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Richard Goodman. Attorney Goodman graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1964. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Oberlin College in 1961, where he also graduated cum laude. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1964. After clerking for one year with the U.S. District Court of Connecticut, he entered private practice in 1965 and helped found the predecessor to Goodman, Rosenthal & McKenna in 1978. His principal areas of practice include Business Law, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Family Law and Zoning.

Attorney Goodman served as Mayor of the Town of Bloomfield for 7 years, from 1975 to 1982. During that time, he also served as Bloomfield's representative to the Capital Region Council of Governments and was its Chairman for two years. He has also served as Town Attorney for the Towns of Bloomfield and East Windsor.

Attorney Goodman served on the Board of Directors of both the Bloomfield and West Hartford Chambers of Commerce and served as Legal Counsel for the latter. He also served as a charter member of the Board of Directors of the Park Road Playhouse.

Attorney Goodman lives in Bloomfield with his Wife, Lea.

Edward F. Rosenthal. Attorney Rosenthal was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1970. He was admitted to the United States Court of International Trade in 1981, and the United States Tax Court in 1984. He was awarded his Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1970. He was graduated from Brown University (Cum Laude) in 1967. His principal areas of practice include Business Law, both domestic and international, Employment Law, Real Estate, Estate Planning and Tax Litigation.

Attorney Rosenthal has served as a Corporator of The Hartford Hospital since 1985, and as a Director of the Greater Hartford Council for the Arts since 2001.

Attorney Rosenthal lives with his family in West Hartford.

John F. McKenna. Attorney McKenna was born in Hartford, Connecticut on October 10, 1938. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1970. He was awarded his Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1970. He was graduated from the College of the Holy Cross (Cum Laude), earning a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in English Literature. His practice is primarily in Civil Litigation emphasizing personal injury and commercial law.

Attorney McKenna served as a United States Naval Aviator from 1962 through 1967, becoming an aircraft commander of a C-130 Hercules, and is a Vietnam Veteran.

He served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Connecticut in the antitrust unit, and then served as General Counsel to the University of Connecticut and its Health Center from 1977 through 1982 when he entered private practice with Goodman, Rosenthal & McKenna, P.C.

Attorney McKenna has been, and is currently, an adjunct professor of Constitutional and Antitrust Law at the University of Connecticut MBA School.

Attorney McKenna resides in Manchester. He and his wife, Melanie, have two children, Patrick and Molly.

Rebecca B. Lamont. Becky Lamont had been a practicing attorney in Connecticut since 1987 when she graduated cum laude from Western New England College, School of Law. Presently her primary areas of practice are litigation, family law, probate, and real estate.

Becky received her Bachelor of Arts and her teaching credits from the University of Vermont. She moved to West Hartford, Connecticut in 1975 and has been actively involved in local and state wide civic and nonprofit organizations. She is a long time member of the Greater Hartford League of Women Voters and has served as it president. She has also been a board member of the Connecticut Children-in-Placement, the West Hartford Community TV station, and the St. Agnes Home.

Lee B. Ross. Attorney Ross was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1996. He received his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Union College, Schenectady, New York, and a Master's degree in Public Policy from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. His practice areas include Business Law, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Regulatory Law and Civil Litigation.

Prior to entering private practice, Attorney Ross served as Legislative Program Manager for the Connecticut Department of Housing and its successor, the Department of Economic & Community Development, as well as Director of Governmental Relations for the Connecticut Community-Technical Colleges.

Attorney Ross serves as Legal Counsel and is a member of the Board of Directors of the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford.

Attorney Ross has lived in West Hartford since 1971, where he and his wife, Doreen, are raising their two sons, David and Marc.