Patricia C. Sullivan

Patricia C. Sullivan


Cohen and Wolf, P.C.

Recognized since 2023

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Practice Areas

Land Use and Zoning Law

Litigation - Land Use and Zoning

Municipal Law

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Pat has many years of experience in municipal and land use law. Representing a wide variety of clients including towns, cities and quasi municipal agencies, commercial and residential developers and opposition groups in a broad range of matters.

Her municipal practice includes serving as Town counsel, land use counsel and special counsel. She provides advice on all aspects of municipal governance, assisting municipalities in the resolution of legal concerns of all types, from the review of routine matters, thorough areas of special concern, such as FOIA, to appellate litigation. Her experience includes service as Town Attorney for Weston (2009-2015), and as Associate Town Attorney (2000-2009 and 2015-2018), Associate Town Attorney for Wilton (1992-2016), and Assistant Town Attorney for Westport (1991-1993) and Interim Assistant Town Attorney (1997-1998).

Pat represents commercial and residential developers in all aspects of the local zoning and land use permitting process. She provides zoning analysis and gives advice as to potential developments and property acquisitions. She files applications including: zone changes, subdivisions, site plans, special permits, variances, inland wetland and coastal area permits.

She has successfully tried more than seventy land use cases to judgment and has appeared more than fifteen times before Connecticut's Appellate Courts. Pat served for several years in the leadership of the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association and currently serves on the Connecticut Bar Association's Executive Committee of the Section on Planning and Zoning. She is a member of the Connecticut Association of Municipal Attorneys (CAMA) and the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA). Pat serves as an attorney trial referee, factfinder and arbitrator for the Connecticut State Judicial Department.

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Location
  • 1115 Broad Street
    Bridgeport, CT 06604
Education
  • Fordham University, J.D., graduated 1989
  • Fordham University, B.A., graduated 1980
Bar Admissions
  • Connecticut, Connecticut
  • New York, New York
  • District of Columbia, District of Columbia
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Cohen and Wolf, P.C.
Headquarters: Bridgeport, Connecticut

28 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

11 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
  • Municipal Law
Awards:
  • Connecticut Law Tribune, Women in the Law, 2010
  • Moffly Media's "Top Lawyers in Fairfield County", Land Use Environment, 2021
  • Martindale Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating
  • Super Lawyers®, Land Use/Zoning, 2013-2020
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Commercial Litigation

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