- Date Of Birth: January 16, 1957
- Date Of Death: April 30, 2020
- State: Connecticut
Christopher Paul McCormack of Trumbull died on April 30, 2020 from complications due to cardiac arrest. Born on January 16, 1957, he was the son of the late Donald P. and Patricia S. McCormack of Westport, CT. He graduated from Yale with a B.A. in musicology in 1974. At Yale he played viola in the Yale Orchestra and conducted the Gilbert & Sullivan Society. He received a Master of Music degree from Eastman School of Music in 1981. After trying his hand at conducting local theatre groups, he went to law school at Fordham University, graduating in 1987. He married Sarah Doyle McCormack, formerly of New Canaan, the same year.
Chris began his Law career as a clerk for Judge Thomas Meskill, and then worked for Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn in New Haven for 17 years. He moved to Pullman & Comley in Bridgeport in 2004. Chris specialized in Environmental Litigation, and was recognized and listed as a top lawyer in the country by several publications such as Best Lawyers and Chambers USA. He also received awards for his work, such as the 2013 Distinguished Legal Writing Award, granted on behalf of the Burton Awards for Legal Achievement in association with the Library of Congress.
Chris served as Chair of the environmental section of the Connecticut Bar Association from 2015-2017, and has been the section’s Legislative Liaison for the past few years, providing ‘must-reads’ for the Environmental Section of the CT Bar Association. His quick, sometimes sarcastic wit made these updates extremely entertaining to all who read them and purported to be entertainment for the whole family.
