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Audrey B. Blondin

Stonegate Professional Building

Attorney at Law

*** ******** ******, ***** *., P.O. Box 1335

Torrington, CT 06790-1335

Phone: 860-***-****

Fax: 860-***-****

E-mail: *****@***.***

Website: www.blondinlaw.com

Education:

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, B.S. Degree, Magna

Cum Laude, May, 1975

Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, PA, Juris

Doctor Degree, August, 1979

Certificate in Public Health, University of Connecticut School of Public

Health, May 2009

Languages spoken: Some Spanish

Professional Experience:

1980 to Present: Attorney Law

Offices of Audrey B. Blondin

General practice of law.

Founder, Torrington s oldest woman-owned law firm.

Areas of practice include real estate, wills and estate planning. Office

has served as counsel for many banks and mortgage companies, providing

representation on residential closings, including FHA, CHFA, and VA loan

programs, commercial closings, foreclosures and loan work-outs. Office has

served as court-appointed Committee on numerous foreclosure sales over the

past thirty years.

Lender representation includes: Bank of America,

Litchfield Bancorp, Torrington Savings Bank, Thomaston Savings Bank,

Webster Bank, Northwest Community Bank, People s Bank, Village Mortgage

Company, New Milford Savings Bank, Salisbury Bank

& Trust Company, Union Bank.

Licensed title insurance agent for

Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company.

Professional Activities:

Selectman - Town of Litchfield 1993 to

2003:

Elected position to

five-person Board of Selectmen. Participated in all aspects of local town

government, including budget process and preparation, labor negotiations,

hiring of personnel, community involvement and interaction with various

town departments and local boards and commissions, including Public Works,

Park and Recreation and Board of Finance. Served as Chairman of the

Litchfield Courthouse Committee. Also served as Moderator for Town

Meetings. Obtained designation of Litchfield as a Millennium Community by

organizing the purchase and sealing of a town time capsule. Developed

concept and assisted Recycling Committee in formation and implementation of

the Litchfield Book Exchange at the town recycling center. Served as the

longest-serving Democratic woman member of the Litchfield Board of

Selectmen.

Public Information Officer Town of

Litchfield 2002 to 2004:

Appointed by First Selectman and Board of

Selectmen as part of the Town Emergency Management Plan. Revised Town

Emergency Management Plan and participated in state-sponsored Emergency

Management courses. Performed official Public Information Officer duties

during town-wide ice storm related State of Emergency from November 17-20,

2002.

Democratic State Central Committeewoman-30th

District 2002 to Present:

Elected from the 30th State Senatorial

District as member of 76 person statewide Democratic organization.

Responsibilities include providing assistance to the Democratic Party on

the state level, candidate recruitment and organization, fundraising, media

briefing on local and state Democratic candidates and issues.

Connecticut State Chairman NACBA 2002 to

2006:

Appointed by the

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Board of Directors to

serve as State Chairman for Connecticut. Duties include promoting and

developing NACBA membership among Connecticut bankruptcy attorneys, as well

as assisting and contributing to the issues advocated by NACBA on behalf of

current bankruptcy law and clients. Also performed lobbying duties on

behalf of NACBA in Washington, D.C. 1999-2005. Met with members and staffs

of the House of Representatives and United States Senate in Washington,

D.C. on behalf of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys

to advocate for fair and responsible bankruptcy reform legislation.

VOSH-Connecticut(Volunteer

Optometric Services to Humanity)

Co-founder with

husband, Dr. Matthew Blondin, in 2001 of VOSH-Connecticut. VOSH-Connecticut

is the Connecticut chapter of VOSH-International, an international

organization providing eye care services to residents of third world

countries. Currently serving as Secretary/Treasurer of

VOSH-Connecticut.

Missions to San

Juan del Sur, Nicaragua-2001 2011, Upcoming 2012

As a member of VOSH,

assisted in providing eye examinations and eyeglasses to over 25,000 area

residents per year without access to eye care of any kind. Served as

Director of Mission Clinic in 2001-2011 supervising over 100 volunteers,

optometrists, optometry students, opticians, assistants and local support

staff providing eye care services to several thousand local Nicaraguan

residents each year. Upcoming mission is currently scheduled for January 7-14,

2012 Democratic

National Convention Delegate -2000, Alternate Delegate-2004, Candidate for

Secretary of the State 2006

Served as a member of the Connecticut delegation

to the 2000 and 2004 Democratic National Conventions. Provided legal

representation on behalf of the Democratic National Committee for a gender

balance challenge to the Connecticut delegation in 2000. Served as a

Connecticut counsel for the Gore 2000 campaign, and as the 5th

Congressional District Coordinator Kerry for President 2004. Served as a

member of the Statewide Campaign Hillary Clinton for President 2008.

Ran a state-wide campaign as one of the six candidates for Secretary

of the State 2006. Gave seconding

speech for Dan Malloy for Governor, 2010 Democratic State Convention.

Computer

Expertise:

Law Offices have brand

new Dell Computers, Laptop Computers and Hewlett Packard LaserJet printers.

Operating on various operating systems including Microsoft Windows XP,

Vista and Windows 7. Microsoft Office 2007, including Microsoft Word,

Publisher, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, Adobe Acrobat 7.0, CATIC

PrepExpress 6.0, Quicken 2010 for Windows

(Trustee and Office Bank Accounts), America Online 9.0, DSL, Internet

Explorer, AOL and Yahoo e-mail.

Professional Organizations and Activities:

Connecticut Bar Association

Litchfield County Bar Association

James W. Cooper Fellow - Lifetime Member

Justice of the Peace

Publications:

Various political,

legal, optometric, opinion and other articles, including Connecticut Bar

Journal, Connecticut Law Tribune, Optometric Economics, The Connecticut

REALTOR and the Register Citizen, Litchfield Enquirer, Litchfield County

Times, Republican-American and the Hartford Courant.

Licensure:

Admitted to Connecticut

Bar, May 19, 1980

Admitted to U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, August,

1980

Admitted to the Supreme Court of the U.S., January 9, 1984

Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, June 12,

1984

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