Adam J. Cohen

Adam J. Cohen practices in the area of complex commercial litigation and has considerable experience representing municipal and private communities throughout Connecticut.  He serves as general counsel for the Connecticut Tax Collectors’ Association and has collected hundreds of millions dollars in unpaid taxes and assessments for more than two-thirds of all of the towns in Connecticut, as well as numerous districts, boroughs, and water/sewer authorities. As chair of the firm’s Municipal Law and Community Associations section, Adam organizes neighborhood districts, drafts ordinances and bylaws, and modernizes and enforces organic documents for municipal governments and residential and commercial associations across the state.

Adam is also the legal editor of Common Interest, the official magazine of the Connecticut chapter of the Community Associations Institute. He regularly speaks at seminars and classes for officers and managers of towns, tax districts, and condominiums on issues of interest to these communities. Adam also coordinates pro bono outreach programs, serves on the state bar association’s pro bono committee, and is a member of the Connecticut Judicial Branch law library advisory committee.

Adam’s published works include “Condo Law Revolution,” Common Interest Magazine; “Tax (Not Just Another) Collection: Special Considerations for Recovering Unpaid Municipal Taxes," Connecticut Lawyer; “Do-It-Yourself Government: Creating and Understanding Special Taxing Districts,” Connecticut Lawyer and Common Interest Magazine; “Keeping the Promise: Proposed Legislation to Establish Nontransferable Elections Systems in Jurisdictions Covered by Section Four of the Voting Rights Act,” St. Mary’s Law Journal; and numerous articles in bar journals, newsletters, and magazines.

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Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association - Litigation Section

Connecticut Bar Association - Litigation Section

Greater Bridgeport Bar Association

State of Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Library Advisory Committee

Community Involvement

CBA Pro Bono Committee

Appointed by the mayor of Hamden to serve as a founding member of the Hamden Commission on Human Rights and Relations from 2001 to 2003, which monitors and reports on race, gender and similar issues

Graduate of Class 16 of the Bridgeport Regional Business Council's Leadership Greater Bridgeport program

Honors & Recognitions

Named a Moffly Media Top Lawyer in Fairfield County in the area of Real Estate, 2023 and 2024; and in the area of Government and Administrative, 2025 

Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell

Connecticut Tax Collectors’ Association President’s Award, March 2013

Named to the Super Lawyers "Connecticut Rising Stars" list in the area of Government/Cities/Municipalities in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013

"40 Under 40" Business Leaders Award from the Fairfield County Business Journal, June 2009

New Leaders of the Law Award for Advocacy from the Connecticut Law Tribune, November 2003

• Won a Connecticut Supreme Court ruling to foreclose $3 million of tax liens in favor of a town over a development district
• Won an Appellate Court ruling against challenges to a municipal district’s boundary reductions
• Drafted COVID-era executive orders for the Governor’s Office relating to tax enforcement and condominium administration
• Served as lead legislative drafter for the modernization of Connecticut’s tax collection statutes in 2013 and 2015
• Recovered over $2.5 million in delinquent revenue for a city during a single twelve-month enforcement initiative
• Regularly wins Superior and Appellate Court rulings to defeat challenges to Connecticut nonjudicial tax sales

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