Rowthorn Law LLC

PERRY ROWTHORN

PRINCIPAL

Perry Rowthorn is the founder and principal of Rowthorn Law LLC. Perry represents clients in a wide range of investigations, litigation and settlements resulting from government enforcement actions. Perry’s clients include major international, national and regional businesses in the insurance, telecommunications, healthcare, energy, technology, financial services and other sectors.  

 

Drawing upon considerable experience as the former Connecticut Chief Deputy Attorney General, Perry assists clients in navigating single and multi-state attorney general matters, including several of the most significant and complex recent multi-states. Perry also provides strategic and communications advice to companies in managing their relationships with state attorneys general and attorney general organizations (NAAG, DAGA, RAGA, AGA), recognizing the significant role these officials play in business regulation and public policy. With more than two decades’ experience in Connecticut state government and litigating in Connecticut courts, Perry is regularly called upon to advise and assist clients confronting investigations, litigation and regulatory challenges in Connecticut courts and government agencies. 

  

Perry currently serves on the Connecticut Judicial Selection and the Connecticut Judicial Compensation Commissions. He recently completed a nine-year tenure on the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee. Perry has been a frequent speaker and writer on state attorney general enforcement and other topics. He has served on a number of National Association of Attorney General (NAAG) committees and acted as transition consultant to several newly elected attorneys general. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Antitrust & Trade Regulation Section. 


During his five years as Chief Deputy Attorney General, Perry oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Office of the Attorney General and personally handled complex consumer protection, antitrust, privacy, securities, environmental enforcement, charities regulation and false claims act investigations, litigation and settlements. He played a key role in several national attorney general investigations and settlements. He also served as primary liaison to the Office of the Governor and leaders of executive branch agencies, as well as state and federal elected and judicial officials.  


Perry previously served as Connecticut’s Associate Attorney General for Litigation, managing the office’s full portfolio of litigation and investigations. He originally joined the Office of the Attorney General as an Assistant Attorney General in its Consumer Protection Department, Public Safety and Special Litigation Departments, acting as lead litigation counsel on numerous critical high-profile matters. Before joining the Attorney General’s office, Perry worked as a litigator in private practice and clerked for the Honorable Robert N. Chatigny, United States District Court Judge for the District of Connecticut. 

  • Education

    University of Connecticut School of Law J.D., 1997, with high honors

    University of Connecticut B.A., 1992

  • Bar Admissions

    Connecticut

  • Court Admissions

    U.S. District Court, District of CT

    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

    U.S. Supreme Court

  • Distinctions

    National Association of Attorneys General: Senior Staff of the Year Award (2018)

    National Association of Attorneys General: Meritorious Service Award (2018)

    University of Connecticut Alumni Association: Public Service Award (2018)

    Connecticut Bar Foundation: James W. Cooper Fellow

    Connecticut Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor

  • Professional Affiliations

    Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission (2025 to present, appointed by Governor Lamont)

    Connecticut Bar Association Antitrust & Trade Regulation Section Executive Committee (2023 to present)

    Connecticut Bar Examining Committee: Member (2017-2025)

    Connecticut Judicial Compensation Commission (2024, appointed by Governor Lamont)

    Federal Magistrate Judge Selection Committee: Member (2003, appointed by United States District Court judges)

    Federal Grievance Committee: Member (2006-2012, appointed by United States District Court judges)

    National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)

    Attorney General Alliance (AGA)

    Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA)

    Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA)

  • Speaking Events & Publications

     Yale Law School, "The Role of the Attorney General," New Haven, CT


    National Association of Attorneys General, Consumer Protection Spring Conference, "Consumer Protection Claims by Local/County Governments," Washington D.C.


    Attorney General Alliance, Attorney General Authority Roundtable, "The Opioid Litigation: A Case Study in Threats to Attorney General Authority and Effectiveness," Scottsdale, AZ


    George Mason University Law and Economics Center, 13th Annual Judicial Symposium, "Trends in Opioid Litigation," Arlington, VA


    Op Ed: Wall St. Journal, "Leave Opioid Lawsuits to State Attorneys General" 


    Op Ed: Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Opioid Negotiation Class Should Be Rejected"


    National Association of Attorneys General, Consumer Protection Spring Conference, “Negotiations: If Everyone’s Unhappy, You Must Be Doing Something Right,” Raleigh, NC


    Democratic Attorneys General Association,  Milwaukee Policy Conference, “Protectors of the Environment:  The Fight to Address the PFAS Crisis,” Milwaukee, WI

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