Law Firm Overview

Founded in 1951 by Herbert L. Cohen and Austin K. Wolf, Cohen and Wolf, P.C. has grown from its two founding partners to a full-service Connecticut law firm with 50 attorneys and offices in Bridgeport, Danbury, Westport and Orange. The firm represents a diverse range of clients including early-stage and middle-market businesses, national and public companies, financial institutions, municipalities, charitable institutions, professional practices and private individuals.

Cohen and Wolf's Business Clients practice represents clients in industries such as manufacturing, real estate, medical and health care, finance, banking, insurance, technology and publishing. The firm provides a broad scope of services to such clients in the areas of litigation, labor, employment, banking, mergers and acquisitions, health law, tax, securities, creditors' rights, commercial real estate, construction, land use and zoning.

Cohen and Wolf's Private Clients practice provides experience and highly personalized service to individuals in the areas of estate and tax planning, estate and trust administration, charitable gift planning, elder law, residential real estate, family law, employment, land use, litigation and personal injury law.

In addition, the firm's thriving Municipal Clients practice provides municipalities with seasoned legal counsel in all aspects of municipal law. Cohen and Wolf regularly handles unique and complex matters on behalf of its municipal clients.

Over the years, members of the firm have assumed many and varied leadership roles in all aspects of the communities they serve. Cohen and Wolf attorneys serve on the boards of many important charitable, cultural and civic organizations, as well as legislative and educational bodies. This long-standing commitment to the community greatly distinguishes the firm and sharply defines its character and culture.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate and Business Law
• Employment Law
• Labor Law
• Family Law
• Divorce
• Child Support
• Child Custody
• Land Use and Zoning
• Litigation and Appeals
• Municipal Law
• Personal Injury
• Car Accidents
• Slip and Fall
• Real Estate
• Securities Law
• Tax Law
• Trusts
• Estates
• Wills
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
• Elder Law
• Telecommunication & Utilities
• Common Interest Community

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Employment Law -- Employee, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Health & Health Care Law, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Slip and Fall -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Real Estate Law, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Land Use & Zoning, Securities Law, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Liability, Taxation Law