Attorney Mark J. Sommaruga Receives a 2026 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Award
HARTFORD, Conn., March 3, 2026 — Pullman & Comley Education Law and Labor and Employment attorney Mark J. Sommaruga is again the recipient of a 2026 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Award for his writing on education law. Presented by JD Supra, a leading online platform that publishes legal insights for professionals, the annual awards honor top authors whose publications attracted the highest levels of readership and engagement from C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media, and other professionals during 2025.
The awards span 33 key cross-industry topics. This year, JD Supra recognized 342 individual authors from a pool of more than 70,000 contributors, along with 32 firms demonstrating exceptional visibility across the platform.
Mark earned high marks for his thought leadership and is listed among the Top 10 who write about education law and related matters on JD Supra, selected from a pool of more than a thousand attorneys.
“Mark has an exceptional ability to make complex, evolving education laws understandable to school leaders, along with practical, actionable advice,” said Lee D. Hoffman, chair of Pullman & Comley. “The recognition from JD Supra reflects how widely his work is read and valued.”
A trusted resource within Connecticut’s education community, Mark frequently presents at the annual convention of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) and is a regular contributor to Pullman & Comley’s Education Law Notes and Working Together blog series. He also serves as a columnist for The CABE Journal on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) matters and is the author of Understanding Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act (Sixth Edition, 2023), published and jointly distributed by Pullman & Comley and the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education.
Mark routinely counsels public agencies, schools – including traditional public, magnet, charter, and private schools – and employers across Connecticut on a wide range of matters, including student discipline, special education, discrimination, abuse and neglect, residency and school accommodations, free speech, and policy review, as well as municipal concerns and FOIA compliance.
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