MARIE E. GALLO-HALL is a 1984 graduate of the University of Connecticut, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism, with a minor in History.  After working in the print and advertising industries for seven years, she received her certification in Paralegal Studies.  Ms. Gallo-Hall worked as a paralegal for nine years focusing primarily in workers’ compensation, personal injury and Social Security disability, beginning in 1992, first at the firm of McCarthy, Schuman & Coombes and, since 1997 with the firm of Montstream and May, L.L.P.  While working as a paralegal, Ms. Gallo-Hall attended the evening program at the University of Connecticut School of Law, from which she obtained her J.D. in May, 2001.  She is published in the Connecticut Bar Association’s Compensation Quarterly.