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Patricia C. Sullivan 
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Principal and Co-chair
phone 203-368-0211
fax 203-337-5524
email psullivan@cohenandwolf.com

PATRICIA CURTIN SULLIVAN is a principal and co-chair of Cohen and Wolf, P.C.'s Land Use & Zoning Group. She is also a member of the Litigation, Appellate, Municipal and Real Estate Groups. Resident in the firm's Bridgeport office, Ms. Sullivan was recently appointed as town attorney for Weston. She previously served as associate town attorney (since 2000). In addition she serves as associate town attorney for the Towns of Wilton (since 1992) and Ridgefield (since 2000). She served as assistant town attorney for the Town of Westport from 1991-93, and as interim assistant town attorney from 1997-98. Ms. Sullivan also represents the land use boards in the Town of Orange. She has tried more than fifty land use cases to judgment and appears regularly before Connecticut's appellate courts.

Ms. Sullivan is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Connecticut, in New York State, in Washington, D. C., in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and before the United States Supreme Court. She is a member and a former treasurer and director of the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association. She is also a member of the American, Connecticut and Fairfield County Bar Associations. Ms. Sullivan serves on the Connecticut Bar Association's Executive Committee of the Section on Planning and Zoning. She is also a member of the Litigation and Real Estate Sections of the State Bar. Ms. Sullivan serves as an attorney trial referee, factfinder and arbitrator for the Connecticut State Judicial Department.

Active in the community, Ms. Sullivan serves on the Advisory Board of the Gallery of Contemporary Art at Sacred Heart University and as a Lay Lector at Saint Theresa's church in Trumbull.

Ms. Sullivan received her B.A. in 1980 from Fordham University and her J.D. in 1989 from Fordham University School of Law.

 

Areas of Practice:
Land Use & Zoning
Litigation
Appellate
Municipal
Real Estate
Bar Admissions:
Connecticut
New York
District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York, 1989
J.D.


Fordham University, 1980
B.A.


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Town of Weston
Twon Attorney (2009-present), Associate Town Attorney (2000-2009)


Town of Wilton, 1992 - Present
Associate Town Attorney


Town of Ridgefield, 2000 - Present
Associate Town Attorney


Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
Member and Former Treasurer and Director


American Bar Association
Member


Connecticut Bar Association
Member


New York State Bar Association
Member


Connecticut Bar Association, Section on Planning and Zoning
Member, Executive Committee


Connecticut Bar Association, Litigation and Real Estate Sections
Member


Washington, D.C. Bar Association


Connecticut State Judicial Department
Attorney Trial Referee, Factfinder and Arbitrator


Sacred Heart University Gallery of Contemporary Art
Member, Advisory Board


Saint Theresa's Church
Lay Lector


Past Employment Positions:
Town of Westport, Assistant Town Attorney, 1991 - 1993


Town of Westport, Interim Assistant Town Attorney, 1997 - 1998