Municipal Law
Shipman & Goodwin serves as town attorney to a number of municipalities in Connecticut, including the towns of Canton, Colchester and Glastonbury. In that capacity, lawyers at the firm have provided a wide range of municipal law services including drafting or review of charter provisions, ordinances, land use regulations, and contracts. Our attorneys have also handled freedom of information and constitutional law issues, as well as various types of litigation, including property tax foreclosures and appeals. The firm provides pro-bono legal services as general counsel to the Connecticut Council of Small Towns.
In addition, the firm represents many governmental and quasi-governmental entities as general counsel or special counsel on a wide range of issues which complements our municipal law practice, including:
- the drafting and interpretation of financing program legislation
- the drafting and adoption of agency procedures and regulations
- freedom of information issues
- the status of agency employees under state civil service laws
We have extensive experience in government procurement and contracting, including privatization initiatives, and the statutory and constitutional framework within which such governmental entities operate. The firm has served as special counsel to the following governmental entities: the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, the Connecticut Development Authority, Connecticut Innovations Incorporated, the Capital City Economic Development Authority, the Connecticut State University System, the Office of Policy and Management, the Office of Legislative Management, and the Connecticut Department of Transportation.
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