Austin K Wolf, Member Attorney

AUSTIN K. WOLF is the co-founder of Cohen and Wolf, P.C. and a principal in the firm's Real Estate and Land Use & Zoning Groups. Resident in the Bridgeport office, Mr. Wolf practices in the areas of land use planning, zoning, wetlands, real estate development, and industrial and commercial leasing.

He is admitted to practice in Connecticut; the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Mr. Wolf is a member of the American, Connecticut and Greater Bridgeport Bar Associations. He is a member and past chairman of the Planning and Zoning Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association, and served on the Connecticut Bar Association House of Delegates. He is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and past member and officer of the American Inns of Court, Bridgeport. He serves as an attorney trial referee (since 1983). He served on the Board of Editors of the Connecticut Bar Journal and the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.

Austin Wolf recently was honored with the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award by the Connecticut Bar Association's Planning & Zoning Section. The award was given "in recognition of longstanding distinguished service as a planning and zoning lawyer, to clients, to the profession, to the community, to strong ethical practices, and to the advancement of knowledge, to writing, lecturing and similar pursuits." Mr. Wolf has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1986. In the 2009 edition he was named as "Real Estate Lawyer of the Year" in Connecticut.

Mr. Wolf frequently speaks on real estate- and land use-related topics to both legal and business audiences. He received his B.A. in 1948 from Yale University and LL.B., cum laude , in 1951 from Harvard Law School.