Catherine G. Roraback 115 Main Street Canaan, Connecticut 06018-0935 Tel: (860) 824-5121 Fax: (860) 824-7745 Education B.A. Mount Holyoke College 1941 L.L.B. Yale University Law School 1948 Professional Legal Experience Roraback Law Office Canaan, CT New Haven, CT General' practice including civil and criminal litigation, appellate practice, women's rights, domestic relations, community issues, civil liberties and civil rights; now semi-retired. Planned Parenthood of Connecticut New Haven, CT General Counsel 1955 - present 1948 1981 1957-1977.Town of North Canaan Canaan, CT. Town Counsel Teaching Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA Lecturer, Trial Practice Seminar University of Connecticut School of Law Hartford, CT Lecturer, Trial Practice 1980s 1980s Prior Employ, United States Department of Agriculture Analyst, Division of Program Surveys (Public Opinion Surveys) 1942-1943 War Labor Board - Detroit and Washington, D.C. Disputes Officer 1943-1945 I VZ/90'd 62S17S17t7098T O1 aminio AelUW3Sal ALLU Wald EE:OT 900E-6T-Ndf
Bar Associations and Legal Organizations (Past and Present) Connecticut Bar Association New Haven County Bar Association New Haven County Junior Bar Association (Past Chair) Litchfield County Bar Association National-Lawyers Guild (President 197-1-1973) Litchfield County Association of Women Attorneys (Past Vice President) American Trial Lawyers Association Connecticut TrialLawyers Association Oliver Ellsworth Inns of Court Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Life Fellow Bar Admissions Connecticut (1948) U. S. Supreme Court (1961) U. S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1962) U. S. District Court, District of Connecticut (1949) U. S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi (1964) Selected Professional and Community Involvement. American Civil Liberties Union Board Member 1973 7.. 1985 National Advisory Council 1985 present Connecticut Civil Liberties Union (originally New Haven Civil Liberties Council) Co-founder 1949 New Haven Civil Liberties Council Board Member 1949 present Past Chairman sic} Connecticut Committee for the Celebration of International Women's Year, 1977 Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund Past Treasurer Music Mountain, Inc. Twin Lakes Association Past President Women's Emergency Services Board Member 1992 1996 Treasurer 1994 1995 2 PE/22'd 62SVSPV098T 01. ONW1fllD AdUW3S0d ALL WOdA 2E:0T 900E-6T-NUf
The Canaan. Foundation Founder 1999 Board Member 1999 - present Northwest Center for Servicesand Mental_Health Board Member 1999-2005 Treasurer 2001-2005 Foundation for Community Health Board Member 2003 present Vice Chair 2003 present Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellows Interviewee 2004 (Oral History of Connecticut Women in the Legal Profession) Selected Awards 2005 National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association Award (In recognition of legal role in Griswold vs. Connecticut on 40th anniversary of case) 2001 Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame Inductee 1999 Connecticut Bar Association Charles J. Parker Legal Services Award (In recognition of role as mentor for women attorneys,.leading 'civil rights advocate) 1998 Connecticut.NOW Elizabeth Blackwell Award (For effective advocacy for women's rights) 1996 Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund Maria Miller Stewart Award (As role model in advancing the cause of women) 1993 Sotortomist International of Hartford Award, (Women Helping Women Certificate and Woman of Distinction Certificate) 1992 Housatonic Valley Regional High School (Community Award of Merit) 1992 Connecticut Law Tribune Award (Distiiriguishedsevice to theltate Bar) 1987 National Lawyers Guild, Connecticut Chapter Award (Leadership in the People's Struggle for Justice) 1985 South Central Connecticut Chapter of the National Organization of. Women - Susan B. Anthony Award (Sery ice and dedication to women's equality) 3 VE/80'd 62SVSVP098T a onuiinio AaJW3Sal AllU WOad 2E:ea 900E-6T-NUf
1. 981 Mount Holyoke College (Honorary Doctor of Laws) 1980 Connecticut National Abortion Rights Action League Award (Annual award named after Catherine Roraback in honor of her outstanding defense of abortion rights) 1977 Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut Award (In honor of contributions to Griswold vs. Connecticut and as counsel to the League) 1976 United Nations Association Award (Designated as one of six international women of the year in Connecticut) 1975 Connecticut Bar Association Award (Outstanding trial lawyer's advocate of women's causes) 1967 'New Haven Community (Dinner honoring Catherine G. Roraback) 1965 Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut Award. (Dedicated service to the League) Selected Legal Activities 1950s Advised community groups in various civil and criminal matters. 1955 "Defended citizen in denaturalization case during McCarthy era, U.S. vs. Kaplan. 1955 Defended leaders of Connecticut's Communist 'Party prosecuted under Smith Act, U.S. vs. Silverman. 1950s Defended pacifists who demonstrated against nuclear submarines in New London, Connecticut. 1958 - Co-counsel in litigation challenging Connecticut's statute which prohibited use 1965 of contraceptives; Poe vs. Ullman (367 U.S. 497, 1961) and Griswold vs. Connecticut, (381 U.S. 479, 1965) (constitutional right to privacy established; birth control legalized in Connecticut). 1973 Lead counsel in litigation challenging Connecticut's anti-abortion statutes, Abele vs. Markle a.k.a. Women vs. Connecticut, (statutes found unconstitutional). 1970s Co-counsel in litigation seeking Medicaid payment for abortions, Roe vs. Maher. 1960s Represented black community activist organizations; assisted tenants seeking relief from substandard housing conditions; first "rent strike" in Connecticut. b?/60'd 62SVS17170981 a ONW1flIJ AHUW3S021 Alibi Wald 2E:0T 900E-6T-NUf 4
1964 Provided legal assistance to civil rights workers in Mississippi; encouraged Connecticut attorneys to participate. 1960s Helped organize and sponsor New Haven Draft Information Center which provided information on selective service status and obligations. 1960s - Represented conscientious objectors prosecuted for violating selective service 1970 law; see U.S. vs. Bornemann, 424 F.2d 1343 (rd Cir. 1970). 1967 Defended individuals arrested during Connecticut welfare demonstration. 1969 - Defended members of New Haven Black Panthers on conspiracy, kidnapping and 1971 murder charges. 1970s Represented Native American woman incase arising on Wounded Knee reservation. 1970s Defended pacifists who demonstrated against nuclear submarines in New London, Connecticut, 1970s Spoke on litigation topics at various Women 'in the Law Conferences (series of annual conferences which addressed feminism in the law). 1980s Served on Task Force on Legal Rights of Governor's Committee on Status of Women and participated in the Governor's conference on Human Rights and Opportunities. be/ot'd 62SPS17170981 oi ONd I1fl I0 ANUW3SON ALLH WONA 2E:eg 900E-6I-Nbf 5