CT Attorney General Willia Tong on The Law and the Pandeic – FESCH.TV

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The pandemic has created significant challenges to ensuring that justice is administered on a timely and equitable fashion. Connecticut’s Attorney General, William Tong, discusses the legal challenges we have faced and will be facing as we transition into the post pandemic era.

Mr. Tong is the 25th Attorney General of Connecticut and the first Asian American elected at the statewide level. Before his election as Attorney General,he served for 12 years in Connecticut’s General Assembly representing the 147th District, which includes North Stamford and Darien. Most recently, he served as House Chairman of the Judiciary Committee where he was responsible for all legislation related to constitutional law, criminal law, civil rights, consumer protection, probate, judicial nominations and the Judicial branch, and major areas of substantive law.

During his service in the legislature, Tong helped lead passage of landmark legislation, including the Connecticut Second Chance Act, Domestic Violence Restraining Order Act, Lost and Stolen Firearms Act, the Act Protecting Home-owner Rights, and the Act Protecting Schoolchildren.

A Connecticut native, Tong is the oldest of five children, and grew up in the Hartford area working side-by-side with his immigrant parents in their family’s Chinese restaurant. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover, Brown University and the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Stamford with their three children.