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 Charles M. Needle
Practice
Areas
Corporate Law &
Business Transactions
Real Estate & Environmental Law
Health Care
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Phone: (203) 332-5722
Email:
cneedle@znclaw.com
Mr. Needle, a founding
member of the firm and the former Chairman of our
Management Committee (1988-1994), practices
principally in the areas of commercial and real
estate law, business development, business
organization, and commercial transactions.
Throughout his career, Mr. Needle has provided
counsel to individuals and business organizations of
all types and sizes, helping his clients make tough
legal decisions during both good and bad times.
Mr. Needle has served as
President of the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
and a member of its Executive Committee. He has
actively participated in both the Connecticut and
Greater Bridgeport Bar Associations' Commercial Law
and Bankruptcy Sections. Mr. Needle was elected a
member of the Connecticut Bar Association's House of
Delegates and was a candidate for the Senate of the
State of Connecticut. He is a former President of
the Harvard Club of Southern Connecticut, has been
on its Board of Directors and has served as its
Schools Committee Chairman for many years, and is
Secretary of his Yale Law School Class. Mr. Needle
is also a former Member of the Board of Directors of
the National Conference of Christians and Jews and a
member of the Executive Committee and Board of
Directors of the Bridgeport Regional Business
Council and has taught commercial law at various
local colleges.
Mr. Needle is counsel to the Downtown
Special Services District of the City of
Bridgeport. Mr. Needle is also counsel to many
developers of real estate in the State of
Connecticut, including the designated developer for
the billion dollar Bridgeport Waterfront Project
known as Steel Point.
Education
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Harvard College (B.A.
cum laude, 1959)
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Wesleyan University (M.A.T. 1960)
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Yale Law School (L.L.B. 1963)
Bar
Admissions
Memberships
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Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
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Connecticut Bar Association
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American Bar Association
Reported Decisions
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In
re Bridgeport Jai Alai, Inc., 215 Bankr. 651 (D. Conn. 1997)
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In
re Automatic Plating of Bridgeport, Inc., 202 Bankr. 540 (D.
Conn. 1996)
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Matter of Kero-Sun, Inc., 59 Bankr. 630 (D. Conn. 1986)
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Matter of Kero-Sun, Inc., 58 Bankr. 770 (D. Conn. 1986)
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In
re General Polymerics Corp., 54 Bankr. 523 (D. Conn. 1985)
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Data
General Corp., Inc. v. Citizens Nat. Bank of Fairfield, 502 F.
Supp. 776 (D. Conn. 1980)
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Heyman v. Kline,
344 F. Supp. 1081 (D. Conn. 1970)
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