Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP


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Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP


271 Whitney Avenue New Haven, Connecticut 06511View Map

Practice Areas:

Corporate Planning and Transactions, Income, Estate and Gift Taxation, Federal and State Complex and Business Litigation and Appeals, Commercial Real Estate and Land Use, Technology and Venture Capital, Environmental, Health Care, Business Succession and Estate Planning, Probate, Pension and Employment, Commercial Finance, Municipal and Administrative Law, Mediation and Arbitration.

Year Established: 1963

Firm Size: 20

Newton D. Brenner (1934-2006).

Stephen L. Saltzman, (P.C.) (Member) born Providence, Rhode Island, April 6, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, Connecticut; 1966, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Claims. Education: Wharton School; University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1958); Boston University (LL.B., cum laude, 1961); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1963). Member, Board of Editors, Boston University Law Review, 1960-1961. Editor, Intramural Law Review, 1961-1962. Research Associate, New York University School of Law, 1961-1962. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut (Secretary, 1970-1973 and Chairman, 1973-1976, Taxation Section) and American Bar Associations.

Marc A. Wallman, (P.C.) (Member) born Queens, New York, December 31, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, Connecticut; 1978, Florida. Education: Queens College (B.A., 1963); Yale University (LL.B., 1966). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut and American (Member, Section on Business Law) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate; Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Business Transactions; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Commercial Law; Loan Work Outs; Health Care Law.

David R. Schaefer, (P.C.) (Managing Partner) born Hartford, Connecticut, June 12, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Massachusetts; 1980, Connecticut; U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Second Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1971); New York University (J.D., cum laude, 1973). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Root Tilden Scholar. Member: New Haven County (Past President), Connecticut and American Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council. Practice Areas: Federal Litigation; Commercial Litigation including Employment; Environmental; Real Estate; Banking; Contracts and Securities.

Donald W. Anderson, (P.C.) (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, September 16, 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, New York; 1982, Connecticut. Education: Villanova University (B.A., cum laude, 1966); Columbia University (J.D., 1972). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut (Member, Sections on Trusts and Estates) and New York State (Member, Sections on: Trusts and Estates) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates.

Samuel M. Hurwitz, (P.C.) (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, November 8, 1953; admitted to bar, 1983, Connecticut; 1984, U.S. Tax Court and 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Columbia University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Stanford University (J.D., 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut (Member, Sections on: Tax; Estate and Probate); American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Business Law; Corporate Law; Partnership Law.

Wayne A. Martino, (P.C.) (Member) born Danbury, Connecticut, April 18, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Connecticut. Education: American University (B.A., cum laude, 1981); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1984). Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance; Venture Capital; Business Start-Ups; Strategic Alliances; Internet; Nanotechnology; Technology Transfers; Technology Licensing; Executive Employment.

Mitchell S. Jaffe, (P.C.) (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, September 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Connecticut. Education: Harpur College; State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 1976); Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Sigma Alpha; New York University (J.D., 1979). Editor, Moot Court Board. President, Student Bar Association. Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1990 and President, 1988-1990, Connecticut Chapter, Community Associations Institute. Member: Connecticut (Member and Treasurer: Executive Committee; Real Property Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Leasing; Telecommunications Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Condominium Law; Loan Workouts; Real Estate Transactions.

Alice J. Mick, (P.C.) (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, November 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1989, Connecticut; 1990, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1966); Yale University (M.A.T., 1968; J.D., 1989). Member: New Haven Federation of Teachers, 1969-1984; New England Board of Higher Education, 1982-1983. President, Connecticut Association of Alternative Schools and Programs, 1982-1984. Member: New Haven County and Connecticut Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Health Law; Corporate Law; Employment Law.

Kenneth Rosenthal (Member) born Tallahassee, Florida, September 25, 1944; admitted to bar, 1978, Connecticut; 1979, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1967); University of Connecticut (J.D., with high honors, 1978; M.S. in Accounting, 2005). Adjunct Professor, Business Law, Business Ethics and Public Accounting, Accounting Department, University of Connecticut, 2006—. Quinnipiac University School of Law, "Law and Accounting", 2007. Assistant Public Defender, Felony Trial Office, 1983-1987. Author: "Prosecutor Misconduct, Convictions and Double Jeopardy," 71 Temple Law Rev. 887, (1998); "Connecticut's New Preliminary Hearing," 5 Bridgeport L. Rev. 1, (1983); "New Appellate Court System," 9 Conn. L. Trib. No. 37, pl., September 12, 1983. Member: Connecticut Bar Association (Member, Committee on Liaison with Accountants). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Complex Financial and Commercial Litigation (Federal and State Court); Professional Malpractice; Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation; Appellate Litigation; White Collar Crime.

Carolyn W. Kone (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, March 16, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Connecticut; 1977, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1980, New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2006, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Barnard College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972); Boston University (J.D., 1975). Instructor, University of Bridgeport School of Law, 1980-1984. City of New Haven Assistant and Deputy Corporation Counsel, 1984-1990. Attorney Trial Referee for the Connecticut State Judicial Department, Hearing Examiner for the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, 1982-1997. Former Vice President and Member, Board of Directors, Congregation Beth El Keser Israel. Former Member, Board of Directors, New Haven Preservation Trust. Former Bencher Member, Theodore Koskoff Inn of Courts. Former Member, Board of Directors Regional Growth Partnership. Member, Regional Economic Development Forum. Member, Governmental Relations Committee, Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce. Chair, Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP Charitable Giving Committee. Fellow: Connecticut Bar Foundation. Member: New Haven County (Member, Executive Committee and Tri-Chair, Public Service Committee) and Connecticut Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Federal Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Health Law; Foreclosures; Probate Litigation; Civil Rights Litigation; Administrative Law; Civil Appeals; Health Insurance Reimbursement; Airport Land Use Law..

Brian P. Daniels (Member) born Meriden, Connecticut, April 25, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1999, U.S. Tax Court. Education: California Institute of Technology (B.S., cum laude, 1988); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Member: New Haven County, Connecticut (Member, Litigation Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Civil Appeals; Environmental Insurance Coverage; Trade Secret Misappropriation; Deceptive Trade Practices; Mediation; Arbitration.

George Brencher IV (P.C.) (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, July 28, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1996, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1988; J.D. magna cum laude, 1992). Order of the Coif, 1992—. Law Clerk to the Hon. José A. Cabranes, Chief Judge, District of Connecticut, 1992-1993. Author: "Formalism, Positivism and Natural Law in Ernest Weinrib's Tort Theory," 42 U. Toronto L.J. 318, 1992. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Business Start-Ups; Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance; Venture Capital; Executive Employment; Technology Licensing; Internet and Software; Securities; Nanotechnology.

Jennifer Dowd Deakin, (P.C.) (Member) born Torrington, Connecticut, February 9, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Massachusetts; 1994, Connecticut. Education: Boston College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990; J.D., cum laude, 1993). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Boston College Law Review. Author: "A Selective View of History: Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Services, Inc. ," B.C.L.Review, December, 1992. Law Clerk to Justice Joette Katz, Connecticut Supreme Court, 1993-1994. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Employment Law; Health Care; Intellectual Property.

Rowena A. Moffett (Member) born Montreal, Canada, March 24, 1967; admitted to bar, 1998, Connecticut; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., with distinction, 1989); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., with high honors, 1997). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, University of Connecticut Law Review. Member, University of Connecticut Moot Court. President, William F. Starr Insurance Law Moot Court Competition. Law Clerk to: the Honorable Thomas P. Smith, United States Magistrate Judge, District of Connecticut, 1997-1998; the Honorable Dominic J. Squatrito, United States District Judge, District of Connecticut, 1998-2000. Member, Board of Directors, 2000—, and President, 2005-2006, University of Connecticut School of Law Alumni Association. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council; New Haven Inns of Court (Secretary, 2004-2005). Practice Areas: Federal Litigation; Commercial Litigation including Employment; Civil Rights Litigation; Foreclosures; Probate Litigation; Civil Appeals.

James E. Rosenbluth (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 1957; admitted to bar, 1987, New York; 1990, California; 1995, Connecticut; 2001, Massachusetts. Education: Brown University (B.A., with honors, 1979); Columbia University (J.D., 1985). Fulbright Scholar, University of Tokyo Faculty of Law, 1985-1986. International Fellow, Columbia University, 1983-1984. Co-Author: with Wang and Canady, Foundations of Computer Forensics, 21 Computer Law & Security Report 2, Elsevier Ltd., 2005. Author: "Expediting the Stock-Based M & A Transaction with the California Fairness Hearing Process," 12 Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation Reporter, No. 12, Andrews Publications, August 2002; Corporate Divestitures: A Selective Guide to the Key Business and Legal Issues, 9 The Investment Lawyer, No. 1, Aspen Law & Business, January 2002; "Venture Investing in the 'New' New Economy: Strategies for Enhancing Investor Value and Minimizing Risk," Law.com, Corporate Practice Center, American Lawyer Media (Archived), 8 The Investment Lawyer, No. 6, June 2001. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Business Start-ups; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital; Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances; Licensing and Distribution; Executive Employment; Finance; Securities; Corporate Law.

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Suzanne H. Alderman (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, July 15, 1972; admitted to bar, 2007, Connecticut. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2002). Member: New Haven County and Connecticut Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Employment Law.

Sean M. Fisher (Associate) born Oceanside, New York, July 17, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Connecticut; 2001, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1997); Quinnipiac College (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Member, 1998-1999, Note and Casenote Editor, 1999-2000, Quinnipiac Law Review. Law Clerk to: The Honorable Thomas P. Smith, U.S. Magistrate Judge, 2000-2001; The Honorable Dominic J. Squatrito, U.S. District Judge, 2002-2006. Member: New Haven County, Connecticut and American Bar Associations; New Haven Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Federal Litigation; Commercial Litigation including Employment Litigation; Foreclosures; Landlord Tenant Law; Complex Business Litigation; Civil Appeals.

Ronald Soccoli, Jr. (Associate) born New London, Connecticut, March 30, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Connecticut. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member: New Haven County and Connecticut Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Succession Planning; Estate Administration; Elder Law; Tax Planning.

OF COUNSEL

Sharon Kowal Freilich (Of Counsel) born Rochester, New York, November 7, 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, District of Columbia; 1981, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia; U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1986, Connecticut. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1980). Instructor, Law and Medicine, Augusta College, 1981-1982. Adjunct Professor, University of Hartford, Deferred Compensation, 1993-1995. Director: Greater Hartford Jewish Federation, 1996-2002; Commission on Jewish Education of Greater Hartford, 1995-2000; Anti-Defamation League, 1991-1997; Connecticut State Chairperson for A World of Difference Campaign, 1992-1995. Director, Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford, 1997—. Director, Hebrew High School of New England, 2004—. Member, West Hartford School Board Ad Hoc Committee on the Recognition of religious holidays in the public schools, 1989. Member: Connecticut Bar Association; The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Pension Law; Employee Benefits Law; Intellectual Property; Corporate Law; Securities Law.

Holly J. Winger (Of Counsel) born Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 24, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Tennessee; 1983, New York; 1991, Connecticut. Education: Duke University (B.A., magna cum laude, with distinction, 1978); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1981). Member: New Haven County and Connecticut (Member, Environmental Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Toxic Tort; Commercial Litigation; Product Liability.

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