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Mr. Finn serves as a counselor to private and public companies in connection with various matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance. He also represents banks, private companies and individuals in connection with the establishment and operation of registered investment advisers and private investment companies.
Education
Columbia Law School (LL.B. 1966, Magna Cum Laude)
Articles Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1965 - 1966
Yale University (B.A. 1960, Dean's List)
Bar Admissions
New York, 1967
District of Columbia, 1968
Connecticut, 1974
U.S. Tax Court, 1974
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1967
U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1974
U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
Recognition
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
Professional and Civic Activities, Associations and Memberships
Law Clerk to Justice Stanley F. Reed (Ret.) and Chief Justice Earl Warren, United States Supreme Court, 1966-1967
Connecticut Fund for the Environment, 1997 - 2002 Board of Trustees
Connecticut Banking Commissioner, Advisory Committee Vice Chairman, 1988 - 2001 Chairman, 2001 - Present
Connecticut Banking Commissioner, Advisory Committee on International Banking
Connecticut Business Corporation Act Task Force Co-Chair, 1994 - 1997
Revision of Banking Laws in Connecticut, 1993 - 1994 Advisory Committee
Blue Ribbon Commission of Connecticut Attorney General, 1982 - 1983
Connecticut Bar Association, Executive Committee, Business Law Section Chairman, 1992 - 1994
American Bar Association, Council, Section of Business Law Member, Council, 2000 - 2004
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, 1979 - Present Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Committee on Banking Law Co-Chair, 1994 - 1996; Vice Chair, 1992 - 1994; Chair, 1996 - 1998
American Law Institute, 1976 - Present, Elected Member Consultative Group for Restatement Third, Trusts
Greenwich Country Day School, 1987 - 1991 Board of Trustees
Published Works
Annual Survey of Securities Laws Developments Affecting the Banking and Thrift Industries, The Business Lawyer Update, 1986 - 1991
The Impact of the Proposed Federal Securities Code Upon the Banking Industry, 36 Business Lawyer 397, 1982
Representative Cases
Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 504 U.S. 353 (1992)
Holly Hill Holdings v. Lowman, 226 Conn. 748 (1993)
United Illuminating Co. v. City of New Haven, 240 Conn. 422 (1997) |
