Cara C. Pavalock-D'Amato is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with ...

from the 77th district. Elected in November 2014, she assumed office on January 7, 2015.

Early life and education

Pavalock-D'Amato was born in

Bristol, Connecticut Bristol is a suburban city located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, southwest-west of Hartford. The city is also 120 miles southwest from Boston, and approximately 100 miles northeast of New York City. As of the 2020 census, th ...

and graduated from St. Paul Catholic High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Providence College, a Juris Doctor from the

St. Thomas University School of Law Benjamin L. Crump College of Law is one of the graduate schools of St. Thomas University located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The College of Law was founded in 1984. According to its 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 54.7% of the Class of 2017 obta ...

, and a

Master of Laws in taxation A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In mos ...

from the

Georgetown University Law Center The Georgetown University Law Center (Georgetown Law) is the law school of Georgetown University, a private research university in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1870 and is the largest law school in the United States by enrollment and ...

Career

After graduating from law school, Pavalock-D'Amato returned to Bristol and established a law firm. She was elected to the

in November 2014 and assumed office on January 7, 2015. Pavalock-D'Amato is the ranking member of the House Insurance and Real Estate Committee.

References

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