- Paul Connell
- Partner and Co-Chair, State Attorneys General Practice / WilmerHale
Paul Connell serves as chair of the firm’s State Attorneys General Practice, bringing bipartisan leadership and multifaceted experience as a former deputy state attorney general, trial lawyer and strategic adviser. As a Chambers & Partners rated State Attorneys General practitioner, clients routinely praise his level of attentiveness to detail, sophistication and commercial awareness with many clients noting that his advice is always “spot-on” and that he is “fearless and willing to do anything to help his clients.” Mr. Connell’s practice spans nearly every conceivable industry sector, including energy, technology, consumer protection, telecommunications, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. He routinely defends clients both proactively and defensively in high stakes, multi-state investigations and regulatory enforcement matters brought by State Attorneys General, the US Department of Justice, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and many other regulatory and enforcement agencies. He also serves as outside counsel to an international online identity verification company and in that capacity advises on regulatory and enforcement issues pertaining to artificial intelligence and machine learning.