Ken has forty- five years of practical experience representing individuals and a wide range of businesses in litigation, real property issues, and transactional matters. Having served as the Town Attorney for three Connecticut municipalities under eleven different administrations, Ken is acknowledged by his peers as an expert in matters involving land use, administrative appeals, condemnations, foreclosures, contracts and the drafting of regulations and legislation. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2013-2019 editions for his work in the area of Municipal Law, and in the 2018-2019 editions for his work in the area of Real Estate Law.
Ken previously served in the U.S. Army as a member of the Judge Advocates Generals Corps as an associate professor of law at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York where he taught both criminal and constitutional law. Ken is a Senior Attorney with the Center for International Legal Studies located in Salzburg, Austria, and under its auspices he has taught United States Constitutional Law at nine different law universities in foreign countries from Latvia to Mongolia.
CREDENTIALS
HONORS & AWARDS
Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating
Best Lawyers in America®, Municipal Law, 2013-2020
Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2018-2020
Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce First Citizen Award, 2019
Westport First Award, 2011
Distinguished Citizen Award, Boy Scout's Connecticut Yankee Council, 2010
Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship Award
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• Examining the 2nd Amendment presented by Attorney Kenneth Bernhard
The Westport Library, 03.04.2020
PUBLICATIONS
• An Indian Adventure
The Magazine, 07.20.2012
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, 2005-present, Chairman, 2015-18
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Board of Directors, 2012-present, Chairman, 2019
Westport State Representative, Connecticut General Assembly, 1997-2005, Assistant Minority Leader, Judiciary and Environmental Committees, 1997-2005
Westport Dangerous Dog Committee, Chairperson 2010-present
Westport Public Library, Board of Directors 2012-present
Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors 2012-14
Aspetuck Land Trust, Board Member, 2011-2019
Westport Historical Society, 2017-present
State of Connecticut Judicial Review Council, 2005-2011
State of Connecticut Board of Veterinary Medicine, 2012
State of Connecticut Public Defender’s Commission, 2014
State of Connecticut Citizens Advisory Board, 2005-2010
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Connecticut Bar Association
Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
Westport Bar Association, Past President
Public Defenders Service Commission, overseeing the Connecticut Public Defenders Office 2014-present
State Board of Veterinary Medicine, 2012-present
Judicial Review Council, 2007-2011
Citizen’s Advisory Board overseeing the Office of State Ethics, Chairman, 2010
Distinguished: An excellent rating for a lawyer with some experience. This rating indicates the attorney is widely
respected by their peers for high professional achievement and ethical standards.
Notable: This rating indicates that the lawyer has been recognized by a large number of their peers for strong ethical standards.
