Company news: Barclay Damon law firm announces new managing partner, other changes Updated Jan 07, 2021; Facebook Share Barclay Damon announced Connie Cahill has been elected managing partner of the law firm’s 475-person organization, a full-service firm with offices in the Northeastern United States and a particular focus on energy, intellectual property, labor and employment, and health care. She began a three-year position as deputy managing partner in 2018 to prepare for the transition to managing partner. She is the first woman to lead the organization in its 165-plus-year history. Cahill joined Hiscock & Barclay — now Barclay Damon — in 2006 as the firm’s public finance practice area co-chair and became the sole chair in 2018. Cahill also has held positions as the firm’s financial services practice group leader and Albany office managing director.