is a partner in the law firm of Robinson+Cole, where he is section leader of the firm's landlaw section, composed of lawyers who practice in construction, environmental and utilities, land use and real estate. He concentrates his practice in land use and real estate as well as in litigation concerning these topics. Mr. Smith represents developers, municipalities, and neighbors in land use, planning, wetlands, coastal resources and real estate title issues. He has been lead counsel in numerous trials and appeals relating to these issues. Mr. Smith has lectured extensively on the topics of land use, First and Fifth Amendment issues, and roads and highways. He is an executive committee member of the Planning and Zoning Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. Mr. Smith is a member of the Cornell Real Estate Council. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, with honors, from Colgate University and his J.D. degree from Cornell Law School.

is chair with the with land use and municipal property tax practice group of MacDermid, Reynolds & Glissman, P.C. He has years of experience in the areas of land use regulation, permitting and litigation, as well as property tax and eminent domain appeals. In the land use area, Mr. Hammer has handled a diverse array of matters from municipal commission proceedings through court appeals and litigation. He brings a broad perspective to his land use matters as a result of his experience representing applicants and municipalities, and his long-standing service as a member of a municipal planning and zoning commission. He has handled zone change, special permit, special exception, planned development, variance, site plan, subdivision and inland wetlands applications. Mr. Hammer has assisted clients in assembling multi-disciplinary teams of experts and coordinating the presentation of complex development applications and has successfully defended third-party court appeals from land use approvals. He also has experience with interventions under the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act in land use proceedings and related litigation. In the municipal property tax area, Mr. Hammer has represented commercial property owners in valuation appeals involving manufacturing, office, corporate headquarters and power generation facilities, and he has handled appeals involving exemption claims. He has also represented property owners in eminent domain matters in connection with both municipal and state takings, including valuation appeals involving issues of environmental impairment and the allocation of remediation costs. Mr. Hammer earned his A.B. degree, cum laude, with high honors, from Middlebury College and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is the chair of the Wethersfield Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Hammer is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association (Planning and Zoning Section, Executive Committee) and the New Haven County Bar Association (Land Use Committee, co-chair). He is admitted to practice in Connecticut and the U.S. District Court of Connecticut.

is a partner with Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP. In her 30 years of practice, she has concentrated in the areas of planning and zoning, inland wetlands and watercourses and other land-use and development related matters. Ms. Suchy's practice centers on residential and commercial development primarily in Norwalk and Wilton, Connecticut where she represents individual homeowners, schools, churches, industrial and manufacturing clients, medical marijuana dispensaries, private beach and golf clubs, national large-scale residential and commercial developers and others before Norwalk's Conservation Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning and Zoning Commission, Historical Commission, Harbor Management Commission, Redevelopment Agency and Common Council, and before Wilton's Planning & Zoning Commission, Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission, Architectural Review Board, Village District Design Advisory Committee and Zoning Board of Appeals. She has also represented clients on other projects in Connecticut cities and towns including Darien, Orange and Fairfield. Ms. Suchy's broad-based experience has led her to be lead counsel on many of the most visible and prominent development projects in Norwalk including O&G Industries, Norwalk Housing Authority, RMS Real Estate, Nuvance Health/Norwalk Hospital, Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Waypointe, SoNo Field House, Residence Inn by Marriott SoNo, F.D. Rich, Shorehaven Golf Club, MF Discala & Co., Shore & Country Club, Spinnaker Development, Malta House, Stew Leonard's, CVS, Chick-fil-A, Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Program, The Fieber Group, Maritime Rowing Club, Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Foundation, Inc., Winston Prep, HMTX/Metroflor, and numerous other individual and corporate clients. She also represents clients seeking liquor permits from the State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection - Liquor Division. She earned her B.A. degree (Order of the Cross & Crown, College of Arts & Sciences, magna cum laude) from Boston College, her M.A. degree from New York University and her J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law. Ms. Suchy is a member of the Norwalk Town Union of Sons & Daughters/Kingsway (Board of Directors 2021-present) and the Boston College Class of 1983 40th Reunion Committee Member. She is admitted to practice in Connecticut, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut.

is a partner in the Hartford law firm of Killian & Donohue, LLC. He practices in the areas of real estate law, corporate and utility law, and government relations. Mr. Donohue has lectured on real estate law before various business and professional groups. He is a member of the Hartford and Connecticut bar associations. Mr. Donohue earned his B.A. degree from the College of the Holy Cross and his J.D. degree from the University of Connecticut.