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CONNECTICUT MOVERS JUNE 15, 2020 ¦ 3

New Hires Amid Pandemic Slowdown

By Michael Marciano

Kristin Connors, partner at Stockman O’Connor Connors in Bridgeport, Connecticut, left, and Jake Pylman,
new associate at Brody Wilkinson in Southport, Connecticut, right.

New Named Partner at Stockman the firm’s employees, colleagues and friends. With
Bridgeport firm Stockman O’Connor recently the addition of Connors, the firm’s roster of attor-
bucked the trend of firms making cutbacks amid neys grows to 10.
the COVID-19 pandemic and brought on a new Connors has defended many high-exposure med-
named partner, Kristin Connors, effectively updat- ical malpractice claims on behalf of physicians and
ing the firm’s name to Stockman O’Connor Connors, medical facilities in the northeast and mid-Atlantic
or SOC. states, where she has also served as trial monitor-
Formerly the head of Carmody Torrance San- ing counsel. She has also been personal monitoring
dak & Hennessey’s healthcare team, Connors is an counsel for physicians in insurance matters and
award-winning and highly respected lawyer who recently tried three medical malpractice cases suc-
makes this lateral move with nearly three decades cessfully to verdict, including one in which evidence
of experience in medical malpractice law. In a press was heard over the course of 10 weeks.
release, SOC noted that the change “comes at a Connors has represented clients before the state
time when so many facets of our lives are in flux. Department of Public Health and Office of Health
As a firm we are weathering them together, adapt- Care Access, as well as the U.S. Department of
ing and changing with the times,” with a focus on
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