Attorney Amy Lin Meyerson
News and Events
May 2022
Thomson Reuters selects Amy as a 2022 Connecticut Super Lawyer.
January 2022
ALM Media, LLC selects Amy as a 2022 Woman Leader in The Law highlighted in The American Lawyer and The National Law Journal.
December 2021
Amy receives one of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association's 2021 Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Awards at NAPABA's Annual Convention. The award is NAPABA’s lifetime achievement award and highest honor that recognizes the outstanding achievements, commitment, and leadership of lawyers who have paved the way for the advancement of other Asian American Pacific Islanders attorneys. Trailblazers have demonstrated vision, courage, and tenacity in their practice. They have also made substantial and lasting contributions to the Asian American Pacific Islanders legal profession, as well as the broader Asian American Pacific Islanders community.
August 2021
Amy joins the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association as a Goal III Minority Member-at-Large for a three year term.
July 2021
Amy completes her term as the first Asian Pacific American and 97th President of the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) and is installed as the Immediate Past President of the CBA for the 2021-2022 bar year.
June 2021
Governor Lamont appoints Amy as Co-Chair of the Connecticut Hate Crimes Advisory Council.
February 20, 2021
Amy is nominated to be elected at the 2021 American Bar Association's Annual Meeting to serve on the ABA Board of Governors (2021–2024).
November 2020
ABA President-Elect Reggie Turner appoints Amy to the 2020-2021 ABA Presidential Appointments Committee.
August 2020
The ABA House of Delegates unanimously elects Amy to the ABA Scope and Correlation of Work Committee.
August 2020
ABA President Trish Refo appoints Amy as Vice Chair of the ABA Representative and Observers to the United Nations and ABA Deputy Alternate Representative to the United Nations.
July 2020
Amy is installed as President of the Connecticut Bar Association for the 2020-2021 bar year.
Aprll 2020
NAPABA President-Elect Rear Admiral A.B. Cruz III, USN (ret.) appoints Amy as Chair of the NAPABA Nominations & Elections Committee.
September 2019
Amy is honored to be recognized in the Gallery of Pioneers at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
July 2019
ABA President-Elect Judy Perry Martinez appoints Amy to the ABA Representative and Observers to the United Nations. Amy is installed as President-Elect of the Connecticut Bar Association for the 2019-2020 bar year.
August 2018
ABA House of Delegates Chair Bill Bay appoints Amy to the ABA House of Delegates Admissions and Credentials Committee.
July 2018
Amy is installed as Vice President of the Connecticut Bar Association for the 2018-2019 bar year.
June 2018
ABA President-Elect Robert M. Carlson appoints Amy to the ABA Representative and Observers to the United Nations.
November 2016 & 2017
The NAPABA Law Foundation elects and installs Amy as President.
June 2017
ABA President Hilarie Bass appoints Amy to the ABA Representatives and Observers to the United Nations.
October 2016
Amy is appointed to ABA President-Elect Hilarie Bass' 2016-2017 ABA Appointments Committee.
August 2016
ABA President Linda A. Klein appoints Amy to the ABA Representatives and Observers to the United Nations.
October 8, 2015
Amy receives the CAPABA Ivan K. Fong Founders Award.
October 2015
Amy is appointed to ABA President-Elect Linda A. Klein's 2015-2016 ABA Appointments Committee.
August 2015
ABA President Paulette Brown appoints Amy to the ABA Standing Committee on Law Library of Congress.
September 26, 2014
Amy is featured in the Connecticut Law Tribune.
August 9, 2014 The ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division elects and installs Amy as Division Chair for the 2014-2015 bar year.
November 2013
Moffly Publications lists Amy as a Top Lawyer in Fairfield County in Greenwich, New Canaan & Darien, and Westport Magazines.
August 10, 2013
The ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division elects and installs Amy as Division Chair-Elect for the 2013-2014 bar year.
November 2012
Moffly Publications lists Amy as a Top Lawyer in Fairfield County in Greenwich, New Canaan & Darien, and Westport Magazines.
August 05, 2012
The ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division elects and installs Amy as Division Vice Chair for the 2012-2013 bar year.
April 2012
Amy was featured in an article entitled "Winning Women" in The Angelos, Vol. 89, No. 7, pp. 2223.
November 2011
Moffly Publications lists Amy as a Top Lawyer in Fairfield County in Greenwich, New Canaan & Darien, and Westport Magazines.
August 6, 2011
The ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division elects and installs Amy as Division Secretary for the 2011-2012 bar year.
November 2010
Westport Magazine lists Amy as one of the Top Lawyers in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
August 26, 2010
Amy was the Distinguished Alumna Speaker at the 2010 Orientation for the entering class of students at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
August 10, 2010
American Bar Association President Stephen Zack appoints Amy to the ABA Standing Committee on Professional Discipline for a three-year term. Established in 1973, the Committee assists the judiciary and the bar in the development, coordination, and strengthening of disciplinary enforcement in the legal profession throughout the United States.
April 15, 2010
Connecticut Senator John McKinney, Senate Minority Leader, appoints Amy as a Commissioner to the state's Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission.
November 2009
Amy becomes a Fellow of The James W. Cooper Fellows Program of The Connecticut Bar Foundation that strives to promote a better understanding of the legal profession and the judicial system among the citizens of Connecticut, and addresses matters concerning the legal profession and administration of justice in Connecticut, including its structure, organization and challenges. Selection as a Fellow requires demonstrated superior legal ability and devotion to the welfare of the community, state, and nation, as well as to the advancement of the legal profession.
March 30, 2009
Accepting the invitation of the Connecticut Bar Foundation, Amy joins its Board of Directors. The Connecticut Bar Foundation, established in 1952, is a nonprofit organization which develops and administers programs to enhance understanding and improvement of the law and legal institutions, provides grants for legal research, and sponsors educational symposia. The Foundation also administers the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program for the benefit of legal services agencies and law school scholarship programs for students demonstrating financial need attending law schools in Connecticut.
March 28, 2009
An alumna of the Sigma Delta chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority at Duke University, Amy joins the Chapter Advisory Board of the newly installed Eta Nu chapter at Sacred Heart University.
August 2007
Amy joins the National Advisory Council of the American Judicature Society (AJS). Founded in 1913, the AJS is an independent, national, nonpartisan organization of judges, lawyers, and other members of the public who seek to improve the justice system. AJS, which brings a public perspective to justice system issues, has the mission to secure and promote an independent and qualified judiciary and fair system of justice.
July 1, 2007
Amy Chairs the Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association for the 2007-2008 bar year.
April 5, 2007 Amy is featured in the Connecticut Lawyer magazine.
August 5, 2006
Amy joins the Council of the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division. With over 32,400 members, the GP Solo Division is one of the largest groups within the ABA. Amy's four-year term began at the adjournment of the ABA Annual Meeting in August 2006. She is also serving as Director of Division 4 of the GP Solo Division.
April 26, 2006
Amy receives the 2nd Annual Edwin Archer Randolph Diversity Award from the The Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity (formerly known as the Connecticut Lawyers Group) for her significant contributions and accomplishments in the advancement of attorneys of color within Connecticut’s legal community. The award was presented at the Aetna Theater in the Wadsworth Atheneum along with a Proclamation from CT Governor M. Jodi Rell proclaiming April 26, 2006 as Amy Lin Meyerson Day in the state of Connecticut.
March 17, 2006
Amy is featured as Law Star on Lawcrossing.com.
November 7, 2005
The Connecticut Bar Association Board of Governors appoints Amy to serve on the Board of the Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc. that serves as the access point to the legal aid services programs in Connecticut which provide legal assistance in civil matters to low-income persons.
October 20, 2005
Amy is installed as the President of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) at its 17th Annual Convention in Chicago, IL. Headquartered in Washington, DC, NAPABA advocates for the legal needs and interests of the APA community and represents over 40,000 attorneys and 47 local APA bar associations, whose practice settings range from solo practices to large firms, corporations, legal services organizations, non profit organizations, law schools, and governmental agencies.
September 1, 2005
Amy accepts an invitation to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Selection as a Fellow is recognition of a lawyer as one whose professional, public and private career has demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of the community, the traditions of the profession and the maintenance and advancement of the objectives of the American Bar Association. Membership in The Fellows is limited to onethird of one percent of the lawyers in each state.
