Antoria D. Howard joined NAAG as Program Counsel in June 2025 after retiring from the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (OAG) with 28 years of service. At the OAG, she practiced in the Public Safety Department, representing clients including the Connecticut State Police and the Connecticut Department of Correction, and in the Employment Rights Department, where she defended state agencies in employment discrimination matters trying numerous cases to verdict in state and federal court. She later became Department Head of the Employment Rights Department. While in that role, Attorney General George Jepsen appointed her to the position of Associate Attorney General for Administration and Management. Attorney General William Tong reappointed her to that position in 2019 and then named her Assistant Deputy Attorney General in 2021. In that role, she oversaw office administration and management, including human resources, budget, facilities, IT, and staff training. Before joining the OAG, Antoria served as a staff attorney and adjudicator at the Connecticut Department of Public Health and worked in private practice, focusing on family, real estate, and probate law. At NAAG, her primary responsibilities include training for paralegals and other non-attorney legal support staff, as well as State Agencies Representation training. Antoria is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and the University of Connecticut School of Law.