Jerry Farrell, Jr. was named the Commissioner of the state Department of Consumer Protection by Governor M. Jodi Rell on December 29, 2006. 

Commissioner Farrell had served as Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Protection since being appointed by Governor Rell in September 2004. Prior to serving as Deputy Commissioner, Farrell was in the private practice of law for 11 years. A good portion of his law practice was focused on helping senior citizens with legal problems. 

He has held elective or appointive office since the age of 18, having served seven terms on the Wallingford Town Council, several years as a Wallingford Selectman and a Justice of the Peace. 

He has served as an officer or director of a number of non-profit organizations, including  President of the Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust, President of the Center Street Cemetery Association, Parish Historian of Most Holy Trinity Church, and past Vice Chairman of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation. In 2003, Farrell was named Wallingford’s Italian-American Citizen of the Year, in recognition of his civic and charitable endeavors. 

Commissioner Farrell is a graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall, the College of the Holy Cross, and Villanova University Law School. Farrell resides in Wallingford, with his wife Natalie, daughter Emilia, and son Michael.

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