Firm Overview

Austin K. Wolf 
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Co-Founder and Principal
phone 203-368-0211
fax (203) 337-5507
email awolf@cohenandwolf.com

AUSTIN K. WOLF is the co-founder of Cohen and Wolf, P.C. and a principal in the firm's Real Estate and Land Use & Zoning Groups. Resident in the Bridgeport office, Mr. Wolf practices in the areas of land use planning, zoning, wetlands, real estate development, and industrial and commercial leasing.

He is admitted to practice in Connecticut ; the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Mr. Wolf is a member of the American, Connecticut and Greater Bridgeport Bar Associations. He is a member and past chairman of the Planning and Zoning Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association, and served on the Connecticut Bar Association House of Delegates. He is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and past member and officer of the American Inns of Court, Bridgeport . He serves as an attorney trial referee (since 1983). He served on the Board of Editors of the Connecticut Bar Journal and the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.

Austin Wolf recently was honored with the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award by the Connecticut Bar Association's Planning & Zoning Section. The award was given "in recognition of longstanding distinguished service as a planning and zoning lawyer, to clients, to the profession, to the community, to strong ethical practices, and to the advancement of knowledge, to writing, lecturing and similar pursuits." In 2008, he received the Career Service Award from the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association. Mr. Wolf has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1986. In the 2009 edition he was named as "Real Estate Lawyer of the Year" in Connecticut .

Mr. Wolf frequently speaks on real estate- and land use-related topics to both legal and business audiences. He received his B.A. in 1948 from Yale University and LL.B., cum laude, in 1951 from Harvard Law School . Mr. Wolf served in the United States Marine Corps from 1941 to 1945.

Areas of Practice:
Land Use & Zoning
Real Estate
Bar Admissions:
Connecticut
U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
Education:
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1951
LL.B.
Honors: Cum Laude


Yale University, 1948
B.A.


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Speaker, Real Estate and Land Use Related Topics, Legal and Business Audiences


Honors and Awards:
Best Lawyers in America, 1986 - Present


Real Estate lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2009


Connecticut Bar Association's Planning & Zoning Section, Lifetime Achievement Award


Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Career Service Award, 2008


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member


Connecticut Bar Association
Member


Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
Member


Connecticut Bar Association
Member and Past Chairman, Planning & Zoning Executive Committee


Connecticut Bar Association
Member, House of Delegates


American College of Real Estate Lawyers
Member


American Inns of Court, Bridgeport
Past Member and Officer


American Inns of Court, Bridgeport, 1983 - Present
Attorney Trial Referee


Connecticut Bar Journal
Member, Board of Editors


Connecticut Bar Foundation
Member, Board of Directors