Pro bono help earns praise
Bridgeport-based Pullman & Comley L.L.C. was recognized last week by the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section for its contribution to the $1 Million Pro Bono Service Campaign, the law firm announced. The firm was welcomed as a member of the $150,000 Club, designating firms that performed in excess of $150,000 worth of pro bono service and honored for the “Highest Percentage of Attorneys Participating in a Large Firm.”
A total 707.5 hours of pro bono work was performed by 55 Pullman & Comley attorneys from March-May 2013.
“We are humbled and thrilled to be recognized for our accomplishments,” said Adam Cohen, who leads Pullman & Comley”™s pro bono initiative. “We were proud to be able to do our part to help those that would otherwise have not had legal representation.”
New clinic in Bridgeport
A new brand of urgent care clinic will open at 161 Boston Avenue in Bridgeport this winter. Doctors Express urgent care walk-in medical clinic will be housed behind Burger King in the Bayview Plaza in the former Washington Mutual Bank. With a staff of board-certified physicians, physician assistants and nurses, x-ray technicians and medical assistants, the center will employ between 15-20 full and part-time employees.
“Bridgeport made sense to me for this urgent care center for many reasons, not the least of which is because my family and I are from this area and are entrenched in the Bridgeport community,” said Dr. Steven Heffer, owner. Heffer, an emergency room physician with Greenwich Hospital, will serve as medical director.
Paul Timpanelli, president of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council said, “It is a welcome addition to the community, and will be able to serve a large segment of the population many of whom are currently using the emergency rooms as their health care provider.”
A Spanish-speaking staff member will be on duty at all times and the website has translation capabilities for the top 12 languages spoken in the state.
Turkey update
Owner Rich Cunningham and his team at Ed”™s Garage Doors collected enough turkeys, nonperishable items and gift card/cash donations to feed almost 1,000 families for the holidays. The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County was on-hand to collect all donations. From left, Cunningham; general manager Danny Lyons; Angelo DiMeglio; and Norwalk Police Chief Thomas Kulhawik. Photo by Richard Bonefant.
Not a glowing red nose in the bunch
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Blitzen ”” live reindeer ”” will make their home once again at McArdle”™s Florist & Garden Center in Greenwich at 48 Arch St for the 5th annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa”™s Workshop through Dec. 24. Families can visit the reindeer and have their photo taken with Santa and receive a gift bag filled with valuable savings from participating Greenwich stores and restaurants.
Art and commerce
Danielle Guerra, Kenleigh LaRock and Karen Schmidt attended a group art exhibition and reception at the First Bank of Greenwich recently. The event was produced in collaboration with the Drawing Room Caf̩ in Cos Cob. The 13 featured artistsӪ works will be on display at the 444 E. Putnam Ave. bank through Jan. 6.
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Day Pitney earns pro bono accolades
Day Pitney, with law offices in Greenwich and Stamford, plus Boston, New Jersey, New York and Washington, DC., was recognized at the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyer”™s Section for its contribution to the $1 Million Pro Bono Service Campaign. The firm was also presented with an award given to firms that have performed more than $200,000 worth of pro bono service. Day Pitney”™s Connecticut attorneys donated more than 860 pro bono hours during the three-month campaign period, March 2013 to May 2013.
The YLS Annual Pro Bono Fair where the awards were announced was held Nov. 19 at the Mark Twain House in Hartford.
DiMatteo family honored
The DiMatteo family was honored at The Kennedy Center”™s 49th Annual Four Seasons Ball for their support of the community and Kennedy Center at the Four Seasons Ball recently held at the Patterson Club in Fairfield. Some 200 guests attended. Family members at the ball, from left, included: Kim DiMatteo of Bethany; Loretta and Rob Lesko and Rose Esposito, all of Shelton; John DiMatteo of Bethany; and Adeline DiMatteo of Shelton. They are pictured with Cara Mocarski of Shelton, far right, chairperson of the Tribute Journal. The ball contributed $109,000 in net proceeds to The Kennedy Center”™s residential services for people with disabilities.
Accounting for the holidays
Two months of collection efforts, including a bagging weekend pictured here, helped define the holiday effort for BlumShapiro, the tax, accounting and advisory company with an office in Shelton. More than 40 New Haven-area businesses, churches, schools and other organizations joined BlumShapiro in the effort.
