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UKS attorneys, shareholder Brian C. Courtney and associate Emily R. McCarthy, represented Omni America in the acquisition of a 150 unit scattered site Project-Based apartment project in Hartford in December 2021. The Project had a checkered past – a prior owner died and the property fell into foreclosure by HUD, and more recently the tenant organization lobbied the City and HUD for a change in ownership. Omni has pledged to invest over $6 million to rehab the more than 20 buildings comprising th ...

UKS Attorney Christopher L. Brigham will be attending the upcoming meeting of the Board of Directors of MERITAS™ from February 16-18, 2022 in Huntington Beach, CA. Attorney Brigham is a member of the MERITAS™ Board of Directors and a member of the MERITAS™ Finance Committee. Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. is a founding member of MERITAS™, a business alliance of more than 7,000 lawyers in 175 independent member firms in 80 countries around the globe that are dedicated to providing business c ...

On November 2, 2021, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued its decision in Benjamin v. Island Management, LLC,[1] ruling that Connecticut General Statute § 34-255i of the Connecticut Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (CULLCA) does not require members of an LLC to present “credible proof” of mismanagement in order to inspect the LLC’s books and records.  Background The defendant is a manager-managed LLC created to oversee and manage a sizable family estate.  The LLC’s members are six separat ...

UKS is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors appointed Kevin McEleney as the new chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. UKS touts a strong team of attorneys and staff in this area with capabilities across a broad range of matters. Mr. McEleney represents lenders, commercial landlords and businesses in a wide variety of complex business disputes, workouts and real estate matters. He succeeds Thomas Gugliotti who has successfully led and developed this pra ...

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John J. Alissi (860) 548-2619 jalissi@uks.com   UPDIKE, KELLY & SPELLACY, P.C. MOVES ITS HARTFORD OFFICE   Hartford, January 24, 2022: Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. (“UKS”) is pleased to announce that, effective January 17, 2022, it has moved its Hartford office to Goodwin Square, 225 Asylum Street, 20th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103. John J. Alissi, the President of UKS, stated, “We are pleased to move our firm’s Hartford office to t ...

UKS Shareholder Michael P. Botelho was recently quoted in the January 3, 2022 issue of The Bond Buyer as part of an article entitled “Disclosure Misconduct Eyed by SEC.” Attorney Botelho offered his perspective on the SEC’s enforcement actions in 2021 including increased scrutiny of municipal advisers seen acting in a manner which serves their own financial interests to the detriment of their municipal issuer clients. Attorney Botelho is Chairman of the firm’s Public Finance Practice Group and r ...

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John J. Alissi (860) 548-2619 jalissi@uks.com   FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PRACTICE GROUP OF CRANMORE, FITZGERALD & MEANEY TO JOIN UPDIKE, KELLY & SPELLACY, P.C.     Hartford, December 27, 2021:  Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. (UKS) is pleased to announce that, effective January 1, 2022, the attorneys and staff formerly practicing with Cranmore, FitzGerald & Meaney, LLC’s (“CFM”) Financial Institutions Practice Group will jo ...

The Updike, Kelly & Spellacy Teamwork Committee has been busy collecting toys this holiday season from members of the firm.  UKS will donate the toys to the YWCA Early Learning Center in East Hartford, which serves families and children ages 8 months to four years old.  Pictured here are members of the UKS Teamwork Committee. (From left to right – Wilneris J. Marrero Rivera, Patrycja Potaczala, Ebony Gaynor, Kathi Gauthier, Feruza Gasztold, Donna McKiernan and Cirilla Anderson – not pictured ...

The Greater New Britain Chamber is offering this two-hour training session for business owners and employees on December 20, 2021 from 10:00am – 12:00am via a ZOOM. The training will fulfill the requirements of Connecticut’s new law and will be presented by Christopher L. Brigham, Chair of Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.’s Employment Practices Group and Atty. Valerie Ferdon. The cost of the training is $30 per person and checks should be made payable to the Greater New Britain Chamber. (Grou ...

Jeff Bausch attended the Connecticut Bar Association’s 2021 Presidential Fellows Dinner on November 18, 2021 at Grassy Hills Country Club in Orange. The event included a panel discussion with CBA Past Presidents Karen DeMeola, Amy Lin Meyerson, Hon. Ndidi Moses, and Jonathan Shapiro.  Jeff is serving as a Presidential Fellow for the 2020-2022 term and sits, ex officio, on the Executive Committee of the CBA’s Environmental Section.     The CBA recently issued a press release with photographs an ...