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Wm. Bruce Louden
blouden@loudenlegal.com
A dean of Connecticut matrimonial lawyers, Mr. Louden has been listed in every edition of Best Lawyers in America (1983-present), was listed in a national publication among the top 88 matrimonial lawyers in the United States (1986), and in Connecticut Magazine (2007 & 2008) as one of the "top 50 lawyers in Connecticut" (of some 17,000). Born in Iowa in 1938, and a lawyer since 1963, Mr. Louden previously was a partner in two major firms, practicing litigation, matrimonial, real estate and business law.
Mr. Louden was president of the Connecticut chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (1991-92). He has been a pioneer in a constructive approach to divorce, mediating divorces for 27 years and, in recent years, serving as a private special master and a member of the Collaborative Divorce Lawyers Association. Mr. Louden also has litigated many cases, including major cases ultimately decided by the Connecticut Supreme Court.
He has written and spoken on matrimonial law nationally and in Connecticut, and been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Connecticut Law School (teaching Family Law and Legal Ethics). Mr. Louden, a resident of West Hartford, is married to a psychotherapist (who is also a clergywoman), and they are the parents of three children and grandparents to three lively grandsons.