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CONNECTICUT MOVERS JULY 20, 2020 ¦ 3

McCarter & English Adds New Partner,
Special Counsel in Hartford

By Michael Marciano

The Hartford office of McCarter & English has
strengthened its team with the addition of new part-
ner Rolan Joni Young and special counsel Christine
Owens Morgan.
Young brings a background in affordable housing,
healthcare, community and economic development
to McCarter’s real estate Practice Group. She has
spent more than 25 years working on significant
real-estate development projects in Connecticut.
Morgan also brings experience in affordable
housing, representing developers in real-estate
acquisitions and related financings. She has struc-
tured joint ventures, addressed easement issues and
provided local counsel opinions on development Rolan Joni Young, left, and Christine Owens Morgan of
projects. Morgan and Young have worked together Hartford’s McCarter & English.

on many affordable housing and economic develop- community healthcare projects,” said Young, who
ment projects. has also been a champion of social justice initiatives
“Rolan and Christine each bring a unique and in- and was the first woman president of the Greater
credibly valuable combination of skill, experience New Haven NAACP.
and insight to our real estate and public finance Morgan has extensive experience representing
teams,” said Joe Boccassini, managing partner at Mc- affordable housing developers in projects involv-
Carter & English. “We are very excited to welcome ing rental units, condominium units for first-time
them to the firm and to build on Rolan’s extensive homeowners and mixed-use developments. She as-
deal experience in the community healthcare arena sists these developers in acquiring the development
and their collective experience in the affordable sites and financing the projects through convention-
housing sector.” al sources, governmental grants and loans, and tax
Young represents clients in commercial real es- credits.
tate, affordable housing, community and economic Morgan also serves on the grievance panel for the
development, as well as public and municipal law New Haven Judicial District and is a life fellow of
matters. She assists developers, lenders, private the Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper
and public organizations in building consen- Fellows.
sus and support for development proposals. The McCarter & English has more than 375 lawyers
Housing Authority of the City of New Haven is a across the country.
current client. ¦

“I’m very excited to be joining a firm with a deep- Michael Marciano is bureau chief of the Con-
er real estate and public finance footprint and to necticut Law Tribune. He can be reached at
work with private and public developers throughout [email protected] or call 646-957-3022. On
the Northeast on important affordable housing and Twitter: @BreakingCTLaw

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