Attorney Mark J. Sommaruga Receives JD Supra Readers’ Choice Award
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., March 3, 2025 — Pullman & Comley attorney Mark J. Sommaruga, a member of the Education Law and Labor and Employment Law practices, was honored with a 2025 JD Supra Readers’ Choice award, which acknowledges top authors and firms who were read by C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media and other professionals across the JD Supra platform during 2024.
The awards recognize authors for their visibility and thought leadership covering 33 key, cross-industry topics. In total, across all categories, JD Supra recognized the excellence and achievement of 344 authors selected from over 70,000 who have been published.
Mark earned high marks for his thought leadership and is listed among the Top 10 who write about education law and related matters on JD Supra, selected from a pool of more than 1,000 attorneys.
“Mark manages to produce incredibly insightful and thoughtful work on a regular basis, all while helping his clients navigate constant change and day-to-day challenges,” says Lee D. Hoffman, chair of Pullman & Comley. “His grasp of complex subject matter coupled with his ability to distill the information that is understandable to his target audience is a special talent.”
A frequent presenter at the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education’s (CABE) annual convention, Mark has written numerous articles on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), employment law and school law issues in various trade journals and newsletters. He is also a regular columnist for The CABE Journal on FOIA issues. Mark is the author of Understanding Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act(Sixth Edition, 2023); his book is published and jointly distributed by Pullman & Comley and the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) .
Mark also routinely counsels school clients on a wide variety of education law issues, including student discipline, special education, discrimination, abuse/neglect, residency/school accommodations, free speech, and policy review.
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