Sharon Wicks Dornfeld

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Biography

Recipient: Greater Danbury Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award; Danbury Regional Commission on Child Care Rights and Abuse Outstanding Community Service Award. Attorney Trial Referee; Arbitrator; Fact Finder; Special Master. Author, with C. Kaas, "Advocating for Connecticut's Children During Their Parents' Divorces and Custody Disputes After Carrubba v. Moskowitz: The Past, the Present and the Future State of the Law for Attorneys for Minor Children and Guardians ad Litem," 81 CONN. B. J. 229 (2007); Member, Waterbury Judicial District Grievance Panel; Director, Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut; Director, A Better Chance in Ridgefield, Inc.; Moderator, Ridgefield Town Meetings. Adjunct Professor, Quinnipiac University School of Law. SuperLawyer 2013-present. Life Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation. Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation.

Connecticut Bar Foundation (Life Fellow).
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Areas of Practice (4)

  • Child Advocacy
  • Civil Trial Practice
  • Guardianship
  • Appellate Practice

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Michigan, A.B., 1974
Law School Attended:
University of Michigan, J.D., 1981
Year of First Admission:
1982
Admission:
1982, Connecticut; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships:
Danbury (President, 1995), Connecticut (Chair, Family Law Section, 2011-2012) and American Bar Associations (Member, Family Law Section); National Association of Counsel for Children, AFCC.
Birth Information:
Detroit, Michigan, January 22, 1952
Reported Cases:
Newman v. Newman, 235 Conn. 82 (1995); Fichera v. Mine Hill Corporation, 207 Conn. 204 (1988); In re Brianna F., 50 Conn. App. 805 (1998); In re Elizabeth H., et al, 45 Conn. App. 508 (1997); Gennarini Construction Co. v. Messina Painting & Decorating Co., 5 Conn. App. 61 (1985).
Certifications:
Advanced Family Mediation (CCND 2016), Collaborative Divorce (CCND 2015), Forty-hour Mediation Training (Quinnipiac University School of Law 2015), Guardian ad litem/Attorney for Minor Child (Connecticut Judicial Branch 2009), Parenting Coordination (AFCC 2006)
ISLN:
907787790

Peer Reviews

4.4/5.0
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3.7/5.0 (3 reviews)
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Attorney Sharon Dornfeld handled multiple complex legal issues for me, and 2 family members, involving Probate, post Divorce concerns, will and estate planning, and real estate transactions. She alwa...

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