Willinger, Willinger & Bucci, PLLC is pleased to announce the recipient of its legal scholarship award for 2024. While it was a difficult task to choose from the many talented and gifted applicants, this recipient is a standout for both her intellectual prowess and the breadth of her commitment to law, the legal field and to her community. She exemplifies the heart, grit and work ethic that Willinger, Willinger Read More
Thomas Bucci Leads Legal Challenge for Wrongfully Dismissed Defender
The recent controversy surrounding the dismissal of TaShun Bowden-Lewis, the former Chief Public Defender of Connecticut, has escalated into a high-profile legal battle. With accusations of wrongful termination and racial discrimination, the case has attracted significant attention, particularly due to the involvement of Thomas W. Bucci, Connecticut employment attorney here at Willinger, Willinger & Bucci, Read More
Guidance For Residential Landlords
Our clients who are residential landlords should be aware of some significant changes in Connecticut law, many of which became effective October 1, 2023. There are amendments to existing laws and new legislation which impact tenant onboarding, impose limitations on late fees and alter the timeframe for the return of or accounting for residential security deposits. Limitations Re: Tenant Onboarding Public Act 23-207, Read More
4 Ways Personal Injuries Can Affect Your Life
If you were in an accident and walked away not realizing the extent of the damage, this incident still could have lasting effects on you and how you live your life. Learning about how personal injuries can change how you react to situations or how they can impair your physical health is important. 1. Different Cognitive State In the time after an accident, you may notice yourself forgetting what you were going to say Read More
Legal Scholarship 2022 Winner Announced
Willinger, Willinger & Bucci, PLLC is proud to recognize the first recipient of its annual legalscholarship, Kennedy Baker of Lawrenceville, Georgia. Ms. Baker is uniquely qualified for thisscholarship as her accomplishments reflect many of the attributes so cherished by Willinger,Willinger & Bucci, PLLC. As with our law firm, Kennedy strives to achieve the very best forherself and for others. She is a young Read More
What Is ‘Tenants in Common’?
What Is ‘Tenants In Common’? Attorney Bradd S. Robbins was recently featured in an article about tenancy in common arrangements by U.S. News & World Report. Attorney Robbins is quoted discussing the basics of how Tenants In Common arrangements work, stating it's essentially an "ownership of real property by two or more persons, in equal or unequal shares, who each have an equal right to possess the whole Read More
Real Estate Disclosure Requirements
REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS If you are selling or buying a home in Connecticut, take heed: a law, effective January 1, 2014 (Public Act 13-272) requires any seller of a one or two-family residential home, to provide the buyer with an affidavit certifying that (i) either the building permit for new occupancy was issued on or after October 1, 1985, or the home is equipped Read More
Short Sellers Beware!
CHANGES IN TAX DEDUCTIONS - SHORT SELLERS BEWARE! The forgiveness of indebtedness exclusion has expired! On December 31, 2013, the tax break that previously allowed a seller to exclude from taxable income any debt that may have been waived by the seller’s bank (forgiveness of indebtedness income) related to the taxpayer’s principal residence expired. This means that any amount of principal a lender forgives in either Read More
Connecticut Super Lawyers List
ATTORNEY CHARLES J. WILLINGER, JR. SELECTED CONNECTICUT SUPER LAWYERS LIST Charles J. Willinger, Jr., has been selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list in the practice areas of Real Estate: Business, Business/Corporate, and Land Use/Zoning. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters Read More
Nurse Collects 500k
CONNECTICUT LAW TRIBUNE RECOGNIZES ATTORNEY THOMAS BUCCI'S SUCCESS REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE CONNECTICUT LAW TRIBUNE By MEGAN SPICER , The Connecticut Law Tribune December 2, 2015 A nurse has been awarded more than $500,000 after a federal court jury found that her former employee violated the Family and Medical Leave Act. The woman’s lawyer called the case unusual in that his client was seeking several Read More
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