Paul M. Stein

Commissioner

Paul Stein was appointed as a Commissioner to the Civil Service Commission in 2008 and was most recently re-appointed to a 5-year term in 2023. 

Commissioner Stein is a graduate of Trinity College (Conn.) and Vanderbilt Law School. His prior public service includes active duty as a commissioned officer with the United States Air Force, Senior Counsel of the State Rating Bureau in the Massachusetts Division of Insurance and Deputy Chief of the Insurance Division in the Office of Attorney General James M. Shannon.

He has practiced law with firms in New York, Boston and Framingham, where he concentrated in labor and employment, employee benefits, insurance, health care and consumer law. He is a member of the Massachusetts and New York State Bars. He is currently a resident of Westport.

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