Background
Maum Sheehy, Edward was born on April 1, 1940 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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Edward Maum Sheehy
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Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). University of Connecticut (Bachelor of Laws, 1967).
Career
Worked at Williams, Cooney & Sheehy (Bridgeport, Connecticut) specializing in General Civil Practice with emphasis on Civil Litigation including Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury, Malpractice and Products Liability, Civil Rights, Zoning and Employment Litigation in State and Federal Courts. Trials and Appeals, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental, Banking and Municipal. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Connecticut.
1968, United States.
District Court, District of Connecticut. 1970, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1974, United States. Supreme Court.
Editor-in-Chief, Connecticut Law Review, 1966-1967.
President, University of Connecticut Law School Alumni Association, 1979-1980. Member: Board of Selectmen, Town of Woodbridge, 1979.
Deputy First Selectman, 1991. Board of Directors, University of Connecticut Law School Foundation, Incorporated., 1979-1980, 1994-1996.
Member, Task Force on the Commission of Legal Ethics, 1990.
Company-Chairman, United States District Court Special Masters Program, Bridgeport, 1988. Member: The Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Incorporated. (President, 1989-1990), The Connecticut (Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1975-1976.
Assistant Treasurer, 1976-1977.
Vice President, 1994-1995. President Elect, 1995.
President, 1996. Member: Judicial Appointment Recommendation Committee, 1977-1980.
Client"s Security Fund Committee, 1977-1994. Judiciary Committee, 1979-1989) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1994) Bar Associations.
American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1996). Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates.
Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Fellow: Connecticut Bar Foundation (Member, Executive Committee, 1979. Treasurer, 1980-1982). American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Bar Foundation.
Williams, Cooney & Sheehy is a litigation law firm that was founded in December of 1988 by seven partners who specialize in trial work and for many years had practiced with an old-line firm in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Although the firm was founded in December of 1988, the partners have many years of experience in the trial of cases in the Federal and State Courts throughout Connecticut and are active in all phases of trial practice including the defense of professional malpractice actions and products liability cases.
Three of the partners are past presidents of the Bridgeport Bar Association and are Fellows in the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Board of Selectmen, Town of Woodbridge, 1979. Deputy First Selectman, 1991. Board of Directors, University of Connecticut Law School Foundation, Incorporated., 1979-1980, 1994-1996.
Member, Task Force on the Commission of Legal Ethics, 1990.
Company-Chairman, United States District Court Special Masters Program, Bridgeport, 1988. Member: The Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Incorporated.
(President, 1989-1990), The Connecticut (Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1975-1976. Assistant Treasurer, 1976-1977.
Vice President, 1994-1995.
President Elect, 1995. President, 1996; Member: Judicial Appointment Recommendation Committee, 1977-1980. Client"s Security Fund Committee, 1977-1994.
Judiciary Committee, 1979-1989) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1994) Bar Associations.
American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1996). Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates.
Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Fellow: Connecticut Bar Foundation (Member, Executive Committee, 1979.
Treasurer, 1980-1982).
American College of Trial Lawyers. American Bar Foundation.
