Day Pitney LLP today announced that five first-year associates have joined the firm in three of its offices.

"We are delighted that this strong group of lawyers is joining us," said Judith Babinski Fairweather, a member of Day Pitney's executive committee. "We expect they will make many valuable contributions to the firm and to our clients now and in the years ahead."

The new associates, along with their practice areas and office locations are as follows:

Andrew L. Bobenski, Energy and Utility Law/Boston. A 2009 graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School, Bobenski spent the past year working as a legal fellow at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. While in law school, he clerked for Judge Alfred V. Covello of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Connecticut.

Erika D. Cagney, Labor and Employment Litigation/Hartford, CT. Cagney received a J.D. degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law in 2010. She was a summer associate at Day Pitney in 2009 and earlier worked as a legal intern at New Haven Legal Assistance Association. Cagney received a B.S. degree, cum laude, from Boston College, Carroll School of Management.

Allison E. Cantor, Intellectual Property, Hartford CT. Cantor graduated in 2010 from the University of Connecticut School of Law with a certificate in intellectual property law. She was a summer associate at Day Pitney in 2009 and spent the previous summer working at Halloran & Sage LLP. Prior to entering law school, Cantor worked in the affiliate sales and marketing department at ESPN Media Networks. She received a B.A. degree from the University of Connecticut.

Allison Cleveland, Individual Clients/Boston. Cleveland graduated from Boston College Law School in 2010 and was a summer associate at Day Pitney in 2009. She previously worked as a legal intern in the Children and Family Law Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services. Cleveland has a Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig (Germany)/Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, an M.A. degree in anthropology from the University of Illinois and a B.S. degree from the College of Charleston.

Christopher M. Wasil, Commercial Litigation/Stamford, CT. Wasil is a 2010 graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he served as editor in chief of Pro Se, the student newspaper. He was a summer associate at Day Pitney in 2009 and spent the previous summer as a legal intern at Siegel, O'Connor, O'Donnell & Beck, P.C. in Hartford. Wasil received a B.A. degree from the University of Connecticut.

About Day Pitney
Day Pitney LLP is a full-service law firm with approximately 350 attorneys operating in offices in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Boston and Washington, D.C. The firm provides clients with strong corporate and litigation experience and regularly represents large national and international corporations, as well as emerging and middle market companies and individuals.