Attorneys

Nora Belanger
Law Office of Nora A. Belanger, LLC
10 Wall Street, Norwalk, CT 06850
phone- 203.854.8597, fax 203.853.9246
email- norabelanger@prodigy.net

Ronald Dederick
1 Canterbury Green, Stamford, CT
Tel. (203) 977-7300
Wills/Trusts

Drew Associates - Tom Drew
830 Post Road East, P.O. Box 5164, Westport, CT 06880
Tel. (203) 221-4799
Wills/Trusts

Anne Eason
Law Offices of Anne I. Eason, LLC
10 Wall Street, Norwalk, CT 06850
phone- 203.838.5485, fax- 203.853.9246
email- AnneEasonAtty@aol.com
www.spedlawyers.com

James D. Funnell, Jr.
Hermenze & Marcantonio
19 Ludlow Road, Suite 101
Westport, Connecticut  06880
Phone:  203-226-6552 • Fax:  203-226-6035
E-mail: jfunnell@hermenzemarcantonio.com

Estate Planning and Administration, including Wills, Revocable Living Trusts, and Supplemental Needs Trusts

Brad Gallant, Esq., Cummings and Lockwood
700 State Street, P.O. Box 1960,
New Haven, CT 06509-1960
Tel. (203) 782-3025

Estate planning, wills/"special needs trusts", elder law, over 15 years experience advising families who have children with special needs.

Stephen L. Ganis
1234 Summer Street, Stamford, CT  06905-5532
Tel. (203) 977-2465

Specializes in issues affecting persons with disabilities including special education, estate planning, and employment discrimination.

Green and Gross, P.C. - Bernard Green and Barbara Green
1087 Broad Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604
Tel. (203) 335-5141

Wills/Trusts, Estate planning, including special needs trusts, elder law

Hapke and Donovan - Sharon Donovan
3 Morgan Avenue, Norwalk, CT 05851
Tel. (203) 831-8314

Wills/Trusts

Howard Klebanoff, P.C.
1305 Post Road, Fairfield, CT
Tel: (203) 256-0683

Mediation and litigation for special education, wills, estate planning.

Laviano Law Offices, P.C.
William M. Laviano, Donna L.
Ruhling Laviano, and Jennifer Denise Laviano
90 Grove Street, Suite 206, Stamford, CT 06901
Tel: (203) 431-4757 or Fax (203) 438-8356

Specializes in special education cases.

Fred Moss
35-37 Audubon Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Tel. (203) 787-3558

Wills/Trusts

Ann Nevel
161 Paper Mill Road, New Milford, CT 06776
Tel. (860) 354-6780 or (860) 354-4252,  Fax(860) 355-7144

Specializes in special education.

Mark Partin, Esq.
80 Toad Ridge Road, Middlefield, CT 06455
Tel. (860) 349-2416
fax 860-349-2427
Email- spokes@connix.com

Specializes in special education.

Pirro and Church, LLC - Attorney Lawrence Church
120 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851
Tel. (203) 853-4999

Wills/trusts/educational advocacy

Paul Schneider
Post Office Box 451, Southport, CT 06490
Tel. (203) 255-5520 – (800) 552-7817

Child welfare law, due process hearings,  bi-lingual (English & Spanish)

David Shaw
34 Jerome Ave., Bloomfield, CT 06002
Tel.(860) 242-1238
Fax.(860) 242-1507

Civil litigation concerning people with disabilities and their families including special education, civil rights, personal injury, and malpractice.

Yolin and Perzin, LLC - Attorney Michael Perzin
5 Trumbull Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Tel. (203) 562-5100

Specializing in family law, special advocation and personal injury.

Other Legal Resources

Ability Access
613 East Grand Avenue, Escondito CA 92025
Tel. (800) 858-5116

Provides legal referrals for persons dealing with access to technology issues.

Connecticut Legal Services / Statewide legal services
Statewide referral number:
Tel. (800) 453-3320

Accepts phone calls from new clients, provides advice, and when appropriate will forward cases to advocates at local Connecticut Legal Services. Inc. for further advice or representation.

Leone Financial Services, Michael J. Leone
P.O. Box 68, Plainville, CT  06062
Tel: (860) 793-8855

Specializes in helping persons with chronic medical conditions purchase life and health insurance and in assisting families to plan their estate for the future care of a child with disabilities.

Local:
1 Lafayette Circle, P.O. Box 8400, Bridgeport, CT  06601
Tel. (203) 336-3851

20 Summer Street, Stamford, CT  06901
Tel. (203) 348-9216

98 South Main Street, South Norwalk, CT  06850
Tel. (203) 854-1860

Estate Planning for People with Disabilities
3100 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 112, Boulder, CO  80303
Tel. (800) 448-1071

Provides essential information and guidance to families with a child who has a disability. National network of attorneys and estate planners assist to develop comprehensive life plans, including wills, special needs trusts, guardianship, and advocacy.  Is not a guardianship or trust program, but assists parents in locating all necessary services.

PLAN at Connecticut Inc. (Planned Life Assistance Network)
P.O. Box 370312, West Hartford, CT  06137-0312
Tel. (860) 523-4951

Guardianship Program-An organization of  families and professionals working to
provide lifetime support and personal advocacy services.

Protective Life Insurance Company
Post Office Box 830723
Birmingham, Alabama 35282-8817
Tel: (800) 987-6787

Protective Provider, a term life insurance policy developed for people with disabilities.

Protective Services

The following agencies are responsible for following up on all reported cases of abuse and /or neglect against persons with mental retardation.

Department of Children and Families (DCF)
170 Sigourney Street, Hartford, CT  06105
Tel. (860) 566-3536    (800) 842-2288    TDD: (800) 624-5518
www.state.ct.us/dcf/

Responsible for children up to age 18.

Connecticut State Office of Protection &
Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (P & A)
60 B Weston Street, Hartford, CT  06120-1551
Tel. (800) 842-7303    (860) 297-4300 • (860) 566-2102 (TTY)
Fax (860) 566-8714
www.state.ct.us/opapd/

Responsible for adults with mental retardation ages 18 through 60.

Department of Social Services/Protective Services Unit
1049 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, CT  06105
Tel. (860) 566-3318  or  (860) 566-5344
www.dss.state.ct.us/svcs/elderly

Responsible for adults age 60 and over.