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Address
134 East Avenue, P.O. Box 2028-Belden Station
Norwalk, Connecticut 06852 (Fairfield Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.7
out of 5
(Main Office) Statement of PracticeGeneral Practice. Real Estate, Probate, Administrative, Condemnation, Employment, Healthcare, Municipal, Land Use, Planning, Zoning and Family Law. Civil Litigation, State and Federal Courts. Year Established: 1970
Firm Size: 10
ClientsLOCAL COUNSEL FOR: The Purdue/Frederick Co.
Hewitt Associates.
Representative Clients:Merritt Seven Corporate Park
Beiersdorf, Inc.
Trans-Lux, Inc.
Stew Leonard's
Cablevision of Connecticut
Norwalk Hospital
Maritime Center
Second Taxing District, City of Norwalk
Sixth Taxing District, City of Norwalk
Stanley M. Seligson Properties, Inc.
Crown Theatres, L.P.
Conair, Inc.
S.N.E.T./SBC/AT&T.
ClientsAPPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.
First American Title Insurance Co.
References:Wachovia Bank, N.A.
Bank of America.
Address134 East Avenue P.O. Box 2028-Belden Station
Norwalk, CT 06852, (Fairfield Co.)
PhonePhone: 203-853-7000
Fax: 203-838-4829
Website
http://www.tzfmlaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Thomas Tierney (1930-2002).
Frank N. Zullo (Member) born Norwalk, Connecticut, June 3, 1932; admitted to bar, 1957, Connecticut. Education: Fordham University (B.S.S., 1954; J.D., 1957). Recipient, Young Man of the Year Award, Norwalk Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1958, 1963. Prosecutor, Norwalk City Court, 1959-1960. Minority Leader, Common Council, City of Norwalk, 1963-1965. Chairman: United Fund Drive, 1963-1964, 1964-1965; Chairman, Board of Trustees, Y.M.C.A., 1987-1999; Board of Trustees, 1975-1992 and Chairman of the Board, 1990-1992, VITAM; Chairman of the Board. President, United Fund, 1965-1966, 1973-1974. Mayor, City of Norwalk, 1965-1971. Member, Executive Committee, 1966-1971 and President, 1968-1969, Connecticut Conference of Mayors. Member, Board of Trustees, U.S. Conference of Mayors, 1969-1971. Member, Board of Trustees, 1971-1995, Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1979-1982; Honorary Life Trustee, 2004 and Counsel, 1987, Norwalk Hospital. State Trial Referee, 1984-1991. Member: Board of Trustees, Maritime Center, 1986-1999; Secretary, 1999; Tri-State Regional Planning Association, 1988-1995; Selection Committee, Ettinger Scholarship Program, 1989-2006; Board of Trustees, Five Town Foundation, 1990-1997. Member, 1991 and Vice-Chairman, 1994-1999, Chairman, 1999-2001, Co-Chairman, 2001, Board of Trustees, Bridgeport University. Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors, Honey Hill Care Center, 1993-2005. Member: Fairfield County, Norwalk-Wilton (President, 1996-1997) and American Bar Associations. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Health Law; Real Estate.Email: Frank N. Zullo
Thomas A. Flaherty (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, July 28, 1929; admitted to bar, 1956, Connecticut. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., 1951); Columbia University (J.D., 1956). Corporation Counsel, City of Norwalk, 1965-1968. Member: Redevelopment Agency, City of Norwalk, 1968; Board of Education, City of Norwalk, 1973-1976; Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, 1984-1986, 1988-1991, 1997. Chairman, Fairfield Judicial District Grievance Panel, 1992-1993. Fire Commissioner, City of Norwalk, 1997-2001; Member, Chief Justice's Statewide Committee on Revision of Grievance Procedures, 2001. Member: Fairfield County and Connecticut Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate Law; Administrative Law.Email: Thomas A. Flaherty
Frank W. Murphy (Member) born Darien, Connecticut, May 31, 1937; admitted to bar, 1962, Connecticut; 1963, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1969, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; 1973, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Lafayette College (A.B., 1959); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 1962). Phi Alpha Theta. Recipient, Connecticut Jaycee Young Man of the Year, 1970. Corporation Counsel, City of Norwalk, 1969-1971. Member: Norwalk Board of Estimate and Taxation, 1972-1978; Charter Revision Commission, 1978; Norwalk Conservation Commission, 1968-1970; Southwest Regional Planning Agency, 1968-1973; Connecticut Department of Education Arbitration Panel, 1987-1999; Connecticut Employees Review Board, 1989-1995. Counsel to: Norwalk Housing Authority, 1968-1969; New Canaan Board of Education, 1974-2000; Norwalk Board of Education, 1979-1989; Norwalk Maritime Authority, 1986-1988. Special Counsel: New Canaan Police Commission, 1974; City of Norwalk, 1981-1993; City of Stamford, 1990-1992. Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. Member: Fairfield County (President, 1997-1998), Connecticut (Member: Board of Governors, House of Delegates, 1996; Sections on: Litigation; Executive Committee; Labor and Employment) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Urban State and Local Government; Labor and Employment; Committee on Condemnation, Planning and Zoning) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; National Institute of Municipal Law Officers (Secretary, Personnel and Labor Section, 1985-1989); Norwalk Community College Foundation (Member, Board of Trustees, 1989-1995; Member, Fairfield Judicial District Grievance Committee, 1996-2004). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Municipal Law; Health Law.Email: Frank W. Murphy
Gary Lorusso (Member) born Norwalk, Connecticut, February 17, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Connecticut. Education: College of the Holy Cross (A.B., 1970); St. John's University (J.D., 1974). Member, Board of Directors, Keystone House, Inc., 1995. Board of Directors Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 1999. Member: Fairfield County, Norwalk-Wilton and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Gary Lorusso
Barbara Coughlan (Member) born Bourne, Massachusetts, June 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Connecticut; 1985, New York; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Boston College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981; J.D., 1984). Member, Jessup Moot Court Team. Deputy Town Attorney, Southampton, New York, 1985-1987. Counsel, The Norwalk Emergency Shelter, 1994-2005. Counsel, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, 1995. Member: Fairfield County (Director, 2000-2004; First Vice President, 2008) and Connecticut (Member, Executive Bar Association Committee, Planning and Zoning Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.Email: Barbara Coughlan
Arthur E. Miller (Member) born Stamford, Connecticut, January 8, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Connecticut; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Duke University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1976); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1979). Member, State of Connecticut Law Revision Commission Advisory Committee on Amending the Common Interest Ownership Act, 1995. Member: Fairfield County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Lending; Condominium Law; Planned Communities Law.Email: Arthur E. Miller
Kara A.T. Murphy (Member) born Stamford, Connecticut, June 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Connecticut; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Lafayette College (B.A., cum laude, with honors, 1992); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1996). Phi Alpha Theta. Pi Sigma Alpha. Member, McKelvy Honors Program. Author: "Pleading the Policy Limit as A Special Defense," 1 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 167, 1995. Research Editor, Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, 1995-1996. Member: Fairfield Judicial District Grievance Committee, 2004; Board of Trustees, Norwalk Economic Opportunity NOW, 2006-2007. Member: Fairfield County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute ; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Health Law.Email: Kara A.T. Murphy
ASSOCIATEAlbert G. Vasko (Associate) born Torrington, Connecticut, April 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, California; 1983, Pennsylvania; 1984, Connecticut; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., 1979); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 1982). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Pepperdine University Law Review. Corporation Counsel, Torrington, 1990-2006. Chairman, Board of Ethics, Torrington, 1986-1990. Member: Litchfield County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Zoning, Planning and Land Use(40%); Litigation(20%); Municipal Law(40%).Email: Albert G. Vasko
OF COUNSELDiane M. Allison (Of Counsel) born Bridgeport, Connecticut, December 28, 1953; admitted to bar, 1990, Connecticut. Education: Fairfield University (B.S., 1975); University of Bridgeport (J.D., summa cum laude, 1990). Member: Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Private Foundations; Probate and Taxation; Estate Planning; Trusts; Real Estate Law.Email: Diane M. Allison
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