Hartford Business Journal

30 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | FEBRUARy 20, 2023 2023 POWER 50 the Connecticut Bar Association. In December 2021, he was appointed chairman of the Connecticut Busi- ness & Industry Association's Energy & Environment Council. He was named the Connecticut Law Tribune's Attorney of the Year in 2015. Moy Ogilvie The Connecticut Busi- ness & Industry Association is known for appointing top business leaders to its board of directors. Moy Ogilvie, Hart- ford office managing partner of law firm McCarter & English, joined that roster in December. She was one of 10 new members elected to CBIA's board, which helps set the legislative agenda for the business advocacy group. Ogilvie, one of the few Black women managing partners in the state and country, is a leader inside and outside her firm. She was named managing partner of McCarter & English's Hartford office in 2018, but held leadership roles before that. She was appointed the firm's diversity and inclusion partner in 2017, in charge of coor- dinating and overseeing initiatives aimed at recruiting, promoting and retaining women and diverse lawyers. Ogilvie is also a prominent speaker and has taken part in many forums and lectures. She is active with the Connecticut Bar Association, George W. Crawford Black Bar Association, Connecticut Judicial Branch's Access to Justice Commission, and the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity. At one point, Gov. Ned Lamont appointed Ogilvie to serve on the Connecticut Criminal Justice Commission. Her areas of practice include commercial litigation matters, representing clients in toxic tort and product liability cases. Erin Stewart New Britain's Republican Mayor Erin Stewart is serving in her fifth two-year term and shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, earlier this month she announced she's running for a sixth term. Stewart, daughter of former four- term New Britain Republican Mayor Timothy Stewart, broke ground on eight development projects in 2022, totaling nearly $156 million in investment. Last year, she also oversaw the launch of projects like phase sity, spending his junior year at The London School of Economics. He then received his master's degree and Ph.D. from Princeton University, and has been a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. "We founded Fairview to bridge the gap between institutional sources of capital and exceptionally capable investment professionals who could deploy those resources profitably in environments that support a broad spectrum of entrepreneurs," according to Morse. "To spark true change, we create opportunities for as many gifted people as we possibly can. One can't ignore any repositories of talent if we're going to build the kind of society that we all say we want. We don't care about your packaging or what you look like. We're looking for the quality of your mind and character and the impact you ignite with those tools. That's what matters for the future." Lee D. Hoffman Lee D. Hoffman is a well-known Hartford lawyer who got an elevated status last year when he was elected chairman of law firm Pullman & Comley, one of the largest law firms in Greater Hartford and Connecticut. Hoffman joined Pullman in July 2003, and has been a member of the executive committee since 2013. Until recently, he was co-chair of the firm's real estate, energy, environmental and land-use department. Hoffman's practice has been focused on energy projects, environ- mental regulatory requirements and brownfield redevelopment. Hoffman said he and his firm have growth aspirations. One of his top priorities in the new role is to expand Pullman's footprint in satellite offices in and outside Connecticut and grow the firm's attorney roster. Pullman & Comley has already been making moves. In September, it opened its first Rhode Island office. In 2019, it opened a Springfield, Massachusetts location. "Our expansion, both in terms of adding attorneys and moving into new geographic areas, is in response to market opportunities and our clients' needs," Hoffman told the Hartford Business Journal in October. "We have a century of history and deep roots in Connecticut … but, at the same time, our clients have legal needs across the region, and that has been the impetus behind our growth in Massachusetts and Rhode Island." Pullman has Connecticut offices in Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury and Westport, in addition to a White Plains, New York outpost. Hoffman is the immediate past chair of the environmental section of including lawyers and staff, as well as throughout the Northeast, Mid-At- lantic, Florida and California. Tobin's practice focuses on the litigation, arbitration and mediation of complex disputes involving insur- ance and reinsurance coverage. She has been involved in high-profile coverage litigation, including cases arising out of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, sexual abuse claims involving the Catholic Church and academic institutions, and coverage issues stemming from the #MeToo movement and COVID-19 pandemic. She has been a member of Robin- son+Cole's managing committee since 2009 and co-chaired the firm's litigation section from 2007 to 2021. JoAnn H. Price & Laurence C. Morse JoAnn H. Price and Laurence C. Morse founded in 1994 what is now one of the largest minority-owned private equity investment management firms in the United States. Price and Morse are co-founders and managing partners of West Hartford-based Fairview Capital Partners, which is headquartered in Blue Back Square and has an office in San Francisco. Fairview, which has managed about $10 billion in committed capital since its inception, recently landed a $50-million invest- ment from billionaire Steve Ballmer – former CEO of Microsoft Corp. and current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA basketball franchise – and his wife, Connie. The money is part of $400 million the Ballmers committed to Black investment managers and Black businesses last November, with the goal of increasing capital to underserved markets. Fairview will match the Ballmers' investment with $50 million from other portfolios it manages. Between 80% and 100% will be invested in early-stage venture capital funds, and up to 20% in later-stage growth equity funds. Price grew up in North Wales, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Howard University, becoming a legis- lative assistant for U.S. Sen. Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania. She was president of the National Association of Investment Companies in the early 1990s. Before co-founding Fairview, Morse worked for TSG Ventures, Equico Capital Corp. and UNC Ventures. He graduated from Howard Univer- "Leander's background in private practice, including her years of counsel to educational institutions and organizations that foster the development of children, make her more than qualified to serve on this commission," Lamont said of her appointment. Dolphin began her legal career in 2004 and has led Shipman & Good- win's diversity, equity and inclusion committee. In her practice, she regularly advises universities, colleges, public school districts, independent schools and other clients on a variety of education and employment matters. Prior to joining Shipman, Dolphin was the vice president of human resources and general counsel for the Girl Scouts of Connecticut. Dolphin graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 and received her law degree from Howard University School of Law in 2004. With its headquarters at One Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford, Shipman & Goodwin also has offices in New Haven, Old Lyme, Stamford, Greenwich, Lakeville and New York. Rhonda Tobin In 2021, attorney Rhonda Tobin became the first woman to be named managing partner of Hartford law firm Robinson+Cole, joining the growing ranks of females assuming top leadership roles in Greater Hartford's legal sector. In 2022, she led a key decision to keep the law firm in Hartford. In July, Tobin announced Robin- son+Cole was relocating from its current 280 Trumbull St. home, where it has been based for four decades, to the historic Hartford Steam Boiler building at One State St. As part of the move, which is expected to take place in September, Robinson+Cole will reduce its foot- print from 120,000 square feet on six floors to 75,000 square feet on five top floors at State Street. The new site will be the sixth Hartford location in the law firm's 177-year history, and it's representa- tive of the evolving way companies think about and use office space amid the rise of the hybrid work model. One of the key components of the move, Tobin said, was that the firm decided to go to single-size offices for all lawyers, which is allowing the company to shrink its footprint. Gone are the days of partners with big offices and fancy furniture. The relocation also comes as Robinson+Cole is undergoing a growth spurt that's held steady through the pandemic. It now has over 200 employees in the city, 16 17 18 19 20 Rhonda Tobin JoAnn H. Price Lee D. Hoffman Moy Ogilvie Erin Stewart Laurence C. Morse

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