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Middletown Resident Named CBA Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

Attorney Sylvia K. Rutkowska will serve as assistant secretary-treasurer of the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) during the 2014-2015 bar year.

Attorney Rutkowska is an Associate Attorney at Dzialo Pickett & Allen PC in Middletown, practicing primarily in personal injury, civil litigation, land use, and municipal law matters. Most recently, she has been recognized as a “New Leader in the Law” in 2013 by the Connecticut Law Tribune and a Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund: 40 Women for the Next 40 Years” honoree.

Her activities in the Connecticut Bar Association include member of the House of Delegates (2011-2014) and Board of Governors (2012-2014) as well as serving on the executive committees of the Young Lawyers Section (2009-present) and Litigation Section (2011-present).

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In addition, Sylvia is a member of the Pro Bono Committee for the Judicial Public Service and Trust Commission and the Quinnipiac University School of Law Alumni Association Executive Committee as well as Barrister for the Oliver Ellsworth American Inn of Court.

The Connecticut Bar Association is governed by a Board of Governors and House of Delegates. The House of Delegates is its primary decision-making and policy-making body; while the Board of Governors is its administrative board that is responsible for budgetary and financial matters other than setting annual dues. There are also seven officer positions held by members of the Association for a one-year term. The seven positions are president, immediate past president, president-elect, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and assistant secretary-treasurer.

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As assistant secretary-treasurer of the Connecticut Bar Association, Rutkowska calls the roll at meetings of the House of Delegates and may be asked to fulfill the role of either or both the secretary and/or the treasurer in their absence.

The Connecticut Bar Association is a professional association committed to the advancement of justice, the protection of liberty, and to safeguarding the dignity of the legal profession. For more information, please visit www.ctbar.org.




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