Day Pitney LLP announced on March 28, 2012 that NAFUSA member Stanley A. Twardy Jr., a former United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut (1985-1991), has been named the firm’s new managing partner, effective April 2. Twardy also served as chief of staff for Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker from 1991 to 1993.

As a member of Day Pitney’s White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations practice group, Twardy has defended Fortune 500 companies, executives of these companies, and others in federal and state criminal and regulatory investigations.Twardy earned his LL.M. from Georgetown University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia.

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