Mr. Bartels currently focuses on federal court litigation and pro bono work for Shipman & Goodwin, concentrating on corporate governance, contracts and litigation for tax-exempt organizations. He is a former magistrate of the Connecticut Superior Court, and early in his career, served as an associate in the Corporate and Litigation departments of the Hartford law firm of Day, Berry & Howard.
Mr. Bartels has served on several boards and committees for Cornell University, including the Committee on Alumni Trustee Nominations and the Cornell Council, and most recently as the vice president for the Class of 1971. He is a member of the administrative board of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology in Ithaca, N.Y., on the board of trustees for the Paleontological Research Institution, also in Ithaca, and is former counsel and president of the Greenwich, Conn. Audubon Society.
Mr. Bartels is the vice chairman of the board of governors of the University of New Haven. He is the son of Henry and Nancy Bartels, who are among the University's most generous benefactors. Among a number of initiatives, the Bartels fund the Bartels Fellowship and an endowed scholarship, and have made significant gifts for the renovation and refurbishment of Bartels Hall, the campus center.
Mr. Bartels graduated from Cornell University cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Government, and from the University of Chicago Law School.
Mr. Bartels and his wife, Susan Stappers Bartels, have two children. They live in Riverside, Conn.
