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Eileen P. Conneely
Associate, New Haven Office

(203) 786-8317 econneely@uks.com
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Eileen Conneely is an associate in the firm's New Haven office. She practices in the area of environmental law.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Conneely served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ellen Bree Burns, Senior United States District Judge, in New Haven, Connecticut. While she was in law school, Ms. Conneely served as a student prosecutor at the United States Attorney's Office, E.D.N.Y. She also served as a legal intern at the New York County District Attorney's Office, BLS Legal Services Corporation in Brooklyn, New York and at Advocates for Children, New York, New York. Prior to law school she worked as a public health educator and researcher. Ms. Conneely also served for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sri Lanka.

Ms. Conneely received her J.D., cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, where she received the Judge Doris A. Thompson and Judge Edward Thompson Award for Excellence in Professional Skills. She received her M.P.H. from Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, New York, and her B.A. from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

Practice Focus
Education
  • J.D., cum laude, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, 2003 

    Judge Doris A. Thompson and Judge Edward Thompson Award for Excellence in Professional Skills

    Journal of Law and Policy, Member 2001-2003, Primary Note & Comment Editor

    Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship

    Co-Chair, Brooklyn Law Students Against Domestic Violence 2002-2003
     
  • M.P.H., Population and Family Health, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY 1997
  • B.A., Political Science and English, The University of Connecticut, Storrs 1989
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Professional & Community
Associations

Bar & Court Admissions
  • State of Connecticut
  • State of  New York
  • US District Court, District of Connecticut
Publications
  • Co-author, "Facts and Fiction Regarding Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation: A Pilot Study in New York City", 52 Journal of the American Medical Women's Association 174, October 1997 
  • "Department of Homeland Security Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards: College and University Initial Compliance Obligations," NACUANOTES (Vol. 6, No. 1), January, 2008