Charles D. Houlihan Jr.

Community Involvement Talcott Mountain Music Festival - Hartford Symphony Orchestra Founder and former Chairman Hartford Symphony Orchestra Former Director & Executive Committee Simsbury Chamber of Commerce Former President and Director Simsbury Main Street Partnership, Inc. Former President and Director Simsbury Planning Commission Former Commissioner Simsbury Zoning Commission Former Commissioner Economic Development Commission - Town of Simsbury Former Chair Awards and Honors Honors AV rating - Martindale & Hubbell (highest rating - 24 years) Greater Hartford's Top Attorneys , 2011 - Present

• Attorney

• Hon. James C. Turk (U.S. District Court W.D. Va), Law Clerk, 1978 - 1979
• Matthews & Branscomb P.C., Partner/Shareholder, 1979 - 1992
• Hebb & Gitlin P.C., Counsel, 1992 - 1994

• "Hiring and Firing Employees", Connecticut Lodging & Attractions Association, 1996
• "Mediation practices and culture in Texas", Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee - Connecticut Bar Association, 1996
• Mechanics Liens and Surety Bonds, Fifth Annual Construction Law Seminar State Bar of Texas, 1992
• Revisions of Mechanics Liens and Surety Statutes, Advanced Creditors Rights Seminar, State Bar of Texas, 1990
• Federal Practice Seminar, San Antonio Bar Association, 1990

• Texas, 1979
• Connecticut, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1984

• Connecticut Bar Association, Construction Section (Executive Committee Member (1995-2000))
• State Bar of Texas
• Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association, 1996 - Present
• Oliver Ellsworth American Inn of Court, 1993 - Present (President, Bencher (senior level) and emeritus)
• William Sessions Inn of Court, 1986 - 1992 (Master (senior level))
• American Bar Association (Vice Chair, Tort Liability of Religious, Charitable and Non-Profit Institutions)