Marie-Therese Connolly

{{Short description|American lawyer}}

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| education = Stanford University (BA)
Northeastern University School of Law (JD)

| known_for = Elder Justice Act

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Marie-Therese Connolly is an American lawyer, Coordinator at the Elder Justice and Nursing Home Initiative, at the US Department of Justice, and Senior Trial Counsel, in the Civil Division.{{cite web |url=http://www.tbd.com/articles/2011/09/marie-therese-connolly-wins-genius-grant-from-macarthur-foundation-66788.html |title=Marie-Therese Connolly wins 'genius' grant from MacArthur Foundation {{!}} TBD.com |website=www.tbd.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006172938/http://www.tbd.com/articles/2011/09/marie-therese-connolly-wins-genius-grant-from-macarthur-foundation-66788.html |archive-date=2011-10-06}} She won a 2011 MacArthur Fellowship.{{cite web|url=http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.7730829/k.6709/MarieTherese_Connolly.htm |title=Marie-Therese Connolly - MacArthur Foundation |access-date=2011-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925094359/http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.7730829/k.6709/MarieTherese_Connolly.htm |archive-date=2011-09-25 }}

Book

In July 2023 Hachette books published Connolly's book The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money & Meaning Later in Life https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/m-t-connolly/the-measure-of-our-age/9781541702745/?lens=publicaffairs

Life

She graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in 1981, and from Northeastern University School of Law with a J.D. in 1984. She helped draft the Elder Justice Act.{{cite news|url=http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/09/marie-therese-connolly-d-c-lawyer-receives-macarthur-foundation-genius-grant-66777.html|title=Marie-Therese Connolly, D.C. lawyer, receives MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant|publisher=WJLA-TV|date=September 20, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324103155/http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/09/marie-therese-connolly-d-c-lawyer-receives-macarthur-foundation-genius-grant-66777.html|archive-date=March 24, 2012|access-date=October 5, 2023|via=Wayback Machine}}{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/llifestyle/style/macarthur-genius-grant-goes-to-dc-activist-who-fights-elder-abuse/2011/09/19/gIQANERzgK_story.html| title=MacArthur 'genius' grant goes to D.C. activist who fights elder abuse

| newspaper=The Washington Post| author=Christian Davenport| date= September 20, 2011}}

She is Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.{{cite web |url=http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/marie-therese-connolly |title=Marie-Therese Connolly {{!}} Wilson Center |website=www.wilsoncenter.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002223446/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/marie-therese-connolly |archive-date=2011-10-02}}

She is a Director of Life Long Justice at the Appleseed Foundation.

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