Focus
Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Father's Rights, Juvenile Law, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Name Change, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements...
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Contact
Phone: 203-330-2205
Address: 253 Post Road West, PO Box 3180 · Westport, CT 06880
Background
Licensed since: 1981
Law school: Villanova University School of Law
Education: Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 1978-1980; nonmatriculant NYU School of Law-Third year of law school at New York University School of Law (1981); high honors in all classes except higher grade of distinction in Professional Responsibility, 1980-1981; Trinity College, Bachelor of Arts in Intensive (honors) History, Phi Beta Kappa/High Honors; published senior thesis, 1974-1978
Professional activity: Currently: Board of Editors, Family Advocate, American Bar Association Senior Topical Editor, Family Law, CT Bar Journal; Member of Board of Editors since 1985 and served as survey editor multiple years and Editor in Chief for Max 3 year term; Standing Committee on Professional Ethics-CBA and current CLE organizer for committee CT Legal Services Board of Directors and Chair of Fundraising Committee Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Governance Committee and Scholarship Committee Chair, Norwalk Community College Foundation; Past State Bar Chair, Membership, American Bar Association American Counsel Association, Board, Scholarship Committee, now Chair of Scholarship Committee-American Counsel Association; Just completed max term of Advisory Committee to ABA Commission on Youth at Risk; previously CBA delegate to American Bar Association House of Delegates from 2006-2019 Member of CBA Experienced Lawyers Committee, CBA Fair and Impartial Judiciary Committee, Executive Committee of CBA Family Law Section, Member and former co chair of Presidential Fellows; previously every officer of CBA Family Law Section and Secretary, Vice President, President-Elect, President and Past President of state bar association New England Bar Association Board of Directors from 2006-2010 CT Bar Felllow-previously maxed out as member of the Board of Directors of the CT Bar Foundation (nine years)-including chair of the nominating committee and the Fellows nominating committee; organized major symposium in 2021 with one co chair on rule of law ; currently preparing this coming year's symposium; Member/Chair of numerous state bar committees including Solo/Small Firm Committee and then Section; chair of Pro Bono Committee, chair of council of bar presidents; chair of state bar Legislative Review Committee; multiple committees for the Chief Justice's long range planning strategic task force; Connecticut Legal Services - board of directors; Connecticut Bar Foundation - Sustaining Life Fellow; past director; American Bar Foundation - Fellow; The American Law Institute - ex officio member; New England Bar Association - former board member; American Counsel Association - board of directors, past president; Fairfield County Bar Association; Connecticut Bar Association - Family Law Section; American Bar Association - House of Delegates, CBA delegate; Family Law Section; Litigation Section
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