Attorney Girolamo graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and English from the University of Connecticut. In 1998, Attorney Girolamo began attending Quinnipiac University’s Law School at night while working full-time as a paralegal for O’Connell, Flaherty & Attmore. In 2001, Attorney Girolamo received her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, ranked second in the evening class and in the top 10% of the entire graduating class. While in law school, Attorney Girolamo also received the American Jurisprudence award in Workers’ Compensation.
Attorney Girolamo is admitted to practice in Connecticut State Courts and the United States District Court, District of Connecticut. She also has served as co-chair for the Connecticut Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Family Law Section, and she currently sits on the Children Law Center's Development Committee. Attorney Girolamo has chaired several seminars on family law topics and was recently featured in an article on juggling a legal career and motherhood.
Her published decisions include:
Mangiante v. Niemiec Appellate court of Connecticut, 96 Conn. App. 567 (2006); Logan v. Logan Appellate Court of Connecticut, 96 Conn. App. 842 (2006); Kessler v. Restoration Associates, Inc., Supreme Court of Connecticut, 275 Conn. 916 (2005); Fox v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Town of Barkhamsted, Appellate Court of Connecticut, 84 Conn. App. 628 (2004); Mangiante v. Niemiec, Appellate Court of Connecticut, 82 Conn. App. 277 (2004); Szajnberg v. Szajnberg, Supreme Court of Connecticut, 266 Conn. 904 (2003); and Marlin Broadcasting, LLC v. Law Office of Kent Avery, LLC, Appellate Court of Connecticut, 101 Conn. App. 638 (2007).
Attorney Girolamo was born in 1971 in Kentucky. She spent most of her childhood in New Jersey and after graduating from the University of Connecticut, she decided to establish her career in Connecticut. She is married to a schoolteacher and they currently reside in Newington with their two children. Attorney Girolamo is active in her community by teaching gymnastics classes and actively participating in her daughter’s school PTO.
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