Thomas J. Welsh, a principal in the law firm of Brown & Welsh, P.C., received a Citation from the Connecticut General Assembly for his work in the adoption of revised Article 9. He was a primary proponent and spokesperson for the Connecticut Bar Association in the adoption of revised Article 9 in Connecticut and served as a member of the Connecticut Law Revision Commission advisory committee on the 1999 revision to Article 9 - Secured Transactions of the Uniform Commercial Code. Mr. Welsh is a member of the Executive Board of the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys and a member of the Connecticut Bar Association's Executive Committee of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section and Environmental Law and Intellectual Property Sections. He has lectured on commercial law and bankruptcy matters and written on commercial law topics.
Edward A. Weiss practices banking and finance law as a partner in the law firm of Finn Dixon & Herling, LLP. Mr. Weiss was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1982 and has taught classes and seminars in Secured Lending, Fraudulent Conveyances and Commercial Syndicated Loans. He is also the published author of "Connecticut Fraudulent Conveyance Law" and "Connecticut Adopts UFTA." Mr. Weiss also served on the Connecticut Law Revision Committee advisory committee on the 2010 revision to Article 9.
Elizabeth C. Yen, a partner with the law firm of Hudson Cook, LLP, has been representing consumer financial services providers for over 30 years. She handles federal and state regulatory compliance and consumer protection matters, including those that affect deposit-taking, lending, leasing, loan production offices, and branching. Representative clients include regional bank holding companies and national nonbank lenders, which Ms. Yen counsels with regard to licensing requirements, development of new loan and other programs, documentation, marketing, litigation, and other matters. She is an editorial consultant and regular contributor to the Banking Law Journal and a member and regular contributor of the Advisory Committee to the Connecticut Lawyer (a publication of the Connecticut Bar Association). In addition, Ms. Yen was a member of the executive committees of the Consumer Law and Financial Institutions Sections of the Connecticut Bar Association, and of the Connecticut Law Revision Commission Banking Advisory Committee.
