Background
Rome, Donald Lee was born on May 17, 1929 in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Herman Isaac and Juliette (Stern) Rome.
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Donald Lee Rome
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Bachelor of Science, Trinity College, 1951. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1954.
Career
Associate, Ribicoff and Kotkin, Hartford, Connecticut, 1954-1958;
partner, Ribicoff and Kotkin, Hartford, Connecticut, 1958-1967;
partner, Rosenberg, Rome, Barnett, Sattin & Santos and predecessor, Hartford, 1967-1983;
now partner, Robinson & Cole, Hartford, since 1983. Member Connecticut Governor's Study Commision on Uniform Consumer Credit Code, 1969-1970. Chairman Connecticut bar advising committee of attorneys to make recommendations to the United States District Court for proposed changed of bankruptcy rules in district Connecticut,1975-1977.
Member Bankruptcy Merit Screening Committee for District Court, 1980-1981. Member of advisory committee Connecticut Law Revision commission on article 2A for Uniform Commercial Code, 1987-1989. Member CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution Panel of Distinguished Neutrals and CPR Finance Superior vena cava syndrome Panel of Distinguished Neutrals.
Mem.panel of mediators for United States District Court and United States Bankruptcy Court, Hartford, American Arbitration Association National Panel Commercial Arbitrators and Mediators. Lecturer law U. Connecticut, 1965-1974, 81-83. Member of faculty School Banking of South, Louisiana State University, 1982-1984.
Lecturer continuing legal education on securedcreditors' rights, commercial finance, bankruptcy and uniform commercial code, since 1958.
Achievements
Membership
Past member board directors New England region American Jewish Committee, also Hartford chapter, Hebrew Home for Aged, Hartford. Past member board of trustees Temple Beth Israel, West Hartford. Member American Bar Association (business bankruptcy committee, uniform commercial code, and commercial finance services committee, section on business law, mediation committee, section on dispute resolution), Connecticut Bar Association (chairman section commercial law and bankruptcy 1977-1980, Executive Committee banking law section 1984-1995, chairman special committee scope and correlation 1983-1984, executive committee since 1996, dispute resolution section), Hartford County Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Foundation, Association Commercial Finance Attorneys (president 1978-1980), American Law Institute, American College Commercial Finance Lawyers (chairman alternate dispute resolution committee, board regents), American Bankruptcy Institute, Turnaround Management Association, Harvard Law School Association Connecticut (president 1970-1971), Hartford Club, Masons (32 degree, trial commission Connecticut grand lodge 1970-1982).
Connections
Married Sheila Ward, April 20, 1958. Children: Adam Ward, Lisa, Ethan Stern.
