Attorney General-elect George Jepsen announced Friday that he is naming Nora R. Dannehy - the longtime federal prosecutor who handled the corruption cases of former Gov. John G. Rowland and former state Treasurer Paul Silvester, who both served prison terms - as his top deputy.
"I'm delighted and honored that Nora Dannehy has accepted my offer to serve as deputy attorney genereal," Jepsen said at a press conference to introduce Dannehy in the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. 'Her enormous intgrity, skills as a lawyer and experience managing law enforcement professionals are unparalleled in the state."
Dannehy, 49, had been an assistant U.S. attorney in Connecticut since 1991, and was named last summer by U.S. Attorney David B. Fein to head a new Financial Fraud and Public Corruption Unit in his office. She served on an interim basis as the court-appointed U.S. attorney for Connecticut from April 2008 until Fein's appointment last May.