Darien Lawyers

Attorney, Author, Professor, Disability Activist, Educational Surrogate. Law practice focused on students with disabilities who have been denied an appropriate education. Experience in IEP meetings, 504 meetings, mediation, due process, and manifestation determinations. Some of my practice is spent advocating for LGBTQ students as well as adults with disabilities. Author of Do Not Tweet at an IEP Meeting. Popular local, state-wide, national, and international presenter and trainer on special education legal rights, disability discrimination. Author and facilitator of Mock IEPs, performing throughout The United States. Executive Director and founder of SPED*NET...

Anne Marie Segal has over 12 years of legal experience and is Founder and Principal of Law Office of Anne Marie Segal. Ms. Segal provides counsel in the formation and management of corporations and limited liability companies, drafting of governance documents and business contracts and federal registration and management of trademarks, among other areas.

Recently recognized with a selection to Connecticut’s 2020 Lawyers of Distinction, I am a Partner in our New York City and Stamford Connecticut offices and have more than 20 years of experience as lead trial counsel. I have successfully tried to verdict a wide range of cases including; product liability, wrongful death, personal injury, property loss, toxic tort, employment discrimination, motor vehicle, and construction/labor law. My practice includes defending a variety of complex, high-exposure and high profile cases throughout the United States in diverse areas of law including aviation, product liability, product recalls, premises liability, general liability, asbestos, labor law,...

Attorney Seth J. Arnowitz has been representing individuals and small companies in real estate, litigation and family law matters for over 25 years. His firm maintains offices in both Stamford and Wilton, CT.

Having practiced in various forms and settings for over twenty-five years, including ten years abroad representing international business concerns, I have been deeply involved in numerous areas of the law. Currently, I am a partner at The Katz Law Group, a boutique immigration law firm representing start-ups, multi-nationals and business immigrants. In addition, I represent international business clients based in Israel and other countries with matters including, immigration consequences of mergers and acquisitions, listing on public markets and EB-5 investment green cards. Formerly, I was general counsel to a global hi-tech company, and before that,...

Experienced immigration attorney representing an array of business clients, organizational clients, and individual clients before the Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Labor. Immigration legal services include evaluation and preparation of temporary worker petitions and visa applications (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, TN, L-1A & L-1B), religious worker petitions, investment visas (E-1 & E-2), employment-based and family-based permanent residence applications, PERM applications for labor certification, and naturalization applications.

Admitted to practice in 4 states - Ohio, Connecticut, Illinois & Montana, and in US Tax Court; AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell; J.D. (1982) and LL.M. in Taxation (1993) from John Marshall Law School (Chicago); former Partner of major Chicago law firm, principal of Connecticut-based immigration law practices since 1997. Member, American Immigration Lawyers' Assn.

Established in 2015, The Law Offices of Heidi E. Opinsky, LLC, is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, serving the people of the state in simple to complex family law matters. Receptive to the sensitive nature of issues concerning families, we extend our practice to include all aspects of divorce, pre- and postnuptial agreements, paternity, child custody and support, alimony, property and asset distribution, and modification of agreements. With more than three decades of experience and rated 10.0 on Avvo, Heidi E. Opinsky founded the firm to provide undivided attention and compassionate legal service to her clients. Aggressive in the courtroom in championing...

Sharon Oberst DeFala has been in practice as an attorney since 1992. Her clients include families, couples, and individuals. Sharon has helped her clients navigate all phases of life-cycle events.
In family law she has helped clients with pre- and post-nuptial agreements, divorce and separation, custody, visitation, alimony and child support. High net worth families trust Sharon to keep their family matters discreet and cost-effective, she works with other professionals that she brings in for key parts of the process, such as LMFTs (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) and CDFPs (Certified Divorce Financial Planner), as necessary. Families of more...

Daniel McGuire comes from a family that has practiced law for generations. He learned early that the way to best serve clients is to be honest and transparent in all dealings, and to always provide the quality of service he would expect for himself and his family. To this end, our firm strives to be the place our clients turn to first with any legal question or problem, knowing that they will receive guidance that they can trust. Our firm is built on the foundations of quality and integrity. Nothing is more gratifying to us than...

Prior to attending law school, Attorney Colarusso spent a year working as a paralegal at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in NYC. During law school, he was a research assistant to a professor and also clerked at a local law firm. Upon graduation, Attorney Colarusso began his post law school career as a Prosecutor. He handled all aspects of his cases from arrest through trial. He spent his time as a prosecutor handling violent crimes, drug cases, gun possession and sexual assault trials. As a defense attorney, he has successfully represented individuals facing Murder, Assault, Burglary, Domestic Violence, Drug...

23+ years NY and CT licensed attorney focusing on estate plannings, elder law, wills, probate, bankruptcy, real estate, short sales, loan modifications, and small business representation.

Attorney Timothy M. Schafer is the founding partner of The Law Offices of Schafer & Schafer, LLP, which he established in 2008. Mr. Schafer served on active duty as Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force from 1994 until 1998, when he earned an Associate’s degree in Applied Science. From 2001 until 2004, he served as a reservist. In 2001, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Medieval and Renaissance Studies from the University of Albany, State University of New York. He then graduated magna cum laude from Quinnipiac University, School of Law, where he served...