Cohen and Wolf to Expand in Westport With Move to New Office

Bridgeport, CT, June 13, 2007 – Cohen and Wolf, P.C., one of Connecticut’s leading law firms, will greatly expand its operations in Westport when it moves into a new office at 320 Post Road West later this month.

"Cohen and Wolf is making a strong commitment to the Westport community," said Richard Slavin, managing partner for the firm’s Westport office.

A special ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, June 20 @ 4:30 p.m. featuring Westport First Selectman Gordon Joseloff and Westport/Weston Chamber of Commerce President Heather Cavanagh will officially launch the new office.

"The move reflects our continued growth in southern Connecticut," said Irving J. Kern, Cohen and Wolf’s managing partner. "The expanded office gives us a greater ability to serve clients in Westport, Weston, Wilton, Easton, Norwalk and other neighboring communities."

Cohen and Wolf will be tripling its office space in Westport to a total of nearly 4,000 square feet, while adding spacious conferencing facilities and other state-of-the art improvements. The 55-year-old multi-practice firm has maintained an office on Main Street in Westport for more than a decade.

The Cohen and Wolf attorneys based in Westport practice in the areas of trusts and estates, real estate and land use, matrimonial and family law, elder law, all types of litigation, business, and securities law.

The move will increase Cohen and Wolf’s ability to provide businesses and individuals in the Westport area with a wide range of sophisticated legal services, and add to the firm’s proud tradition of substantive community service.

Cohen and Wolf has had a long-standing relationship with the town of Westport. The firm’s co-founder, the late Herbert L. Cohen, distinguished lawyer and philanthropist, was a longtime Westport resident. Attorney Ken Bernhard was Westport’s former Legislative State Representative and served as Westport’s Third Selectman and as Town Attorney.

Cohen and Wolf, P.C. provides a wide range of sophisticated legal services to leading businesses, organizations and individuals, both regionally and nationally. For more than half-a-century, Cohen and Wolf has successfully represented business and individual clients in matters involving litigation, corporate and securities law, real estate, land use, tax, employment and labor, municipal law, personal injury, family law, estate planning, elder law and asset protection planning. The firm's team of more than 45 experienced lawyers is based in its three Connecticut offices: Bridgeport, Danbury and Westport. For more information please visit: www.cohenandwolf.com.

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