Winona W. Zimberlin

Practice Areas

    Retired 2024

Bar Admissions & Memberships

    Practiced in:

• Connecticut Bar
• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals
• Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• Federal Circuit

Education

        Graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, 1975

• Graduated from Western New England College School of   Law, Summa Cum Laude, #1 in class, 1980, Law Review editor

Professional Activities

Founder of Zimberlin Law LLC, practiced in Education Law, Social Security disability, Veterans’ Disability, Connecticut State Employees Disability, Long Term Disability and Personal Injury.

Past Member of the Manchester and Connecticut Bar Associations, Hartford County Bar Association and Tolland County Bar Association, National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives, National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates

• Founder and former chair of Education Law Committee, Connecticut Bar Association. Past chair of Administrative Law Section
• Frequent speaker on education and disability topics
• Past Small Claims/Motor Vehicle Magistrate, State of Connecticut
• Past Hearing Officer for Connecticut State Agencies

Community Involvement

Member Glastonbury Democratic Town Committee, past treasurer,

Past member, Glastonbury Economic Development Commission

PUBLICATIONS

Connecticut Lawyers’ Deskbook 3rd Ed., (2008), Law First Publishing, chapter 20, Education Law

Who’s Reading Johnny’s School Records?, GP Solo, April/May 2006, Vol. 23, No.3

Who’s Reading Your Child’s School Records? Are They Really Private?, Connecticut Lawyer, March 2007, Vol.17, No. 6