DiCara Law - Phyllis M. DiCara

Attorneys in all our offices are experienced in all phases of general municipal and land use law, from direct legal advice and counsel for appointed and elected public officials to complex civil and land use litigation. Our attorneys regularly represent individuals, corporations, businesses and developers before boards and commissions in towns that we do not represent, and before state agencies. Municipal law in Connecticut involves a unique blend of statutory laws of statewide application with purely local ordinances, regulations and, depending on the town, municipal home rule charter provisions. Land use law involves representation and coordination of efforts before inland wetlands commissions, planning, zoning and, at times, town legislative bodies. Our attorneys have served for decades as the municipal attorney for various towns and cities. We counsel and defend land use boards and commissions in land use and general litigation and counsel them concerning the intricacies and detail that local governmental law require. For the developer client, we can arrange and coordinate all elements of a subdivision or site plan application, which may involve surveyors, soil scientists, civil engineers and other professionals. We also understand the correlation between local and state agency regulations that may apply to a given situation. We have attorneys who are experienced in the representation of individuals and corporations before state agencies concerning environmental and regulatory matters. Our attorneys have represented individuals and businesses before the majority of towns in Litchfield County, as well as in a number of towns elsewhere in Connecticut.