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Jacqueline O. Kaufman

Jacqueline O. Kaufman

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  • Land Use: Zoning, Permitting & Litigation
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  • New York Law School, J.D., 2003
  • Franklin and Marshall College, B.A., 2000

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Jacqueline O. Kaufman

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Jacqueline Kaufman represents developers, individuals and corporate entities in real property and land use matters. She regularly appears before municipal commissions and agencies in Fairfield and New Haven counties on a wide range of applications, including zone changes, subdivisions, site plans, special permits, variances, inland wetland and coastal area permits. Jacqueline also represents individuals in residential real estate transactions and prepares zoning analyses related to potential development and property acquisition. Jacqueline also files and defends administrative appeals in the Connecticut Superior Court. Prior to joining Carmody, Jacqueline was a partner with Sandak Hennessey & Greco LLP since 2003.

                       

Affiliations

  • Connecticut Bar Association, House of Delegates (2023-present)

  • Connecticut Bar Association, Legislative Affairs & Rules Committee, 2020-present

  • Connecticut Bar Association, Planning and Zoning Section (Executive Committee 2014-present) (Chair, 2018-2020)

  • Connecticut Bar Association, Constance Baker Motley Speaker Series on Racial Inequality Committee (2020-present)

  • Connecticut Bar Association, COVID-19 Task Force, Executive Subcommittee, 2020-2021

  • Fairfield County Bar Association, Co-chair Planning & Zoning Committee, 2012-present

  • Real Estate Finance Association of CT, Board of Directors, 2018-present

Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers® – Litigation: Land Use and Zoning, 2024-2025, Real Estate Law, 2023-2025

  • Connecticut Super Lawyers®: Top 25 Women Attorneys, 2023

  • Connecticut Super Lawyers®: Top 50 Attorneys, 2023

  • Connecticut Super Lawyers®: Land Use and Zoning Law, 2019-2024

  • 250+ Top Lawyers in Fairfield County, 2023, Moffly Media

  • Rising Star, Connecticut Super Lawyers®: Land Use and Zoning Law, 2010-2012, 2017-2018

  • Fairfield County 40 Under Forty Award Recipient, Fairfield County Business Journal, 2017

  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society of CT MS Corporate Achiever, 2009

  • Fairfield County Legal Leader, MDA, 2007

Community

  • Stepping Stones Museum, Norwalk, Connecticut; Board of Directors and Treasurer (2016-present)
  • Town of Easton, Board of Finance, 2020-present
  • Town of Easton, Affordable Housing Committee, 2022
  • Town of Easton, Board of Ethics, 2019-2020
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society of Connecticut, Member and Stamford Gala Committee Member (former)
  • Colin’s Kids, Inc., Golf Outing Committee (former)
  • National Charity League, Easton-Redding Chapter, 2023-present

Experience

  • Evaluate land use development potential for specific parcels

  • Prepare land use applications to Zoning, Planning, Inland Wetland Commissions and Zoning Board of Appeals of various municipalities

  • Represent applicants in administrative land use proceedings

  • Prepare, brief and argue motions for appeals from administrative decisions before the Superior Count of Connecticut

  • Conduct property tax assessments and appeals

  • Represent clients in connection with land boundary disputes

  • Draft legal documents including, land use agreements, easements, licenses, affordability plans, incorporation documents and litigation pleadings related to land use matters

  • Preparation and negotiation of residential purchase and sale agreements and related closing documentation

  • Review and evaluation of title in connection with commercial, residential, and land use matters

Carmody Lawyers Named to the 2024 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars Lists

October 09, 2024
Carmody is pleased to announce that 33 of its lawyers have been selected for inclusion on the Connecticut Super Lawyers® and Connecticut Rising Stars lists for 2024. Super Lawyers recognizes lawyers who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice. Please visit www.SuperLawyers.com/SelectionProcess to learn more information on the selection process.
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Carmody Lawyers Named to ‘Top Lawyers in Fairfield County’

November 07, 2023
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP is pleased to announce that 11 of its lawyers have been named to Moffly Media’s ‘250+ Top Lawyers in Fairfield County’ list. Moffly Media publishes Greenwich, New Canaan/Darien + Rowayton, Stamford, Westport, and athome magazines. Their research process includes online peer-voting, internet research, active
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Carmody Lawyers Named to the 2023 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

October 09, 2023
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey is pleased to announce that 30 of its lawyers have been selected for inclusion on the Connecticut Super Lawyers® and Connecticut Rising Stars lists for 2023. Super Lawyers recognizes lawyers who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice. Please visit www.SuperLawyers.com/SelectionProcess to learn more information
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Carmody Lawyers Ranked in More than 30 Areas of Law in Best Lawyers in America 2024

August 17, 2023
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey has received more than 90 accolades across over 30 areas of law and across all its offices in Connecticut, in the 30th edition of The Best Lawyers in America® 2024. Forty-two Carmody lawyers are named to the ‘Best Lawyers’ list and ten lawyers are listed
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Carmody Lawyers Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2023 List

April 05, 2023
Carmody is pleased to announce that 39 attorneys have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2023. In addition, Giovanna Tiberii Weller and William J. Hennessey Jr. have been named ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in New Haven, CT and Stamford, CT for Employment Law and Land Use & Zoning
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