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Leslie E. Grodd was appointed to the Board in January 2003. A Certified Public Accountant and an AV rated Martindale Hubbell attorney, Mr. Grodd is a member of the Commercial Transaction Practice Group at Halloran & Sage, LLC. Attorney Grodd has thirty- two years of experience as an attorney in Connecticut as a Principal in the law firm of Blazzard, Grodd & Hasenauer, P.C., Westport, Connecticut. Prior to forming the law firm, Mr. Grodd was a member of the tax department with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers).
Mr. Grodd received his A.B. from the University of Vermont. He went on to receive his J.D. from St. John's University and his M.B.A. in Taxation from New York University. Mr. Grodd is admitted to practice law before the courts of Connecticut, New York, the District of Columbia, the Federal District Court of Connecticut, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Grodd has held numerous leadership positions in the past for the Connecticut Bar Association, including chair of the Executive Committee of the Tax Section of the Connecticut Bar Association; American College of Tax Counsel; the American Institute and the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants, including chair of the Federal Tax Committee of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants; and the Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County. Mr. Grodd also speaks at various tax institutes and seminars.
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