Michael P. Sweeney

Partner

Stamford
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Education

Suffolk University Law School, J.D.
Fairfield University, A.B.

Admissions

Bar Admissions

Connecticut

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

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Michael is co-leader of Carmody’s Real Estate Group and has practiced in Connecticut since 1983. His experience has been concentrated in real estate, condominium developments, commercial leasing and financing, zoning, land use litigation and real estate litigation. Michael regularly handles complex commercial transactions involving real estate development for developers and builders in Fairfield County, including office buildings, condominiums, subdivisions and shopping centers. Michael represents diverse clients in land use applications and regularly appears before local boards and commissions. Michael’s litigation advocacy includes zoning appeals in all Connecticut courts. In a noteworthy decision the Connecticut Supreme Court adopted Michael’s argument in upholding a zoning permit enabling his client to continue its business.

Affiliations

Connecticut Bar Association
American Bar Association
Fairfield County Bar Association, Board Member

Distinctions

Best Lawyers® – Real Estate Law, 2021-2026, Corporate Law, 2024-2026, Litigation: Land Use and Zoning, 2026

Community

Member of the New Canaan Housing Authority
Past Instructor in Real Estate Law, Norwalk Community College and Town of Greenwich Continuing Education

Experience

The acquisition of a 58,000 sq. ft. office building and marina in Norwalk.
The purchase of a 240,000 sq. ft. Transfer Act industrial building.
The acquisition of a 20,000 sq. ft. office building in New Canaan.
The purchase of a healthcare facility in Stamford.
The creation, financing and sale of several hundred condominium units in Stamford.
Re-zoning of a hospital campus.
Acquisition of a 38,000 sq. ft. office complex in Westport.
Sale of a 20-acre 263,000 sq. ft. Transfer Act manufacturing facility in Norwalk.
Purchase of 200,000 sq. ft. commercial building in Danbury.

Carmody Lawyers Ranked in More Than 30 Areas of Law by Best Lawyers in 2026

August 21, 2025

Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP has received more than 110 accolades across over 30 areas of law and across all its offices in Connecticut, in the 32nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America® 2026. Forty-nine Carmody lawyers are named to the ‘Best Lawyers’ list for Stamford and New
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Curtis Brinckerhoff & Barrett and Carmody Act as Counsel for Town of Darien in Acquisition of Great Island

February 09, 2024

In one of the largest residential real estate acquisitions in the US in 2023*, a team of lawyers from Town Counsel Curtis Brinckerhoff & Barrett P.C. and special counsel Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP represented the Town of Darien in the purchase of Great Island for $85 million. Carmody assisted
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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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From Floor to Roof, Norwalk Building Opens Among ‘Greenest’ in CT

September 20, 2022

Carmody's Liz Suchy and Mike Sweeney advised clients Stone Realty Associates, LLC and HMTX, in relation to Connecticut's newest "green" building, located in Norwalk. From floor to roof, Norwalk building opens among 'greenest' in CT (thehour.com)