Connecticut firm Reid and Riege recently announced Thomas R. Kasper has been named its new president, succeeding Jon P. Newton, and John Paul “JP” Callahan has been named a stockholder of the firm, in conjunction with a slate of new hires.

Kasper is the eighth president to lead Reid and Riege since the firm was founded in Harford in 1950. The 34-attorney firm has offices in New Haven and West Hartford.