Overview
A former Chair of Cohen and Wolf’s Real Estate Group for many years, Mark is a Principal in the firm’s Real Estate, Commercial Finance, Common Interest Communities and Business & Corporate Groups. Mark handles commercial real estate transactions of all kinds, advising owners, investors, developers, purchasers, landlords, tenants, and municipalities on a variety of real estate matters, including acquisition, financing, leasing, and disposition. He has extensive experience with all commercial real estate property types, including retail, hospitality, office, industrial, mixed-use, and multi-family.
Mark also regularly represents institutional and private lenders, as well as borrowers, in commercial lending transactions, including real estate-secured loans and asset-based lending. He has many years of experience representing developers of commercial, residential, and mixed-use common interest communities, where, working in close proximity with surveyors and engineers, he prepares the declaration, public offering statement, and other formation documents, and drafts the myriad of rules, covenants and restrictions, and policies, that are needed to ensure that the communities both serve the requirements of his clients and function effectively and efficiently.
Mark is a member of the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and has been recognized as a leading lawyer in Connecticut in the area of Real Estate Law in the 2010-2025 editions of Chambers USA, where he has attracted praise as "a real talent” who is “extremely efficient and very responsive” in his approach.
Credentials
Education
Boston University School of Law, J.D., 1985
State University of New York, Albany, B.S., magna cum laude, 1982
Admissions
- Connecticut
- New York
- U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
Honors & Awards
Chambers USA®, Real Estate Law, 2010-2025
Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2013-2026
Best Lawyers in America®, Community Associations, 2017-2026
Connecticut Super Lawyers®, Real Estate, 2013-2024
Lawdragon 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers, Real Estate, Finance, Transactions, 2025
Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Peer Review Rated
Moffly Media's "Top Lawyers in Fairfield County", Real Estate, 2021, 2023-2024
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Professional Affiliations
Connecticut Bar Association
• Real Property Section, Executive Committee
New York Bar Association
Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
• Real Estate Committee
Community Associations Institute, Connecticut Chapter
Real Estate Finance Association of Connecticut, Fairfield/Westchester Chapter
Community Involvement
Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County, Inc., Past Board of Directors and Past Executive Committee Member
Jewish Community Foundation, Inc., Past Board of Directors
Bridgeport Regional Business Council, Past Board of Directors
Leadership Greater Bridgeport, Past Chair Board of Directors
Congregation B'nai Israel, Past President
Jewish Center for Community Services, Inc., Past Board of Directors and Past Chair, Allocations Committee