Born in Westmore, Vermont, Don Marchand spent his youth in Hartford and Norwich, CT, graduating from Norwich Free Academy in 1951. After attending Holy Cross College, he graduated summa cum laude from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. in Accounting in 1955 and then went to Harvard Law School where he received his L.L.B. in 1958. Following graduation, Mr. Marchand worked briefly as a civilian in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in Washington, D.C. Called to active duty in July, 1958, Mr. Marchand served nearly five years as an Officer of the Judge Advocate Corps in the U.S. Air Force, in Madison, Wisconsin and Wiesbaden, Germany. In 1963, he joined Parker, Badger and Fisher in Greenwich and remained with the firm until July, 1990, when he came to Ivey, Barnum & O'Mara.
Mr. Marchand works primarily in the areas of taxation, real estate, trusts and estates and zoning. He is a member of the American, Connecticut and Greenwich Bar Associations and, from 1985 to 2009, served on the House of Delegates and/or Board of Governors of the Connecticut Bar Association. He was President of the Connecticut Bar Association in 2000 - 2001.
Among his many activities in the community, Mr. Marchand has coached Little League baseball, was a member of the Representative Town Meeting, and served as President of the Board of Trustees of both the Convent of the Sacred Heart and The Greenwich Library and is currently a member of the Board of Pathways, Inc.
Additional language spoken: French.
