Mr. Connolly is a member of the American, Illinois State, and Chicago Bar Associations. He received his bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University and his law degree cum laude from The John Marshall Law School, where he was a member of The John Marshall Law Review and recipient of the Order of John Marshall. His Note, Legitimizing Private Placement Broker-Dealers Who Deal with Private Investment Funds: A Proposal for a New Regulatory Regime and a Limited Exception to Registration, was published in the Winter 2007 edition of The John Marshall Law Review.