Cohen and Wolf Attorneys Austin Wolf and Rick Slavin Chosen by Peers as "Best Lawyers" for 2010

September 21, 2009

Two attorneys from Cohen and Wolf P.C. - Austin Wolf and Richard Slavin - have been recognized by their peers and selected inclusion in the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers, a highly respected peer-review publication..

This marks the 25^th consecutive year that Mr. Wolf, one of the firm's founding partners, has been so honored by Best Lawyers. He was named as "Real Estate Lawyer of the Year" in Connecticut for 2009. He is currently listed as a "Best Lawyer" in the areas of Land Use & Zoning Law and Real Estate Law.

Mr. Slavin, chair of Cohen and Wolf's Securities Law Group and Managing Partner of the firm's Westport office, has been selected for the second straight year in the area of Securities Law.

The Best Lawyers annual listing is available online at http://www.bestlawyers.com/. For attorneys in the tri-state area, a regional edition of Best Lawyers will be published in New York magazine, The New York Law Journal and the Connecticut Law Tribune.

Best Lawyers is based entirely on a peer review system. Lawyers in various specialties are asked to rate the abilities of other lawyers in the same specialty and geographic area by answering the question: "If you could not handle a case yourself, to whom would you refer it?" The question is posed on a ballot sent to over 30,000 lawyers across the country each year and supplemented with extensive phone interviews and reviews of disciplinary records. Best Lawyers has been ranking attorneys across America since 1983.

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 firm's Bridgeport office, Mr. Wolf practices in the areas of land use planning, zoning, wetlands, real estate development, and industrial and commercial leasing. He received his B.A. in 1948 from Yale University and LL.B., cum laude, in 1951 from Harvard Law School. Austin Wolf recently was honored with the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award by the Connecticut Bar Association's Planning & Zoning Section and a Career Service Award from the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association.

RICHARD SLAVIN is chair of Cohen and Wolf, P.C.'s Securities Group and a member of the firm's Litigation and Business & Corporate Groups. Mr. Slavin, based in the Westport office, practices in the areas of securities regulation, securities and federal court litigation, and banking regulation. Mr. Slavin earned his B.A. in 1969 and his M.B.A. in 1972 from Case Western Reserve University. He received his J.D. in 1977 from the University of Akron. Prior to joining Cohen and Wolf, Mr. Slavin served as Director of the Securities and Business Investments Division of the Connecticut Banking Department, as Attorney Inspector (Chief Enforcement Attorney) of the Ohio Division of Securities, and as an Enforcement staff attorney for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Cohen and Wolf, P.C. For nearly 60 years, Cohen and Wolf has been providing personal attention and practical advice for its clients, successfully represented businesses, individuals and municipalities in matters involving litigation, corporate and securities law, real estate, land use and zoning, tax, employment and labor, municipal law, personal injury, family law, estate planning, elder law and asset protection planning. The firm's team of 48 experienced lawyers is based in its four Connecticut offices: Bridgeport, Danbury, Westport and Orange. For more information please visit: http://www.cohenandwolf.com/.