Attorneys

JANE W. FREEMAN is an associate attorney in the law firm of Cacace, Tusch & Santagata, a general practice law firm with offices in Stamford . She holds B.A. (1972, cum laude, in American History) from Goucher College and a J.D. (1976) from the University of Connecticut Law School and is admitted to practice before Connecticut 's state courts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Jane is the chair of the firm's Land Use Practice Group. She concentrates her practice in land use, real estate and related litigation, representing developers and community groups. She regularly appears before municipal land use boards on planning, zoning and wetlands applications and serves as legal counsel in trials and appeals relating to these issues. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Planning & Zoning Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and lectures on land use topics to attorneys, developers, municipal officials and other land professionals. Since 1990, Jane has served as an Attorney Trial Referee for the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch. She also serves as Secretary on the Stamford Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors.

Published Cases
Connecticut Appellate Court and Connecticut Supreme Court

1. Alvord Inv., LLC v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of City of Stamford, 282 Conn. 393, 920 A.2d 1000 (2007);

2. Bongiorno Supermarket, Inc. v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 266 Conn. 531, 833 A.2d 883 (2003);

3. Washington Trust Co. v. Smith, 42 Conn. App. 330, 680 A.2d 988 (1996);

4. French v. Town of Clinton, 215 Conn. 197, 575 A.2d 686 (1985);

5. Murach v. Planning and Zoning Commission, 196 Conn. 192, 491 A.2d 1058 (1985);

6. Caldrello v. Planning Board, 193 Conn. 387, 476 A.2d 1063 (1984);

7. Mystic Marinelife Aquarium, Inc. v. Gill, 175 Conn. 483, 400 A.2d 726 (1978).