Branford Attorney Al Ippolito has received the Republican endorsement to be the next Probate Judge for Branford and North Branford, replacing Frank Forgione, who is retiring.

“I know I have big shoes to fill,” said Ippolito, “but I feel I have the experience to serve this community as its next probate judge. I have been blessed to have practiced law in Connecticut for many years. For all those years much of my practice has been representing clients in probate matters.”

Al Ippolito graduated Harvard University in 1979 and Boston University School of Law in 1982. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1982. Since 1989, Al has practiced law with his partner, former Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano out of their office in New Haven. The firm of Fasano, Ippolito, Lee and Florentine, LLC now has offices in both New Haven and Branford.

In recent years Al has been appointed by probate judges and attorneys as either a court appointed executor or mediator for difficult cases of feuding families that were stagnant in the courts.

“I enjoyed the work,” said Ippolito. “That experience inspired me to run. My goals are to diminish probate’s public negativity by educating the public on its benefits and to reunite any feuding families.”