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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

 

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