Former Assistant Minority Leader, Connecticut State Senate

Minority Leader, Connecticut State Senate, 2019-2021

Senator, Connecticut State Senate, District 34, 2003-2021

President Pro Tempore, Connecticut State Senate, 2017-2018

Minority Leader, Connecticut State Senate, 2015-2016

Minority Leader Pro Tempore, Connecticut State Senate, 2007-2015

Former Co-Chair, Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Internship Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Legislative Management Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Planning and Development Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Reapportionment Committee, Connecticut State Senate

President/Founder/Attorney, Fasano, Ippolito and Lee, present

Former Attorney, East Haven Revitalization Commission

Former Assistant Town Attorney, Town of Beacon Falls

Former Fire Commissioner, Town of East Haven

Member, Board of Trustees, Hamden Hall

Co-Chair, Connecticut Long Island Sound Liquid Natural Gas Task Force

Founder, East Haven Land Trust

Representative, East Haven, Long Island Sound Study Commission

Awards:

2008 Legislator of the Year, Connecticut Police Chiefs Association; 2009 Roger Sherman Award, Connecticut Conference of Municipalities; 2009 Children's Champion, Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance; 2009 Public Policy Award, Mothers Against Drunk Driving; 2011 Distinguished Service Award, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale University School of Medicine; 2011 Legislative Achievement Award, AARP; 2013 "Patient Advocate for Life Award," Connecticut Hospice; 2013 Town Crier Award, The Connecticut Council of Small Towns (COST); 2014 Leon RisCassi-Theodore Koskoff Civil Justice Award, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA)