Cramer & Anderson is nominated once again for Best Law Firm in the Republican-American newspaper’s 2024 Reader’s Choice Awards. The firm has won the award for the past two years. Partner Neal D. White, Jr. is nominated for Best Estate Planning Lawyer, an award he has won for six consecutive years, as well as for Best Lawyer. Partner […]
Connecticut law requires that attorneys handle real estate closings involving title insurance, which is commonly required when a buyer is borrowing money from a lender to purchase property. By prohibiting non-attorneys from handling most types of real estate transactions, Public Act No. 19-88, adopted in 2019, provides safeguards that codify what was already common practice.
In the early 1800’s, Connecticut lawmakers wanted to encourage homeowners to visibly define their property lines through building fences, so they passed legislation creating what is known as the “divisional fence.” A divisional fence is located exactly on the property line of two adjacent parcels of land. Pursuant to the statute, which can be found
Gov. Ned Lamont issued an executive order Aug. 5 that empowers municipal officials to impose new mask mandates in response to rising COVID numbers and the threat posed by the Delta variant. The Governor stopped short of issuing an official statewide call for universal masking, but the section of the executive order directed at towns
Open building permits are yet another potential stumbling block to smooth and trouble free home sales. With the housing market in Connecticut continuing its surge, encountering these hurdles has become widespread. It’s essentially a standard now for attorneys handling real estate transactions to advise clients to commission municipal inspections. While many sellers and buyers might
Cramer & Anderson Partner Kent Mancini has won a 2021 Distinguished Leaders Award from the Connecticut Law Tribune (CLT) based on his significant successful outcome for a Connecticut housing authority, mentoring in the firm’s Litchfield office, leadership in the business community, and collaborative efforts to give back to first responders and families in need amid
Cramer & Anderson Partners Kent Mancini and William Franklin successfully defended a Connecticut housing authority sued by a factoring company for $2.2 million under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) for a purported wrongful payment over a notice of assignment. The original lawsuit was filed in May 2017. Attorneys Mancini and Franklin won summary judgment in
University of Connecticut School of Law graduate Pio Yoon joined Cramer & Anderson in mid-May as a litigation associate in advance of taking the Connecticut Bar Exam this fall. “I’m very grateful I was able to connect with the firm before the coronavirus shutdown happened,” said Yoon, who will be based in the firm’s Litchfield office and work closely
A quick look at some of our towns’ ordinances gives us a pretty strong clue that we live in New England. Indeed it is the season of risk for winter slip-and-fall injuries caused by unsafe conditions resulting from ice and snow. Because of the liability exposure presented by winter weather, formal snow-clearing ordinances laying responsibility on
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