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Attorney General George Jepsen
said he picked Levine to fill the role
for two reasons. First, Levine has
gone toe-to-toe and come out ahead
against some of the country's top
environmental lawyers, in cases like
the prosecution of power plants in
states downwind of Connecticut that
send their pollution to New England.
"He is one the leading state
environmental attorneys in the
whole country on these issues,"
Jepsen said. "He has well-developed
relationships with peers around the
country and major industry players."
Secondly, Levine addresses each
case practically and won't blow is-
sues out of proportion to inflate his
ego or get himself noticed, Jepsen
said. This use of discretion and lis-
Kimberly Massicotte
TITLE: Associate Attorney General
for Litigation
IMMEDIATE PAST TITLE: Assistant
Attorney General, head of
Environment Department
LAW SCHOOL: Western New
England College
JOINED AG OFFICE: 1998
TIME AS ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
HEAD: 18 years
INFO: Massicotte has served on
the Connecticut Environmental
Justice Coalition and has
appeared as a guest speaker
at Yale Law School and the
University of Hartford.
Green Fact:
Connecticut has
184 active brownfield
remediation projects.
SOURCE: CT OPEN DATA
