The law firm Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP recently added attorney Carolyn J. Cavolo to its real estate and land use team.
Cavolo is a partner based out of the firm’s Stamford office. Cavolo focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions, providing advice to owners, investors, developers, financial institutions and community clients.
Real Estate Practice Group co-leader Gregg Burton called Cavolo an “incredible addition” to the firm’s team, citing her transactional real estate experience and knowledge.
“Carolyn will be a leader in the continued expansion of our real estate practice,” Burton said.
The firm’s real estate and land use practice assists clients with a range of real estate matters, such as acquisitions, sales, financing, leasing, construction and project development.
Cavolo also serves as chair of the Real Property Section of the Connecticut Bar Association.
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Organization names 2022 Practitioner of the Year
The Public Relations Society of America Greater Connecticut Chapter recently named Anita Ford Saunders, owner of AFS Communications, as its 2022 Practitioner of the Year.
Saunders, a Middletown resident, was to be recognized at the organization’s Dec. 13 Mercury Awards Ceremony in New Haven.
Saunders was an Emmy Award-winning television producer before embarking on a career in public relations that included roles at Trinity College, United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, Yankee Gas Services Company, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and Connecticut Public Television & Radio.
Saunders was recently elected president of the Middlesex County NAACP. She serves on the board of the Connecticut Democracy Center and on the communications and marketing committee of The Village for Families and Children.
