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Pamela M. Magnano practices divorce and family law, representing clients in divorces, legal separations, support issues and child custody matters in both Connecticut and Massachusetts. Attorney Magnano has represented clients and children at all levels of family proceedings and has appeared in Family Courts throughout the state of Connecticut, including the Regional Family Trial Docket in Middletown.. Attorney Magnano has been selected for inclusion in Connecitcut Super Lawyers in every year since 2014. Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Attorney Magnano was also selected to New England Rising Stars in 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013. Pam continues to be recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with an AV Preeminent rating for ethical standards and legal ability. In 2013, Attorney Magnano was selected to New Leaders In The Law by the Connecticut Law Tribune. Out of 300 of the best and brightest nominees, Pam was one of 60 attorneys to receive the honor. In 2022, Attorney Magnano was elected Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation (CBF) James W. Cooper Fellows Program. Fellows are nominated by their peers based on their outstanding service to the profession and larger community and are elected by the CBF Board of Directors.. Attorney Magnano currently practices divorce and family law with Attorneys Sandi Girolamo and Jenna Hyler at Flaherty Legal Group in West Hartford, Connecticut. Prior to practicing law in Connecticut, she was one of four attorneys in a prominent law firm in Braintree, Massachusetts, where she practiced family law and represented clients in numerous courts throughout the state of Massachusetts including Family and Probate Court, Civil Court and Criminal Court.. Attorney Magnano began her courtroom experience as a student prosecutor in law school where she prosecuted all levels of crimes from Arraignments to Trials. She graduated from Stetson University in Florida and then received her Juris Doctor at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, where she earned a place on the Dean's List.. Attorney Magnano is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, the Hartford County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. Attorney Magnano served as the Co-Chair for the Family Law Committee of the Young Lawyers Section of the Connecticut Bar Association from 2006-2009. In this position, Attorney Magnano co-chaired several seminars on family law topics. Each of these seminars featured some of Connecticut's most prominent family law attorneys and most well-respected judges.. Attorney Magnano serves as a Special Master in the Tolland and Hartford Judicial Districts. To ensure that she is up to date on all of the recent developments in her practice area, Attorney Magnano attends several Continuing Legal Education Courses each year. In addition to this training, Attorney Magnano has knowledge of all of the computer software needed to be efficient in the field of family law, including FinPlan, Family Law Software, Westlaw, and LexisNexis.. Beginning in law school and continuing throughout her career, Attorney Magnano has been involved in several charitable events and organizations. While in law school, she volunteered with Shelter Legal Services, an organization located outside of Boston, Massachusetts, which provided legal representation to individuals in local shelters. Through this experience, Attorney Magnano was able to help battered women with housing issues, domestic violence issues and family law issues. Since becoming a member of the bar, Attorney Magnano has continued to give back to the community and sits on the Board of Directors for the Children's Law Center of Connecticut.

Kevin is the owner the Law Office of Kevin Emerson, LLC where he has a thriving family practice covering multiple judicial districts, including Hartford, New Britian, Middletown, Rockville, New London/Norwich and Putnam.  Kevin brings over 25 years of experience to his practice and endeavors to assist individuals through the family court system, whether through mediation, collaborotive divorce or contested trial.. Kevin offers virtual consultations and mediation or collaborative sessions via Teams.. Kevin currently serves as a Special Master for the Norwich, Tolland, New Britian and Putnam Judicial Districts.  Kevin has also served as a Special Master for the Regional Family Trial Docket and the Early Intervention Pretrial Program established to assist in the settling of highly contentious custody cases.. Kevin is married to his wife of nearly 25 years, a Baptist minister.  They reside in the greater Hartford area with their two children.. Kevin brings integrity and compassion to the divorce practice.  He is trained in both Mediation and Collaborative Divorce and guides his clients into the process that will best fit their individual case.  Kevin is known by coleagues to work together to reach results for his clients with a minimum of emotional and financial expense.  Yet, Kevin is also a fierce litigator having tried countless divorce actions and custody actions before multiple courts across the state.  As such, Kevin brings to each case a personal knowledge of many judges and their tendencies so that he can instruct his clients accordingly.. Kevin has participated in numerous organizations with his wife and children, including Boy Scouts, girls in stride, American Baptist Churches of Connecticut, etc.  Kevin is an active member and leader in professional organizations as well, including the Connecticut Council on Non-Adverserial Divorce, Connecticut Collaborative Divorce Group, and numerous bar associations.  In his free time, Kevin enjoys hiking and canoeing in the Adirondacks and Maine.

I have been a lawyer in Connecticut for over 25 years and I have been practicing family law for over 20 of those. I represent clients in all aspects of family law cases including divorce, custody, child support, alimony, and property divsion. I have handled many hundreds of cases over the years. My cases have ranged from simple uncontested divorces to contentious litigated matters and from those with minimal assets to those with significant wealth. I take pride in successfully helping my clients, whoever they are, through what is often a very difficult time in their lives.  Much of my caseload comes from prior clients who have recommended me to their friends, family, and colleagues and from fellow attorneys recommending me to their clients.  I have lectured on divorce topics to professional groups and college students. Although much of my caseload is handled traditionally (where each side is represented by their own counsel), I also work as a mediator and in the formal and informal collaborative process.

Dara P. Goings practices exclusively in the area of Family and Matrimonial Law, including divorce, property distribution, alimony, child support, child custody, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Dara regularly represents physicians, attorneys, accountants, business owners, corporate executives and their spouses both in the initial stages of divorce proceedings and following the entry of a divorce or custody judgment in various enforcement and modification actions.. Dara uses her knowledge of taxation, executive compensation and retirement plans to guide clients through the complexities of cash incentive awards, long-term incentive awards, performance awards, restricted stock units, stock options, pension plans, 401Ks and IRAs, in order to structure effective financial outcomes tailored to meet each client’s individual needs. Dara helps clients to achieve successful outcomes of child custody and parental access issues. With a background in Psychology, Dara also helps clients navigate mental health issues and substance abuse issues which are so often exacerbated by divorce and custody proceedings.. Dara analyzes trust instruments and works with forensic accountants to determine all sources of income available for support and distribution. Dara also works with business valuators to determine the fair value of family-owned and operated businesses, medical, legal and accounting practices, and other private companies and corporations. Dara routinely works with Trustees and Trust Counsel in connection with her drafting and review of prenuptial agreements.. Dara expands her practice into Collaborative Divorce, Divorce Mediation and Private Special Mastering allowing her to offer divorcing individuals a non-adversarial alternative for resolving divorce and other family disputes respectfully and privately.. Dara represents her clients throughout Connecticut and also offers counsel on interstate and international family and matrimonial law matters.

An attorney with Flaherty Legal Group, LLC, Sandi B. Girolamo provides legal services to people living in Hartford and West Hartford, Connecticut, as well as the surrounding areas. She focuses her practice on divorce and family law, handling cases involving allocation of assets, child visitation, spousal support, child custody, divorce, marital property division, child support, prenuptial/post-nuptial agreements, paternity actions and most other issues pertaining to the practice of family law.. After graduating from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and English in 1993, Ms. Girolamo decided to pursue a career in law. She went to Quinnipiac University School of Law. During her time there, she was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Workers' Compensation and worked full time as a paralegal. She graduated summa cum laude in 2001 with her Juris Doctor, ranking in the top 10 of her graduating class and No. 2 in the evening class.. In addition to representing clients in family court, Ms. Girolamo embraces the use of mediation as a way to amicably reach a settlement. She is a special master for several courts, overseeing family law matters and providing recommendations to the presiding judge.. Attorney Girolamo was selected to New England Rising Stars in 2010, and has been selected to Connecticut Super Lawyers in every year since 2011. Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and profession achievement. The selection process multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer reviews.. In 2010, she was named, along with four other attorneys, in the Rising Stars list in Connecticut Family Law by the Connecticut Bar Association's Family Law Section. One judge even praised her for her conduct after a family law trial ended, stating that all family law attorneys should act as she did. Ms. Girolamo is admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut and is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association.. When she is not working with clients or the courts, Ms. Girolamo stays involved with her children's schools and teaches gymnastics.

27 years of helping people navigate the legal arena of divorce, custody and other family matters through litigation, mediation or collaborative processes - depending on your unique circumstances. I'm here to help you.