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Michael A. Carrier, a life-long resident of New Britain, is a partner in the firm practicing in the areas of real estate, mortgage financing, zoning, commercial law and probate law. He graduated from the University of New Haven, summa cum laude, in 1982 and received his law degree from Western New England School of Law in 1986. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar and the United States District Court in 1986. Attorney Carrier served as the judge of probate for the district of Berlin from 2021-2023.. Attorney Carrier serves or has served in a leadership capacity on numerous community boards and commissions including the City of New Britain Board of Fire Commissioners, New Britain Board of Education, New Britain Commission on Community and Neighborhood Development, New Britain Housing Authority, Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce, New Britain Bar Association, United Way of New Britain & Berlin, Inc., New Britain-Berlin YMCA, Boys and Girls Club of New Britain, CCARC, Inc., City of New Britain Charter Review Commission 2016, and American Savings Foundation.. Attorney Carrier also serves as the New Britain Special Representative to the Metropolitan District Commission Regional Water and Sewer Authority, Corporator of the Hospital of Central Connecticut and the Hospital for Special Care, and is a Trustee of St. Francis of Assisi Church in New Britain.

Diane R. Chace is a partner in the firm practicing in the areas of divorce and family law, estates and probate, civil litigation, workers’ compensation, and real estate. Attorney Chace is trained in both collaborative divorce and mediation. She received a BA with honors from Providence College in 1989 and a J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 1992. She was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1992 and the United States District Court Bar in 1995. She is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the New Britain Bar Association and the Central Connecticut Collaborative Family Law Group.. Attorney Chace currently chairs the Board of Directors for the Hospital for Special Care and is a member of the board of the HSC Foundation. She is past chair of Community Mental Health Affiliates and the YWCA of New Britain, and past president of the New Britain Bar Association.

David Baram was the Mayor of Bloomfield, CT from 1983 to 1989 and served as Chairman of the Capitol Region Council of Governments from 1987 to 1989.  He ran for State Senate in 1990.  David Baram was President of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce from 1996-1998.  David is currently Chairman of the Bloomfield Democratic Town Committee and also serves as Chairman of the Bloomfield Center Fire District.  Attorney Baram is  Chairman of the Board for the Jewish Federation Association of CT. (JFact), Membership Chair and Board Member for the Jewish Community Center, Board Member of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford and a Board Member of the UCONN Hillel.  He formerly served as President of Federation Homes, Building Committee Chairman of the Solomon Schechter Day School, President of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (CT. Valley), Chair of the Jewish Community Relations Council, Director for Camp Jewell YMCA, and Chairman of Bloomfield's Charter Revision Commission. Currently he also serves as a Justice of the Peace, Board Member of the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies of the University of Hartford and Board Member of the SummerWind Performing Arts Center.. Attorney Baram has provided pro bono legal services for the following: Connecticut Bar Association, Beth Hillel Synagogue, Schechter Day School, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Federation Homes, and the Bloomfield Democratic Party.. Attorney Baram has been appointed a Committee by the Superior Court in Foreclosures, has performed legal work for the Bloomfield Center Fire District, was appointed a Receiver for the law practice of a disciplined attorney, and gained municipal experience during his 7 years as Mayor of Bloomfield, Ct.. David Baram was elected to the 15th Assembly District in the CT. House of Representatives in a special election on March 24, 2009.  He was re-elected in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016, and  served on the Judiciary Committee, Banking Committee, and as Chair of the General Law Committee.. On November 7, 2017 David Baram was elected Judge of Probate for the Tobacco Valley Probate District, District 3, serving the towns of Bloomfield, Windsor Locks, East Granby and Suffield.