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04/27/2022
Attorney General Tong Praises Confirmation of Vanessa Avery as United States Attorney
(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong praised the confirmation today of Vanessa Avery to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Vanessa Avery currently serves as the Associate Attorney General for Enforcement, Litigation and Investigations in the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General.“This is an incredible and historic moment for Connecticut, for our legal profession, and our justice system. Vanessa Avery is everything right about public service. She is a daughter of New Haven and its public schools, and brings her deep Connecticut roots and connections with her to the Department of Justice. She is thoughtful, incredibly hardworking, exceptionally qualified, and the kind of colleague and team member everyone wishes to have. I am so proud of Vanessa and this well-deserved accomplishment. I will miss her leadership and guidance in the Office of the Attorney General, but look forward to continuing to work closely with her in her new role,” said Attorney General Tong.
Prior to joining the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office, Vanessa was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut. She previously served as a Trial Attorney for the Department of Justice Civil Division in Washington, D.C. Vanessa also spent more than a decade in private law firm practice representing corporate and individual clients in business and financial litigation, at the trial and appellate court levels. Vanessa earned her law degree at the Georgetown University Law Center, after completing her undergraduate studies at Yale University. She grew up in New Haven and is a proud graduate of the New Haven Public Schools.
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