Connecticut Airport Authority Member Charles Gray Represented in Lawsuit by Pullman & Comley, Firm He Helped Get Hefty Authority Contract.

Pullman & Comley had more than a good friend in the room when the Connecticut Airport Authority rejected considerably lower bids from two other firms and hired the Bridgeport-based law firm to serve as its counsel. It had a former client in authority member Charles Gray, spouse of Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s legal counsel and former Pullman & Comley lawyer Andrew McDonald.

Pullman & Comley represented Gray in a 2005 claim against Cosi, Inc. The case was tried in 2008, with a jury verdict for Gray. The verdict was appealed. The appeal was withdrawn on May 1, 2009. less than two years after Gray supported Pullman & Comley in the authority’s legal counsel selection subcommittee and the committee at large.

Gray will likely face questions about the details of his relationship with Pullman & Comley when he appears before the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee on Thursday at noon to his nomination to the CAA.