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On Saturday May 20, 2023, UKS participated in Connecticut Foodshare’s 2023 Walk Against Hunger by walking in Hartford to raise awareness and money to fight hunger in our communities.  UKS’ contributions were made directly to the Friendship Service Center in New Britain.  The Walk Against Hunger raised a grand total of $278,631!  (Pictured - Patty Keefe, Roxanne O’Sullivan, Alison Sjoberg, Rick Dighello, Stefan Sjoberg, Andy O’Sullivan and Donna McKiernan) ...

On May 21, 2023, Attorney Stefan Sjoberg , an associate at Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. addressed the audience at the Graduate Commencement Ceremony of Western New England University. Members of the school’s administration invited Attorney Sjoberg to speak and welcome the graduates into the Alumni Association. Attorney Sjoberg is an adjunct faculty professor at WNEU and serves as Immediate Past-President of the Board of Directors of the Law Alumni Association. Attorney Sjoberg practices i ...

May 16, 2023 Clean Slate Law Memo On January 1, 2023, Public Act No. 21-32, known as the Clean Slate Law, became effective in Connecticut.  While most of the headlines and stories related to the Clean Slate Law have focused on the erasure of certain criminal records, the law has far-reaching implications and new prohibitions for the state’s private employers and businesses. As the nickname suggests, the Clean Slate Law does and will erase a significant number of criminal records in Connecticu ...

  UKS Shareholder Patricia D. Anderson attended the Spring Executive Management Meeting of The New Hampshire and Vermont Bankers Association at the Omni Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, NH on May 11th through May 12th. This event brought together the CEOs and CFOs of most of the banks in New Hampshire and Vermont. Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. was a sponsor of the Spring Executive Management Meeting. Patricia D. Anderson is a Shareholder in UKS’ Hartford office, practicing in the area ...

UKS shareholder Michael Botelho and associate Liza Fabbri attended the Connecticut Association of Independent School’s Spring Leadership Conference for Heads of School & School Leaders on May 4-5.  Updike Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. is proud to be a CAIS Sustaining Partner. Attorney Botelho is Chairman of the firm’s Public Finance Practice Group and represents municipal issuers, purchasers, borrowers, underwriters and trustees in various tax-exempt finance transactions. Mr. Botelho has chair ...

UKS Shareholders Alisha Verdone, Patricia D. Anderson and Jennifer L. DiBella attended the CT Women in Banking Conference on April 28, 2023. The conference was hosted by the Connecticut Bankers Association and held in Groton, CT. UKS was a sponsor of the Conference.  In addition to networking, the conference offered programs on diversity, equity and inclusion and developing a resilient mindset. Alisha Verdone is a Shareholder in UKS’ Hartford office, practicing in the areas of Commercial Financ ...