John Droney
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John Droney is a Connecticut politician and lawyer. He is the senior partner of Levy & Droney, a law firm based in Farmington, Connecticut, U.S.A.{{cite web|url=http://www.ldlaw.com/team_jdroney.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025104824/http://www.ldlaw.com/team_jdroney.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-10-25|title=Litigation Lawyers - Levy & Droney P.C. - connecticut trial lawyers, trial attorneys ct|author=|date=October 25, 2006|access-date=March 17, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ldlaw.com/who.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114074036/http://www.ldlaw.com/who.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-11-14|title=Connecticut Law Firms - Levy & Droney P.C. - connecticut lawyers, business litigation|author=|date=November 14, 2006|access-date=March 17, 2019}}
Career
A native of West Hartford, Connecticut, Droney is a graduate of College of the Holy Cross and the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is former Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee and was a member of the Democratic National Committee. He was co-chair of the Bill Clinton-Al Gore campaign in Connecticut. Droney has usually been aligned with more conservative Connecticut Democrats such as former Governor William O'Neill.
In 2006 Droney was a vocal supporter of the re-election of his political ally, Senator Joe Lieberman.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/nyregion/19lieberman.html?ex=1305691200&en=78db62c0d8e55c76&ei=5090 | title=Lieberman's Support for War Leaves Him Embattled on Left | newspaper=The New York Times | date=19 May 2006 | last1=Yardley | first1=William }}{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1207800,00.html|title=Can Lieberman Survive Iraq?|first=Perry Jr.|last=Bacon|magazine=Time |date=July 3, 2006|publisher=|access-date=March 17, 2019|via=content.time.com}} Early in the year he publicly urged Lieberman to forgo a Democratic party primary and seek reelection as an independent. Droney's strategy was vindicated when, after Lieberman lost the primary to Ned Lamont, Lieberman won re-election as an independent candidate.{{cite web|url=http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17438547&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003212/http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17438547&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-28|title=Journal Inquirer - Lieberman wins, declares independence; Lamont concedes key tactical error|author=|date=September 28, 2007|access-date=March 17, 2019}}
His brother, Christopher F. Droney, is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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