Attorney Profiles

Partner, Law Offices of Connolly & Connolly (1986 to Present) 
51 Green Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts

Member, Massachusetts Bar (Since 1986)

Member, Massachusetts Bar Association

Member, Florida Bar  (Since 1980)

Member, Florida Bar Association

Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Member, United States Court of Appeals and United States District Court

Assistant State Attorney, Palm Beach County, Florida (1980-1981)

Britton, Cohen, Cassel, Kaufman & Schantz, West Palm Beach, Florida (1983-1984)

• Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
  Master of Laws, Magna Cum Laude  (1982)
  International and Comparative Law

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
  Juris Doctor (1980)

• Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City
  Certificate in Mexican and International Law  (1979)

• Florida State University, Tallahasee, Florida
  Bachelor of Arts in History, Magna Cum Laude (1977)

• American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence (1979)

• American Jurisprudence Award in Business Organizations  (1980) 

• Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar
  Brussels, Belgium (1981-1982)

• Paul Harris Fellow

• Rotary International  District 7780 Outstanding Service Award
  Group Study Exchange Chair,2010-2011

Rotary Club of Newburyport

• President, 2007-2008
• Foundation Chair, 2006-2007
• District 7780 Membership Committee, 2008-2009
• District 7780 United Nations Coordinator, 2008-2009
• Chairperson, District 7780 Group Study Exchange Committee, 2009-2012

Anna Jaques Hospital

• Member, Board of Trustees (2009 to present)
• Member, Finance Committee 
• Member, Audit Committee                                                                      
• Secretary of the Corporation, 1997 to 2005
• Trustee of the Corporation, 1994 to 2005
• Former Chairperson, Trustee Education Committee                                        
• Former Member, Credentials Committee

Anna Jaques Community Health Foundation

• Founding Member and Former Chairperson of the Foundation
• Former Chairperson, Planned Giving Committee

Banking Experience

• Corporator, Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank
• Former Director, TD BankNorth Massachusetts Advisory Board, Wocester, Massachusetts
• Former Board Member, TD BankNorth Retail/Small Business Subsidiary Board
• Former Director, First & Ocean National Bank, Newburyport, Massachusetts
• Former Chairperson, First & Ocean National Bank Trust Committee

Local Government and Schools

• Founding Member and Former Director, Newburyport Education Foundation, Inc.
• Former Member, City Ordinance Review Committee
• Former Alternate Member, Newburyport Zoning Board of Appeals
• Former Community Member, Rupert A. Nock Middle School Council
• Former Member and Chairperson, Immaculate Conception School Advisory Board

Business, Civic, Arts & Humanities

• Director and Vice President, Newburyport City Improvement Society
• Member, Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Historical Society of Old Newbury
• Member, Custom House Maritime Museum
• Former Director and Secretary, Society for the Development of the Arts & Humanities (Firehouse Center for the Arts)

Mrs. Connolly has been a guest speaker in the areas of Business Planning, Estate Planning, Charitable Gift Planning, and Elder Law for SCORE, the Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and local non-profit organizations.
Recent speaking engagements include:

• Guest Speaker at the Money Conference for Women, Sponsored by the State Treasurer of Massachusetts and the YWCA
• WNBP Investment Seminar
• Business Planning Workshop for Women in Business, Sponsored by the Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce, YWCA, and U.S. Small Business Administration
• Estate & Financial Planning Seminar
• Succession Planning for the Family Business

Mrs. Connolly was born in Santiago, Cuba.  She and her husband Jim reside in Newburyport, where they raised their three daughters. She is fluent in Spanish and French. Mrs. Connolly enjoys dance, cross-country skiing, snow-shoeing, walking and hiking. In 2010, she and her eldest daughter hiked the 800 kilometer Camino de Santiago from the French town of St. Jean Pied de Port at the foot of the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.