Edward Jurkiewicz, Esq.

Attorney Jurkiewicz focuses his practice on Connecticut family law including collaborative divorce, mediation and adversarial divorce, as well as consumer and business bankruptcy — including Chapter 7 liquidations, Chapter 13 wage earner reorganizations, and Chapter 11 reorganizations — for individuals, and businesses.  He has tried numerous complex cases, has trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts, and has extensive mediation training.

Attorney Jurkiewicz holds a Bachelor’s degree from UConn and a Juris Doctor degree from UConn Law. He has chaired several municipal committees and commissions in his hometown. Attorney Jurkiewicz drafted and spearheaded the passage of an ordinance forming a conservation commission then served as its first chairman, recently chaired a committee which completed a comprehensive review, revision and digitization of town ordinances, and drafted and obtained voter approval of an ordinance regulating the use of drones.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Juris Doctor, 1989

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Bachelor of Arts, 1981

Affiliations

• Connecticut Council For Non-Adversarial Divorce, Member
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Member
• Family Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, Member
• Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, Member
• Litchfield County Collaborative Divorce Group, Member
• Litchfield County Business Professionals, Member

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1989
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1999