A Danbury man has been appointed to the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs.  City Council Minority Leader Tom Saadi will serve as General Counsel and legislative Director.  Saadi, who begins work at the State VA today, served for fifteen years as an Assistant Attorney General and Special Prosecutor with the Office of the Connecticut Attorney General.

Saadi is a Major in the Army Reserve serving with the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion Danbury.

He says he looks forward to applying the skills he learned there and as a Major in the Army Reserve to help veterans and service members statewide.  He says it's been an honor to wear the uniform for the past 10 years and to have seen and heard of the sacrifices from Connecticut men and women across all branches.

While at the Attorney General's office Saadi worked in the Consumer Protection division enforcing Connecticut’s Unfair trade Practices  Act,  represented  the  State  on  several  multi-state legal working  groups, prosecuted contractors, and was selected by former Attorney General Blumenthal to Co-Chair the Attorney General's Veterans and Service members Advisory Response Team. 

VA Commissioner Sean Connolly is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and also serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve.  Saadi and Connolly served together last year in the Reserves at Fort Dix.