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Whether the matter involves representing the client in litigation, a tranaction or guiding the client through a life cycle event, my goal is to provide value for my clients.. Because my practice includes representing clients over a wide range of legal issues both transactional and litigation, including real estate and land use, municipal law, estate planning and probate, family law and dissolution, commercial transactions, personal injury and worker’s compensation and liquor law I am able to provide comprehensive, cost effective, legal service to my clients. My clients include individuals, closely held business, publicly traded companies as well as municipalities such as the Town of Branford (2005-2007; 2014-present) and political subdivisions such as the Pine Orchard Association (2007-2013) and the Branford Sewer Authority (nka the Water Pollution Control Authority) (2005 to 2007 and 2013 to the present).. In my liquor law practice I represent wholesalers, suppliers, manufacturers, package stores, restaurants and bars on a wide range of liquor law and non-liquor law related issues.  I advise industry members on a variety of matters including compliance with federal and state liquor regulations governing advertising campaigns, inducements, tied-house prohibitions, franchise control, label registration; corporate, finance and operational structure and permitting.  I also represent industry members in connection with both the negotiation of distribution agreements and the dissolution of distribution relationships.  My practice includes representation of industry members before the State of Connecticut DCP and the Federal TTB as well as in litigation matters in court.  My clients range from Fortune 500 companies to closely-held privately companies to hedge funds to small independent “main street” businesses.

Trusted Business Advisor, Deal Attorney and Business Law Counselor to Select Middle-Market Clients. My motto: Find the way to get it done. For more than two decades, my practice has focused on middle market clients who face the same complex set of issues and challenges to business, growth and transition as their larger counterparts but without the benefit of a professional board of directors or the expansive infrastructure support enjoyed by larger enterprises. These are the clients whom I believe can most benefit from my efforts. I have steered these middle market companies and, in some cases, their individual shareholders or founding entrepreneurs through major and defining business transactions and moments, including a multitude of stock and asset mergers, sales and acquisitions on both buyer and seller side, simple and complex shareholder disputes, e-business launches, major and complex third party contract drafting, negotiations and terminations, business divorces, multi-generational successions and many other growing pain events that can sometimes make or break the middle market business. I enjoy a passion for my work and a commitment to my clients that becomes quickly obvious to all who work with me. As a result, most of my clients are long term and I am frequently used as their sounding board on major corporate decisions and strategies. I strive to be and stay the “go to” problem solver, deal closer and trusted advisor for all of my clients.. My approach: thoughtful strategy and planning, close client collaboration and committed follow through on short and long term client objectives and goals. I make it my business to understand my client’s business. I will always place myself into my clients shoes and work hand in hand with the client and their other professional advisors to achieve the client’s preferred business result. Whether it is a transaction that stalls due to an unexpected diligence development, a disruptive shareholder dispute interfering with a valid corporate undertaking or a complex multi-issue multi-party negotiation requiring careful diplomacy with adherence to critical terms, my focus is to get my clients to the end zone in a legal and business practical manner. I understand the need for mindful preservation of a client’s critical business relationships during sensitive negotiations and I am very experienced in managing and understanding the unique cultural eccentricities of multi-national business transactions. My experiences span across many industries and have involved clients and parties from across the world.. Here is a representative sampling of some of the industries and countries of party origin encountered through my transactional practice over the years:. Germany * France * Norway * China * Australia * Netherlands * Hong Kong *. England * Mexico * Brazil * Japan. Publishing * Technical and Non-Technical Staffing * Catalogs * E-tailing * Data Mining * Direct Marketing and Advertising * Software * Retail – National & International * Manufacturing – Direct and OEM * Medical Devices * Health Care * Pharmaceutical * Professional Services * Lighting * Refrigeration * Wire and Cable * and many more.. I invite representation inquiries in the following practice areas: mergers & acquisitions (buyer and seller side), shareholder disputes, business divorces, business succession planning, corporate structure, equity allocation, operations and management agreements, buy sell agreements and negotiation of critical operational and business agreements and other complex trusted business and legal advisory services.. Please telephone me directly should you wish to consider representation by the firm, learn about a few of my representative transactions or make any additional inquiries. Confidential client references are available upon request.

Thomas Candrick is a partner at Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey. He represents clients in the areas of corporate and commercial law. In recent years, his practice has involved the structuring, acquisition, financing, growth and sale of business entities and counseling clients on a wide variety of business related legal issues including corporate, governance, joint ventures, national and international product distribution issues and disputes among business owners. Banking clients have retained Tom in connection with documenting, financing and the workout of various types of loans, including senior secured commercial loans, participation in nationally syndicated credit facilities and real estate loans.

The focus of Attorney Eric L. Green’s practice is civil and criminal taxpayer representation before the Department of Justice Tax Division, Internal Revenue Service and state Departments of Revenue Services, as well as handling probate matters and estate planning for individuals and business owners and tax planning for closely held businesses.  He is a frequent lecturer on tax topics for CCH, the NAEA, the NATP, the ABA Tax Section and the Connecticut Society of CPAs.  Attorney Green has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Connecticut School of Law.  He is the author and lecturer of the CCH IRS Representation Certificate Program, and he is a columnist for CCH’s Journal of Practice & Procedure.. Mr. Green is a contributing author for Advocating for Low Income Taxpayers: A Clinical Studies Casebook, 3rd Edition, and has also been quoted in USA Today, Consumer Reports, The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch, , The Wall Street Journal and .. Prior to practicing law Attorney Green served as a senior tax consultant for KPMG and Deloitte & Touche.. Attorney Green was the 2010 Nolan Fellow of the American Bar Association and has served as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Closely Held Businesses Tax Committee.  Attorney Green is the current Chair of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Tax Section.  Eric is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel (“ACTC”).. Attorney Green is also a member of the Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York Bar Associations, as well as the American Bar Association.  Attorney Green is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut Superior Courts, the United States Tax Court, The Federal Court of Claims and the Federal District Court for Connecticut. Attorney Green received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting with a minor in International Business from Hofstra University and is an honors graduate from New England School of Law.  He earned a Masters of Laws in Taxation (LL.M.) from Boston University School of Law.

Patrick J. Lapera is a business transactional lawyer with over thirty five years of experience in sophisticated corporate, finance, and commercial transactions. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York, where he works with clients on merger and acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity and venture financings, tax exempt financings, reorganizations, real estate and construction contracts, licensing agreements, joint ventures, partnerships and limited liability companies, securities offerings, corporate finance and startup company financing. He also represents clients in the organization and governance of non-profit organizations, including securing tax-exempt status.

My firm provides sophisticated and attentive legal services to individuals and businesses located in Connecticut and Massachusetts at a cost which is affordable and commensurate with the nature of the transaction.  I represent people and businesses who are buying, selling, financing and developing commercial and residential real estate; people who are starting, buying, selling and operating small and medium-sized businesses and professional service organizations; and clients who need representation by a business lawyer in a wide array of situations.  My clients include real estate developers, small business owners and entrepreneurs, local, state and regional banks and other lenders, and medical practices.. During my twenty years in practice working for several large well-known law firms in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and as in-house attorney at a large national bank, I have developed a level of expertise in commercial and business law transactions which is superior to many other small firms and sole practitioners.  My firm provides high quality representation and clear, concise advice on a wide variety of transactions at a cost which is far less than larger firms with comparable expertise.  In addition, I provide service at a level that other firms cannot match.  By limiting the scope of my practice to transactional work I am able to provide personalized service to all of my clients.   My clients receive the benefit of my many years of experience of working on sophisticated transactions at large firms, but at a cost and level of professional attention unmatched by larger firms.

Marisa is a partner in the law firm of Lynch, Traub, Keefe & Errante, P.C. Marisa is an experienced litigator and appellate attorney, who primarily focuses on complex civil litigation and medical malpractice cases in both state and federal state courts.. Throughout her career, Marisa has achieved many successful outcomes for her clients both in and out of the courtroom. For example, Marisa secured a $4 million verdict against the State of Connecticut following a fatal interstate accident due to lane obstructions on I-91. In addition, Marisa was involved in a sexual abuse case that yielded a $12.5 million settlement. As a result of this settlement, Marisa was recognized in Connecticut Law Tribune's Personal Injury Hall of Fame. She has also been an instrumental part of many of the firms numerous other multi-million dollar medical malpractice and personal injury settlements.. Marisa has distinguished herself as a vigilant and dedicated attorney who pays particular attention to even the smallest details in her cases. Her unique ability to command both the facts and the legal principles of cases form the cornerstone of both her and her firm's numerous successes. Marisa's ability to grasp complex scientific and legal principles coupled with her analytical skills have proven to be valuable assets to her clients and her firm.. Marisa received her Juris Doctorate Degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. Throughout law school, Marisa received several awards, including the esteemed Dean's Award. In 2007, Marisa was featured in a cover story in Quinnipiac Law Magazine in an article related to work-life balance. In 2012, Marisa was named a "New Leader of the Law" by the Connecticut Law Tribune. In addition, she has been named as a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2009-2012 and has also been named as a Super Lawyer in personal injury-medical malpractice by Connecticut Magazine in each subsequent year.. Marisa is admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut, State of New York, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Marisa is active with the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) and was recently elected as Parliamentarian of the organization. She also serves on the CTLA's Executive Committee, Board of Governors, General Tort Committee, Continuing Legal Education Committee and Communications Committee. She is a co-chair of the General Tort Committee and the Communications Committee and is a past Chair of the CTLA Women's Caucus. In addition, she has served as the co-chair and has been involved with various fundraisers sponsored by the CTLA, which have raised funds for Habitat for Humanity, The Newtown Memorial Fund, Wounded Warrior Project and the Connecticut Cancer Foundation, to name a few. She is also an active member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Marisa previously served as the Vice-President of the New Haven County Bar Association Young Lawyers' Division and was a member of the Public Service Committee. She also routinely serves as a judge for local Moot Court competitions and participates as a brief judge for the National Appellate Advocacy Competition.

Judy's areas of practice include commercial finance, real estate financing, commercial workouts and restructures. In addition she practices business law, healthcare law, and commercial contracting. She represents local and national banks in the extension and collection of asset-based, commercial, mortgage and construction loans. Her health care practice chiefly includes counseling health care providers. These clients include individual physicians, physician practices, and home health care clients. Attorney Weinstein counsels on general business matters, integrated delivery system matters, regulatory issues, employment law matters, and financing transactions. Her real estate financing practice includes sales of REO properties, real estate acquisitions, real estate sales, and commercial leasing. Attorney Weinstein has also advised clients in connection with stock and asset sales and purchases.

Joseph Dornfried is a partner in Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey’s Business Services Group. Joe is a business lawyer who brings comprehensive view to commercial and corporate transactions.  Joe works with you on all aspects of your transaction and takes time to understand your goals.  Joe uses his experience and practical approach to develop strategies and solutions from a legal and business perspective.  Joe can help you by:

James C. Graham's practice focuses on bankruptcy and creditors' rights, commercial litigation, and professional ethics. He appears regularly before state and federal courts in a broad range of matters, including bankruptcy reorganizations and litigation, commercial real estate workouts and litigation (including foreclosures, landlord/tenant disputes, and valuation litigation), contract and other business-related disputes, asset recovery and collections, and professional ethics.

Isaiah earned his law degree at NYU in 1991. Prior to law school Isaiah worked for two years (1986-88) as a paralegal at the products liability firm of Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C. He began his law career as a tax associate with Gordon, Altman, Butowsky, Weitzen, Shalov & Wein in 1991 (now defunct). From 1994 to 1996, he was associated with the boutique tax, trust & estates and business law firm of Bergman, Horowitz & Reynolds, P.C. (now Withers Bergman LLP) in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1996, he joined Pepe & Hazard LLP (merged into McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP in 2010) in Hartford to gain more experience with private placements and corporate transactions. Isaiah remained at Pepe & Hazard until December 2001, when he became Of Counsel to Gregory & Adams P.C. in Wilton, Connecticut.. Isaiah founded Cooper Law LLC in New Haven, Connecticut at the beginning of 2004. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York.. Prior to his law career, Isaiah was a professional trombonist. Isaiah Cooper performed as principal trombonist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in Israel in 1985-86, the Friedens Orchester (Peace Orchestra) in 1984-85, the Santa Monica Symphony in California from 1982-1984, and has done recording work in Los Angeles, California, Memphis, Tennessee, and Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel. He has performed in marching bands, salsa bands, soul bands, klezmer bands, big bands, chamber music, opera, ballet and theatrical avant garde ensembles.. As an orchestral performer, Isaiah realized the benefit of hard work and considerable practice and preparation to be sure he got the music right. As a composer, Isaiah found it critical to select the instrumentation, style, tonality and meter in order to have the freedom within that structure to create. As an improviser, Isaiah learned how to take a wrong note or dissonance and make it lead to the right one, when to leave some silence, and when to play more. Isaiah applies the same principles to his law practice. He continues to prepare, to study and to learn. He has learned to select (find or draft) the right materials for each transaction, and his flexibility and understanding of when to use silence and when to speak helps him to negotiate effectively to solve or turn around difficult situations. After years of high-level performance as a musician, mainly as principal or first chair player, starting out as a lawyer, as a first year associate in a NYC law firm, was challenging for Mr. Cooper.  Now that he has attained a similar high-level of ability as an attorney, Isaiah loves what he does, and is passionate about bringing together the elements of each deal.. Isaiah grew up living on a small chicken farm outside of Middletown, New York. His family sold eggs to local businesses, through a local farmer’s cooperative in Sullivan County (in the Catskills) and from the drive-up window which Isaiah’s mom designed and had built into the mud room of their farmhouse (this was before banks and pharmacies had drive-up windows). Isaiah learned to make change selling eggs when he was approximately seven years old.. Isaiah majored in music at the State University of New York in Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo). He was originally enrolled in a five-year bachelors/masters program in music education, but, wanting to know more about making music before committing to teaching it, he transferred to a trombone performance major, getting his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, summa cum laude, in 1978. Isaiah studied with Richard Myers, the principal trombonist of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at SUNY Buffalo, and privately with Don Miller, the Buffalo Philharmonic’s bass trombonist. Isaiah played in a Salsa band (El Grande Sonito) during his freshman year, and in the Equinox Soul Band, a ten-piece band during his sophomore and junior years. Isaiah started doing a fair amount of teaching and freelance playing during his last couple of years in Buffalo.. Isaiah worked on his Master of Music degree at Youngstown State University from 1978 to 1980, studying with Dr. Vern Kagarice. During the summer of 1979 Isaiah toured around the Great Lakes with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, performing at waterfront parks from a motorized barge/floating stage.. Isaiah attended Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) as a graduate/doctoral student from 1980 to 1982. He studied with Douglas Lemmon at MSU and did a great deal of teaching and performing in Memphis. During this period Isaiah was the “first call” substitute trombonist in the Memphis studios (where he recorded commercial jingles), the Memphis Symphony, the Memphis Opera, the Memphis Concert Band and other organizations. During the “Memphis in May” festivals in 1981 and 1982, Isaiah was able to perform with an almost all African-American big band which included The Memphis Horns, and musicians who played with The Ray Charles Band, Aretha Franklin and others. He even got to play for a rodeo in Memphis. During the summer of 1982, Isaiah worked as an usher at the amphitheatre at the then new Mud Island River Park. Rather than just ushering, Isaiah was often given the responsibility for transporting the entertainment to and from the facility. In this connection he met Al Jarreau, David Sanborn, Donny Osmond, Hal Holbrook and the members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.. Isaiah decided to continue his doctoral studies at the University of Southern California and transferred there for the fall semester of 1982. He spent two years (from 1982 to 1984) in the L.A. area during which time he completed significant requirements towards a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Isaiah studied with Dr. Terry Cravens at USC and privately with Ralph Sauer, principal trombonist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. During these years, Isaiah also taught and freelanced extensively, performing as principal trombonist with the Santa Monica Symphony, the Korean Orchestra of Los Angeles, the Japanese Orchestra of Los Angeles and the Orchestra of the Barrio. He also put significant energy into composing and conducting, and premiered a number of new compositions, including ones he wrote. His improvisational avant garde band, Concurrents, did a live broadcast of music written by its members on public radio station KPFK in Southern California in 1984.. Isaiah received a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service and spent from August 1984 until July 1985 in Germany, two months studying German in Freiburg, and ten months studying trombone with Herr Professor Dr. Armin Rosin (as well as freelancing in Stuttgart and around Germany). Isaiah played with a Salsa band in Stuttgart. This band included players from Puerto Rico, Colombia, Greece, Peru, Argentina and Germany, in addition to Isaiah. He was also able to premier several compositions, both his own and pieces by others, including a piece for three alphorns (remember the Ricola cough drops commercial?), brass and percussion.. In the spring of 1985, Dr. Rosin did a series of recitals in Israel and discovered that the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (JSO) needed a new principal trombonist. The JSO’s music director, Gary Bertini, was also the conductor of the West German Radio Orchestra, so Isaiah was able to audition for the job in Jerusalem while still in Germany. The following year (1985-86) Isaiah performed as principal trombonist for the JSO and freelanced with a big band from Tel Aviv, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, and with his section mates playing trombone trios and quartets (with a talented student).. At the end of Isaiah’s year in Jerusalem, the JSO did a tour in Germany, the first time since World War II and the Nazi genocide of European Jewry (among others) that a Jewish orchestra performed there.. Isaiah returned to the United States in the summer of 1986. He took a paralegal position at Herzfeld and Rubin (a products liability defense firm representing Volkswagen of America and most of the other automobile manufacturers).. Isaiah lives in New Haven, CT.

I practice in the areas of commercial real estate law, commercial finance and general commercial and business law. My clients include local and national banks in the extension of asset-based, mortgage and construction loans to commercial borrowers. I am one of four practicing U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Designated Attorneys in the State. I have developed a subspecialty in representing traditional lenders and Certified Development Companies in transactions involving government guaranteed loans including loans made under the SBA’s CDC/504 and 7(a) loan programs. I am admitted to practice in Connecticut.

Guiding businesses and business owners on general and complex legal matters requires skill, knowledge, timing, and patience. So does fly fishing the tropical flats and the cold New England waters. As an attorney, I am an experienced advisor on many matters, including: mergers & acquisitions, contracts, negotiations, licenses, international transactions, business partner disputes, succession & estate planning, tax, and real estate transactions. If you would like to talk about fly fishing, I am also passionate about striped bass, tarpon, bonefish and snook (among others). Sharing stories and opportunities for either are always welcomed and interesting conversations. After viewing the experiences and demands of my family’s manufacturing business first-hand, I attended business school at Bryant University, studying family business management. I have also studied international business in Florence, Italy. Prior to attending law school I was a business consultant with a computer technology firm, advising business owners on how to effectively leverage new technologies to solve real business problems. All of these experiences have cultivated a practical, solution-based approach that I bring to each matter that comes before me.. As an advisor I am a problem solver and a deal advisor. I lean upon my business and legal backgrounds to understand my client’s business or personal needs and goals, and to focus on practical solutions that fit those needs, the matter, and the economics involved. Through this approach I have had the pleasure of assisting various clients achieve positive results such as:. I attended law school at the University of Connecticut School of Law where I was a member of the Insurance Law Journal and was published as a case editor for “Fidelity & Surety Digest,” which focuses on construction and financial services bonding requirements. I have also engaged in various pro bono activities including as a volunteer attorney with the Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative, Inc. and as a member of the board at New Life Christian Fellowship of Connecticut, Inc.. I currently live just outside of Hartford, Connecticut with my wife and four children. When I am not in the office I am often exhausted by my kids while playing, trying to play golf, making furniture, or engaging in any activity that presents a challenge to overcome.

Before deciding to open my own firm, I worked as an associate for several years at a prestigious firm in New Haven County were I received significant experience in a many different areas of the law.  I now use that experience as a general practitioner representing individuals and small businesses in a variety of matters.  I find that my multi-disciplinary training allows me to provide concise and comprehensive legal advice to my clients so they don't need to try and find a different lawyer for every issue they have and don't have to pay large firm fees just so they can get advice on different matters under one roof.  Having said that, when a client needs advice beyond my areas of practice I can usually rely on my network within the Connecticut Bar to find the right person for my clients.

Andrew M. Ullman is a member of the firm’s Taxation, Trusts & Estates and Corporate & Business Transactions practice groups. His practice focuses in the areas of estate planning, probate, commercial real estate and small business law.. In the area of estate planning, Attorney Ullman works with individuals and their businesses. He assists in directing their estates in the most efficient and tax effective way. He serves as a trust administrator and counsels other trust administrators with probate issues. In real estate, Attorney Ullman advises on purchases, sales, mortgages, and other transactions on behalf of his clients. His work with small businesses covers the full range of small business law issues. These include financing, sales, management, succession planning and litigation.