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Christopher J. Albanese, Esq.
Law Office of Chris Albanese, LLC
1600 Route 12, P.O. Box 27
Gales Ferry, CT 06335
(860) 464-0030 (860) 464-0080 (fax)
info@albanese-law.com
www.albanese-law.com
EDUCATION
University of Connecticut School of Law
Juris Doctor, May 2001
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Hartford, CT |
GPA: 3.15 |
Yale University, Individual courses:
Macroeconomics, Constitutional Law, 1993 |
New Haven, CT |
GPA: 3.67 |
University of the State of New York
B.A.: History/Sociology, September 1990 |
Albany, NY |
GPA: 3.83 |
University of Hawaii
A.A., Honors, Phi Theta Kappa
Mechanical Engineering, May 1988 |
Pearl City, HI |
GPA: 3.93 |
LEGAL EXPERIENCE Admitted to Connecticut and New York bars.
Law Office of Chris Albanese, LLC, Gales Ferry, CT; (860) 464-0030
Member, March 2002- Present
General practice: residential real estate, including refinances and reverse mortgages, business law, and wills & trusts. Facilitate seminars on Reverse Mortgages, Ethics for Realtors, UCONN Lawyering Aspect of Residential Closings for new agents, CHFA Military Programs, Title Searching and Wills & Trusts.
O'Connell, Flaherty & Attmore, LLC, Hartford, CT; (860) 548-1300
Associate, August 2001- March 2002
Real estate litigation & transactions, foreclosures, bankruptcy and securities law.
O'Brien, Shafner, Stuart, Kelly & Morris, P.C., Norwich, CT; (860) 889-3855
Law Clerk, September 2000 - May 2001
Case preparation, legal research and writing; lien judgments/debt negotiations.
Rome, McGuigan, Sabanosh, P.C., Hartford, CT; (860) 549-1000
Summer Associate, Summer 2000
Case preparation and legal research.
State of Connecticut, Chief State's Attorney, Rocky Hill, CT; (860) 258-5824
Legal Intern, January 2000 - May 2000
Case preparation, legal research and writing.
The Mohegan Tribal Nation of Connecticut, Legal Department, Montville, CT; (860) 862-6200
Legal Intern, September 1999 - May 2000
Wrote tribal law and did legal researchon federal Indian and employment law.
New York Stock Exchange, Division of Enforcement, New York, NY; (212) 656-2355
Legal Intern, Summer 1999
Assisted investigating violations of federal, SEC and NYSE securities laws.
MILITARY HIGHLIGHTS
U.S. Navy, Nuclear Power Submarine Force, Pearl Harbor, HI & Groton, CT
Chief Petty Officer, 1977-1997
Ranked Number One of peers (of up to 123 people) on seven of last 12 annual evaluations
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Board of Trustees, University of Connecticut, 1999-2002
President, Rotary Club of Ledyard, Connecticut, 2003-2004
Seminar leader: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) loans.
University of Connecticut real estate agent course.
Connecticut Bar Association CLE Facilitator on Reverse Mortgages
Member, Ledyard High School Juvenile Review Board
PUBLICATIONS
Television: Groton Senior Beat. “Reverse Mortgages.” March, 2005
Newspaper: The Day; Marketplace Magazine. “Reverse Mortgages: A Primer.” March 2005
ECOC Update Magazine. “Reverse Mortgages.” November 2006
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