Leander A. Dolphin is now the sole managing partner of Connecticut-based Shipman & Goodwin, effective Jan. 1, after her co-managing partner left the firm at the end of last year to start a separate insurance boutique.

Just a year ago, the 146-lawyer firm appointed Dolphin, along with partners Kent Nevins and James Ruggeri, to take over for former managing partner Alan Lieberman. At the time, Lieberman said it was “a bold move that will take this firm to a new level.”