Ms. Connolly has a wide range of experience in municipal law and an extensive background in land use and environmental law with an emphasis on zoning and conservation. She counsels municipalities on drafting and implementing effective wetlands, zoning by-laws and health regulations, handles zoning and wetlands permitting appeals in the Superior Court, Appeals Court and Land Court as well as wetlands appeals before the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Division of Administrative Law Appeals.

As a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commission (MACC), Ms. Connolly conducts seminars on environmental law, provides legal advice to the state's conservation commissions through a telephone hotline and regularly publishes articles in the monthly newsletter. She also serves on the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Technical Steering Committee developing recommendations to the DCR for management of its forest and benefits for the citizens of Massachusetts and the environment.

Prior to joining Murtha Cullina, Ms. Connolly was a principal at a Boston law firm for 16 years. She also served as a writer and educator at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Public Affairs Division of the New England Region.