annual awards celebration, “Celebrate with the Stars,” on April 3 at Cascade in Hamden sponsored by Geraghty & Bonnano LLC, Attorneys at Law and Kronholm Insurance Services.

 

For decades, the association has honored leaders in the legal profession for their professional accomplishments and community service as part of the CBA Annual Meeting. This year, a special evening was dedicated to recognizing Connecticut’s top judges and lawyers who make a difference through their work by demonstrating allegiance, dedication, conscientious service, commitment, and mentorship.

 

“Celebrate with the Stars” is an exciting occasion where professionals and supporters of the legal industry can mix and mingle with their peers in a lively, celebratory evening out. Other awards presented at “Celebrate with the Stars” included: the John Eldred Shields Distinguished Professional Service Award, the Henry J. Naruk Judiciary Award, the Tapping Reeve Legal Educator Award, the Citizen of the Law Award, and The Honorable Anthony V. DeMayo Pro Bono Award.

 

The recipient of the Charles J. Parker Legal Services Award must meet the following criteria: he or she must be a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, should have deep and abiding interest in and dedication to delivery of legal services to the disadvantaged in Connecticut and has given selflessly of themselves in advancing the goal of providing legal services to all Connecticut residents, and should cover a period of years and not be a single or isolated activity.

 

Attorney Whitney was selected based on nominations submitted to the CBA Awards Committee.

 

The Connecticut Bar Association is a professional association committed to the advancement of justice, the practice of law, the image of the profession, and public understanding of the law. For more information, please visit www.ctbar.org.

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