Office | Danbury, CT

About Collins Hannafin, P.C.

Video conferences available. Quality legal services and lasting relationships

Collins, Hannafin has been helping businesses, families and individuals create a better life for themselves and the community surrounding the Greater Danbury area for nearly fifty years. Our strong reputation for providing client-centered service has earned us the referrals and repeat business of over three generations of clients. The goal of our practice is providing quality legal service to our clients while forming and preserving lasting relationships with them.

We are capable of servicing all of your legal needs. We provide comprehensive client service in a full range of business, commercial and corporate legal matters. We serve as general counsel to small and mid-size businesses and provide focused advice and legal services to larger companies.

We also provide a wide range of legal services for individuals and families in areas ranging from family law to estate planning to personal injury litigation. We are committed to excellence. Each of our attorneys is committed to continuing to develop their substantive knowledge in their chosen fields. Each attorney limits his or her practice to specific legal fields in order to give our clients quality legal services. As a full service firm, we are able to draw on the aggregate experience and knowledge found throughout our firm in order to consider every dimension of your specific legal problem.

We have achieved state-wide reputations in areas such as condominium law, land use, zoning, commercial litigation and divorce law. We have received the most prestigious AV rating* under the Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system.

While more than half of our work involves litigation at trial, on appeal, or in administrative proceedings, we also understand that our clients are very often best served by the prevention of or early resolution of disputes. Our lawyers will carefully and objectively advise you of your rights, help you choose the options that maximize the goals and objectives, and aggressively represent your interests, whether through negotiations or trial. We are well-versed in alternative dispute resolution and often represent individual clients in mediation, arbitration and collaborative law when such an approach will best advance our clients' interests.

 

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Divorce
Posted by Christie
August 18, 2021
Hired Law Firm

Attorney Eva DeFranco and her team at Collins Hannafin Law Firm were wonderful to work with while executing my divorce through mediation. Eva's professionalism and experience with divorce in the state of Connecticut combined with her straight arrowed approach led the mediation process to a successful finish line. Each meeting, discussion and conference were facilitated quickly and effectively. She made sure each party kept a level head and stayed on target. If any mediation meeting became too heavy or difficult, she would quickly end the meeting and recommend to pick up at a later date. Divorce through mediation with Eva not only was much more cost effective, but ensured that myself and my ex-husband took the proper legal steps to dissolve the marriage. The best part of working with Eva through mediation is that neither party felt pitted against the other. Through proper direction and mediation, relationships can be preserved.

 
Divorce
Posted by anonymous
January 25, 2019
Hired Law Firm

Eva DeFranco and her assistant Susan Baresi of Collins Hannafin (Danbury)provided world-class service in guiding us through an amicable, mediated divorce that was remarkably quick, inexpensive and pleasant. Eva is a brilliant legal mind who also has the empathy and toughness to deal effectively with couples. I sang her praises to the Superior Court Judge at our hearing, and the Judge agreed with my sterling assessment. Brava to Eva DeFranco and Susan Baresi of Collins Hannafin .

 
Real Estate
Posted by anonymous
October 25, 2018
Hired Attorney Gregg A. Brauneisen

Gregg is awesome- honest, hard working. He is not one of the belligerent lawyers looking for fights. His assessments are clear.

Family Law
Posted by anonymous
September 02, 2013
Hired Attorney Eva Defranco
Litigation
Posted by anonymous
September 20, 2010
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Wills and Probate
Posted by anonymous
February 27, 2025
Hired Attorney Gregg A. Brauneisen

If I could have given zero stars I would have. I have never dealt with someone who was ruder or more unprofessional in any legal capacity. Regardless of his ability to get a job done, there is no reason to want to work with someone like this nor is there an excuse for this kind of treatment from a supposed professional.

Business Litigation
Posted by Aurelio
November 16, 2024
Hired Law Firm

I am extremely disappointed with my experience at Collins Hannafin, P.C., particularly with Attorney Stefanie A. Olivieri. I reached out for a “free consultation” to discuss a legal matter, but was shocked to receive a $300 bill after the consultation—despite the fact that the firm ultimately declined to take my case. The consultation consisted of little more than a brief discussion of my situation, with no substantive advice or action taken on their part. I was under the impression that initial consultations were offered as a courtesy to determine whether they could help with my case. Instead, I was blindsided by this unexpected and unjustified charge. This experience felt misleading and unprofessional. If consultations aren’t truly free, the firm should be upfront about any potential costs beforehand. I would not recommend Collins Hannafin, P.C. or Attorney Olivieri based on this lack of transparency and fairness. Save yourself the frustration—look elsewhere for legal advice.

 

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Areas of Law

  • General Practice
  • Appellate Practice
  • Business Law 1
    • Condominium Association Law
  • Civil Practice
  • Collaborative Family Law
  • Debtor and Creditor 1
    • Collections
  • Commercial Law 1
    • Commercial Real Estate
  • Commodities
  • Contracts 1
    • Physicians Contracts
  • Corporate Law
  • Criminal Law 2
    • Driving While Intoxicated
    • DUI/DWI
  • Education Law
  • Employee Benefits
  • Family Law 21
    • Alimony
    • Cohabitation Agreements
    • Divorce
    • Divorce Mediation
    • Divorce Taxation
    • Domestic Relations
    • Gay and Lesbian Family Law
    • Marital Agreements
    • Marital Property Settlements
    • Matrimonial Law
    • No Fault Divorce
    • Non-Traditional Family Law
    • Palimony
    • Paternity
    • Post Divorce Modification
    • Postnuptial Agreements
    • Premarital Agreements
    • Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs)
    • Spousal Support
    • Uncontested Divorce
    • Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children
  • Annulment
  • Property Law 4
    • Community Property Law
    • Marital Property Law
    • Land Acquisitions
    • Property Management
  • Domestic Partnerships
  • Family Mediation
  • Legal Separation 1
    • Legal Separation Agreements
  • Restraining Orders
  • Fathers Rights
  • Trusts and Estates 15
    • Guardianship and Conservatorship
    • Estate Planning
    • Estate Planning for the Disabled
    • Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
    • Family Trusts
    • Family Wealth Transfer
    • Fiduciary Law
    • Living Trusts
    • Personal Planning
    • Powers of Attorney
    • Special Needs Trusts
    • Trust Administration
    • Trust Planning
    • Wealth Planning
    • Wealth Preservation
  • Health Care 2
    • Physician Practices
    • Physicians Licensing
  • Labor and Employment
  • Leases and Leasing 2
    • Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law
    • Landlord and Tenant Law
  • Litigation 1
    • Trust Litigation
  • Municipal Law
  • Personal Injury 16
    • Negligence
    • Accidents
    • Automobile Accidents and Injuries
    • Automobile Negligence
    • Bicycle Accidents
    • Bodily Injury
    • Brain Injury
    • Catastrophic Injury
    • Dog Bites
    • Head Injury
    • Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries
    • Motorcycle Accidents
    • Pedestrian Injuries
    • Slip and Fall
    • Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Wrongful Death
  • Wills and Probate 2
    • Probate
    • Wills
  • Products Liability
  • Real Estate 6
    • Common Interest Community Law
    • Condominium Conversions
    • Condominium Development
    • Condominium Law
    • Land Trusts
    • Planned Unit Development Law
  • Elder Law 1
    • Estate Planning for the Elderly
  • Zoning, Planning and Land Use
  • Environmental Law 1
    • Environmental Land Use
  • Other 1
    • Federal Practice

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    Spanish
    Portuguese.

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  • Firm History
    Year Established

    1963

  • State Bar Summary

    All Members and Associates are members of the Connecticut State Bar Association.

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    • Physicians Licensing
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148 Deer Hill AvenueDanbury, CT 06810U.S.A.

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  • Wednesday 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
  • Thursday 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
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