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Michael Menapace
| President, Hartford County Bar Association
By John Stearns
jstearns@HartfordBusiness.com
Michael Menapace, new president of the
1,800-member Hartford County Bar Association
(HCBA), started his career as a musician and music
teacher before striking a new
chord as a lawyer in 2003.
A partner in the litigation
department in Wiggin and
Dana's Hartford office, Me-
napace graduated from The
Hartt School at University
of Hartford in 1993, taught
middle school music in Mary-
land for a year, then returned
to Hartt to teach saxophone,
chamber music and related courses for nine years.
He was a classical saxophonist with an interest in
contemporary art music and performed with the
Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He also had a solo
career, performing nationally and internationally.
"While the career of performer and teacher ap-
pealed to me, I was being asked to take on more
administrative duties at the school and I did not
really want to be a college administrator, so it
was time to make a change," said Menapace, who
has remained involved with Hartt.
Menapace got valuable experience at what's
now Dewey LeBoeuf, then joined Wiggin about
9½ years ago. He focuses on complex commercial
litigation, the insurance and reinsurance indus-
tries, and data breach/cyber liability issues.
What is the issue Hartford County lawyers are
most concerned about?
Competition from online legal services is
something the industry is struggling with. Those
services cannot provide the breadth of attention
and expertise that a lawyer can and businesses
and people who use them have little recourse if
something goes awry.
We are also trying to address the many people
coming to court representing themselves. The
Connecticut Community Law Center at UConn, a
legal incubator HCBA helped start, is one option.
CCLC provides legal representation with attorneys
early in their practice to people of modest means.
If you had to offer businesses one piece of advice
on insurance or cybersecurity, what would it be?
Working candidly and honestly with regulators is
usually the best course. Regulators are often open to
conversations and are understanding when things
inevitably go wrong as long as businesses have been
forthright and trying to do the right thing.
When it comes to cybersecurity, the era of
sticking your head in the sand is over. Every
business is a target.
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Michael Menapace
UConn's rainmaker to depart
"The only reason I was able
to attend college was because
of scholarships so raising funds
for low-income and meritorious
students has always been a
passion of mine."
UConn Foundation CEO
Joshua R. Newton, who is
leaving for a job at Emory University next month
after raising nearly $400 million for the foundation
over the past five years.
Major bank deal
"Our customers will benefit
from their broader array of
products, enhanced access
to technology and digital
capabilities, as well as the
bank's seven-day-a-week Stop
& Shop branch locations."
Farmington Bank CEO
John Patrick Jr. on his lender's recently
announced deal to be acquired by People's
United Bank for $544 million.
