Attorney Romano is licensed to practice in Connecticut (Federal & State), the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Virgin Islands (Federal/Territorial), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Attorney Romano is a Lifetime Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, a Lifetime Member of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Legal Committee, a member of the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association, a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) a member of the U.S. Virgin Island's Bar Association, and serves as legal counsel for the Connecticut NORML chapter.

Attorney Romano graduated from Bard College in New York with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and music.  He then attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, where he was awarded the University of Pennsylvania Award for Public Service and was a recipient of the Equal Justice Foundation Fellowship. Attorney Romano interned at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office where he tried many of his own cases.  He was a law clerk for the Honorable Russell M. Nigro of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.  Attorney Romano was also the editor of the University's public interest journal, Hybrid: The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change, and a teacher for the Philadelphia Urban Law School Experience.

After law school, Attorney Romano managed a solo practice in Hartford, Connecticut.  He then moved back to Philadelphia to become a part of the prestigious Defender Association, renowned for producing top trial attorneys.  After his tenure as an Assistant Public Defender, he moved to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and worked as an Assistant Attorney General prosecuting major crimes.  He worked in private practice in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands before returning to Connecticut to manage his firm in Bloomfield.

Attorney Romano has tried over one thousand cases and achieved outstanding results for his clients throughout his career.  He is a nationally recognized lecturer on trial advocacy, cannabis prohibition, and defeating cellular telephone tracking evidence at Continuing Legal Education courses across the country.  He has been specially trained in immigrant rights and has a comprehensive understanding of the impact that criminal convictions can have on non-citizens.