Connecticut Legal Services (“CLS”) is proud to announce the selection of Attorney Evan K. Buchberger as its next Litigation and Advocacy Director, effective immediately.
Attorney Buchberger steps into this role following his tenure as Managing Attorney of CLS’s New Britain office, where he oversaw the organization’s Immigration Practice and supervised attorneys and legal assistants serving clients throughout the region with a wide range of other civil matters. His leadership helped expand access to justice for immigrant families navigating complex legal systems, while guiding CLS attorneys litigating on behalf of clients in the state and federal courts of Connecticut. A graduate of the University of Rochester and the University of Connecticut School of Law, he simultaneously has served on the Board of Directors of Journey Home, a Hartford-based nonprofit committed to ending homelessness in the greater Hartford and Central Connecticut region, currently as its Vice Chair.
“I am deeply honored to step into this position at Connecticut Legal Services,” said Buchberger. “Since joining the organization three years ago, it has been a distinct privilege to work with such talented and dedicated legal advocates as work at CLS. I look forward to continuing to work with, and support them, as we continue to work to ensure that access to justice isn’t reserved for a select few, but to everyone in our state.”
With a career in civil trial and appellate litigation, where he successfully litigated on behalf of clients involved in complex matters, including issues of employment, intra-corporate disputes, and insurance coverage, Attorney Buchberger brings a deep breadth of experience to this leadership position. Over more than a decade of practice, he has represented individuals and businesses before the state trial and appellate courts of Connecticut and Massachusetts, the U.S. District Courts for both states, as well as the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal for the First and Second Circuits.
In this role, Attorney Buchberger will lead CLS’s litigation strategy and advocacy efforts across the state on behalf of the state’s most vulnerable residents.