As Connecticut prepares to swear in Democrat Ned Lamont as its new governor in January, outgoing Attorney General George Jepsen will play an important role in that transition.

Jepsen, a good friend of Lamont’s since the 1990s, was named co-chairman Thursday of the bipartisan 19-member steering committee that will help Lamont with the transition leading up to the Jan. 9 inauguration. Democratic State Rep. Toni Walker of New Haven is the other co-chair of the committee.