Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey has elected lawyers Damian K. Gunningsmith and Benjamin Pomerantz to partnership effective January 1.

Gunningsmith is an intellectual property lawyer based in the firm’s New Haven office. He has experience litigating patent, trademark, antitrust, false advertising trade secrets and unfair competition matters. He is also a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also works in litigation in the areas of labor and employment, probate, land use, and environmental law. He earned his J.D. from Quinnipiac University School of Law, summa cum laude.