Peter Nolin is a Co-leader of Carmody’s Litigation Practice Group and has practiced in the areas of real estate, commercial, insurance, corporate and environmental litigation since 1982, evenly split between state and federal courts. He has litigated a diverse range of business disputes.
He has tried or settled a wide range of real estate matters and zoning appeals for clients in Fairfield County and he frequently represents developer clients in zoning appeals. He has tried insurance bad faith and real estate claims to successful plaintiff’s verdicts. He has tried unfair trade practice and business tort and environmental cases to multimillion dollar damage awards. He has both prosecuted and defended non-compete and employment cases. He served as class counsel in a multi-million-dollar business tort claim which settled before the Connecticut Superior Court complex docket in Stamford, CT.
Peter was appointed by the Governor to the Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission on which he served from 1995 to 1999. He was elected to the Norwalk Common Council in 1993 on which he served through 2001 and was selected for one-year terms as President of the Council in 1997, 1999, and 2001. He was appointed by the Mayor as the Corporation Counsel for the City of Norwalk from 2005 to 2007. He served on Norwalk’s Planning Commission from 1990 to 1992.
Areas of Practice
Fairfield County Bar Association, President, 2014
Corporation Council City of Norwalk, 2005-2007
Norwalk Common Council, 1993-2001
Connecticut Bar Association
Norwalk Planning Commission, 1990-1993
Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission, 1995-1999
Best Lawyers® – Land Use and Zoning Law, 2023-2025, Insurance Law, 2021-2025
Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers® in Stamford, Connecticut – Insurance Law, 2022
Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2022-2024
250+ Top Lawyers in Fairfield County, 2023, Moffly Media
Connecticut Super Lawyers® – Business Litigation, 2007-2021, 2024
IJ Group OZ, LLC v. City of Norwalk Zoning Commission, 2022 WL 2902699 (Conn Super. Ct. July 2022)
Coan v. Dunne, 2022 WL 392856 (D. Conn. 2022)
Daley V. Klein, 208 Conn. App. 906 (Conn App. 2021) cert denied 341 Conn. 901 (2022)
Mayer-Wittman v. Zoning Board of Appeals of City of Stamford, 333 Conn. 624 (Conn. Supreme Court 2019)
Stanley Works Israel, LTD v. 500 Group Inc., 2019 WL 5485266 (D. Conn. 2019)
FIH, LLC v. Foundation Capital Partners, LLC, 2019 WL 5394576 (D. Conn. 2019), 920 F. 3d 134 (2d. Cir. 2019)
Heyman Associates No. 5, LP v. FelCor TRS Guarantor, LP, 153 Conn. App. 387 (Conn. App. 2014)
Fine v. Town of Westport, 2014 WL 2696767 (Conn. Super. Ct. May 12, 2014)
Ryan v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, 2010 WL 7863486 (D. Conn. 2010)
Design Innovation, Inc. v. Fisher-Price, Inc., 463 F.Supp.2d 177 (D. Conn. 2006)
Victor G. Reiling Associates v. Fisher-Price, Inc., 450 F.Supp.2d 175 (D.Conn. 2006)
Times Fiber Communications, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of Illinois, 38 Conn. Rptr.642 (Conn. Sup. Ct. 2005)
Emerald Investments, LLC v. Porter Bridge Loan Company, 2007 WL 1834507 (D. Conn. 2005)
McKiernan v. Green, 2005 WL 1670619 (Conn.Super. Ct. 2005)