Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Susan Bryson is a partner in the Real Estate, Environmental & Land Use Department in the New Haven office. She represents clients in all aspects of real estate, real estate finance, and real estate development. For over 20 years she has been representing for-profit and nonprofit developers and institutions in connection with the development of mixed-use projects and institutional facilities, financed both privately and through public financing, including tax-exempt and taxable bonds, tax credits, and tax increment financing. Ms. Bryson’s clients include national and international corporations, hospitals and health care facilities, biotech companies, developers and manufacturers.

Ms. Bryson is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. She is a member of the Advisory Board of a fellowship program at the University of Pennsylvania, the Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence, established through a unique partnership between the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the University. From 2000-2002, she was a Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Real Estate Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and is a member of the Real Estate Section of the American Bar Association. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Bar Foundation and serves as chair of its Grantmaking Committee. She serves as General Counsel and Secretary to the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce. Since 2004, she has been named in Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading attorney in real estate and she continues to be listed in The Best Lawyers in America under the category of Real Estate Law (for more about the standards for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, please see http://www.bestlawyers.com/news/default.aspx ).

Ms. Bryson received her bachelor’s degree in 1970 from Stanford University and her law degree, with highest honors, in 1977 from the University of Connecticut School of Law. She clerked for the Honorable Alva P. Loiselle, Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court before going into private practice.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate Law
• Education
• Environmental
• Affordable Housing, Community Development & Tax Credits
• Climate Change and Sustainable Development

West Practice Categories

Education Law, Environmental Law, Government Agencies & Programs, Housing & Urban Development, Natural Resources Law, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1977

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Connecticut Bar Foundation, 1998 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Connecticut Bar Association, Section of Real Property, 1998 (Member, Executive Committee)
• American College of Real Estate Lawyers
• 1000 Friends of Connecticut (Board of Directors, Executive Committee)
• Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors, Executive Committee and General Counsel)

Honors and Awards

• Named in Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America under the category of Real Estate Law

Classes and Seminars

• Tutor, Clinical Studies, Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, 1992 - 1996

Past Employment Positions

• Connecticut Supreme Court, Hon. Alva P. Loiselle, Clerk, 1977 - 1978

Education

• University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, 1977
  J.D.
  Honors: With High Honors
  
  Law Journal: Member, University of Connecticut Law Review, 1975 - 1977
• Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1972
  Certificate
  Honors: With Distinction,
  Major: Education
• Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1970
  B.A.

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