JOHN W. HETHERINGTON

JOHN W. HETHERINGTON of counsel to the firm, has extensive corporate and securities law experience and is widely published in the area of corporate governance. He also practices in the fields of probate and estates, estate planning and real estate. He is admitted to the bar of the states of Connecticut and New York as well as various Federal Courts.

Mr. Hetherington received a B.A. from Yale College in 1960 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1963. He was Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of Westvaco Corporation (now MeadWestvaco Corporation) from 1978 until his retirement in 2002. In 1981 he was appointed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to its Advisory Committee on Shareholder Communications where he served during the life of the committee. He also was a director of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, Chairman of the Society's Audit Committee and Chairman of its Tender Offers Committee.

Mr. Hetherington participated as a commissioned officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Naval Reserve, until 1992 when he retired with the rank of captain. He commanded a reserve unit from 1981 to 1983.

Mr. Hetherington is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the Regional Bar Association of Stamford/Norwalk, the New Canaan Bar Association, and Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.

Long active in community affairs, John Hetherington served the Town of New Canaan as a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Town Council, and as Chairman of the Board of Assessment Appeals.

In November 2002, Mr. Hetherington was elected to the Connecticut General Assembly to represent the 125th District. The new house district covers most of New Canaan and a portion of Wilton.

• Wills, Trusts and Estates
• Corporations and Corporate Governance
• Real Estate