Languages Spoken: Some Spanish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1980 to Present:    Attorney - Law Offices of Audrey B. Blondin

General practice of law.
Founder, Torrington's oldest woman-owned law firm. Areas of practice include real estate, bankruptcy, wills and estate planning. Office has served as counsel for many banks and mortgage companies, providing representation on residential closings, including FHA, CHFA, DOH and DAP loan programs, commercial closings, foreclosures and loan work-outs. Office has served as court-appointed Committee on numerous foreclosure sales for more than twenty years.

Lender representation includes Fleet Bank, First Union, Litchfield Bancorp, Torrington Savings Bank, Thomaston Savings Bank, Webster Bank, Citibank, Northwest Community Bank, American Bank, People's Bank, Northeast Mortgage, Metro Mortgage Corp., Norcom Mortgage, Village Mortgage Company, New Milford Savings Bank, First National Bank of Litchfield, Naugatuck Savings Bank, Newtown Savings Bank, Bank of America, Washington Mutual, Principal Residential Mortgage, Norwest Mortgage, H & R Block Mortgage, Columbia National, Inc., GMAC, Countrywide Home Loans, The McCue Mortgage Company, Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation.

Licensed title insurance agent for Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company and Commonwealth Land Title.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Selectman - Town of Litchfield - 1993 to 2003:
Elected position to five-person Board of Selectmen. Participated in all aspects of local town government, including budget process and preparation, labor negotiations, hiring of personnel, community involvement and interaction with various town departments and local boards and commissions, including Public Works, Park and Recreation and Board of Finance. Also served as Moderator for Town Meetings. Obtained designation of Litchfield as a Millennium Community by organizing the purchase and sealing of a town time capsule. Developed concept and assisted Recycling Committee in formation and implementation of the Litchfield Book Exchange at the town recycling center. Collected items from town residents to send to troops in Iraq. Longest-serving Democratic woman member of the Litchfield Board of Selectmen.

Public Information Officer - Town of Litchfield - 2002 to present:
Appointed by First Selectman and Board of Selectmen as part of the Town Emergency Management Plan. Revised Town Emergency Management Plan and participated in state-sponsored Emergency Management courses. Performed official Public Information Officer duties during town-wide ice storm related State of Emergency from November 17-20, 2002.

Democratic State Central Committeewoman-30th District 2002-2004:
Elected from the 30th State Senatorial District as member of 72 person statewide Democratic organization. Responsibilities include providing assistance to the Democratic Party on the state level, candidate recruitment and organization, fundraising, media briefing on local and state Democratic candidates and issues. Also, founding member and chairman of Northwest Leadership PAC, 2003.

Connecticut State Chairman - NACBA - 2002, 2003:
Appointed by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Board of Directors to serve as State Chairman for Connecticut. Duties include promoting and developing NACBA membership among Connecticut bankruptcy attorneys, as well as assisting and contributing to the issues advocated by NACBA on behalf of current bankruptcy law and clients.

Lobbyist, NACBA - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003:
Met with members and staffs of the House of Representatives and United States Senate in Washington, D.C. on behalf of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys to advocate for fair and responsible bankruptcy reform legislation

VOSH-Connecticut (Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity)
Co-founder with husband, Dr. Matthew Blondin, in 2001, of VOSH-Connecticut. VOSH-Connecticut is the Connecticut chapter of VOSH-International, an international organization providing eye care services to residents of third world countries. Currently serving as Secretary/Treasurer of VOSH-Connecticut.

Connecticut Association of Optometrists President's Award Recipient, 2003
Awarded by the state organization of Optometrists for recognition of volunteer efforts on behalf of VOSH-Connecticut.

Missions to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua-1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003:
As a member of VOSH, assisted in providing eye examinations and eyeglasses to over 10,000 area residents over the past five years without access to eye care of any kind.
Served as "La Jefa" director of Mission Clinic in 2001, 2002 and 2003, supervising over 80 volunteers, optometrists, opticians, assistants and local support staff.

Democratic National Convention Delegate - 2000:
Served as a Connecticut delegate to the 2000 Democratic National Convention, Los Angeles, California. Provided legal representation on behalf of the Democratic National Committee for a gender balance challenge to the Connecticut delegation. Served as Connecticut counsel for the Gore 2000 campaign.

Eisenhauer People to People Mission - Beijing, China 1999
Member of first delegation of women attorneys to visit mainland China. Presenter of "Town Meeting Form of Government" at Northwestern University of Law and Politics Xi'an, China.

Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Memorial Award Recipient 2003
State Recognition as one of 100 "Outstanding Women of Connecticut"

Speaking Programs:
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
Annual National Meeting.
Panel Member 2001, 2002 ,Panel Moderator 2003.

Litchfield County Board of Realtors - 2001, 2002, & 2003 Torrington, CT
Legal Issues for Realtors - Legal Roundtable Panel Member

American Legion Auxiliary-Laurel Girl's State 2002, 2003-Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT. - Presentation: "Town Elected Official-Public Service on the Local and State Level"

Yale Women's Campaign School - 2001, New Haven, CT
Presentation: - "Running for Municipal Office- Help from the Party - Campaign Plan"

COMPUTER EXPERTISE:
Law Offices are completely computerized with Hewlett Packard Pavilion 4400 Computers, Laptop Computers and Hewlett Packard LaserJet printers. Program expertise includes Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Office 2000, including Microsoft Word 2000, Collier Top Form 5, Blackacre's RESPA for Windows, CATIC PolPrep 3.1, CATIC HUD-Prep 3.1, Quicken 99 for Windows (Trustee and Office Bank Accounts), America Online, ESSlink, Zoom Fax Modem, Internet Explorer, Eudora Pro, Microsoft Outlook and Yahoo email.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS and ACTIVITES:
American Bar Association
Connecticut Bar Association (Section member-Commercial Law and Bankruptcy)
Litchfield County Bar Association
Litchfield County Board of REALTORS, Inc.
American Bankruptcy Institute
James W. Cooper Fellow
Justice of the Peace
Selective Service Commission-Local Board 024
Treasurer, Litchfield Democratic Town Committee

PUBLICATIONS:
Various political, legal, optometric, opinion and other articles, including Connecticut Bar Journal, Connecticut Law Tribune, Optometric Economics, The Connecticut REALTOR and the Register Citizen, Litchfield Enquirer, Litchfield County Times, Waterbury Republican-American and the Hartford Courant.

LICENSURE:
Admitted to Connecticut Bar, May 19, 1980
Admitted to U.S. District Court for the District Court of Connecticut, August, 1980
Admitted to the Supreme Court of the U.S., January 9, 1984
Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, June 12, 1984