Full Name:
Leonard 'Len' A. Fasano
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Jill; 3 Children: Kristen, Robert, Karla
Birth Date:
05/15/1958
Birth Place:
North Haven, CT
Home City:
North Haven, CT
LLM, Taxation, Boston University Law School, 1985
JD, Quinnipiac Law School, 1984
BS, Yale University, 1981
Former Assistant Minority Leader, Connecticut State Senate
Minority Leader, Connecticut State Senate, 2019-2021
Senator, Connecticut State Senate, District 34, 2003-2021
President Pro Tempore, Connecticut State Senate, 2017-2018
Minority Leader, Connecticut State Senate, 2015-2016
Minority Leader Pro Tempore, Connecticut State Senate, 2007-2015
Former Co-Chair, Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Internship Committee, Connecticut State Senate
Former Co-Chair, Legislative Management Committee, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Planning and Development Committee, Connecticut State Senate
Former Member, Reapportionment Committee, Connecticut State Senate
President/Founder/Attorney, Fasano, Ippolito and Lee, present
Former Attorney, East Haven Revitalization Commission
Former Assistant Town Attorney, Town of Beacon Falls
Former Fire Commissioner, Town of East Haven
Member, Board of Trustees, Hamden Hall
Co-Chair, Connecticut Long Island Sound Liquid Natural Gas Task Force
Founder, East Haven Land Trust
Representative, East Haven, Long Island Sound Study Commission
Awards:
2008 Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Police Chiefs Association; 2009 Roger Sherman Award, Connecticut Conference of Municipalities; 2009 Children's Champion, Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance; 2009 Public Policy Award, Mothers Against Drunk Driving; 2011 Distinguished Service Award, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale University School of Medicine; 2011 Legislative Achievement Award, AARP; 2013 "Patient Advocate for Life Award," Connecticut Hospice; 2013 Town Crier Award, The Connecticut Council of Small Towns (COST); 2014 Leon RisCassi-Theodore Koskoff Civil Justice Award, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA)