John R. Bryk

Practice Areas
Real Estate
Wills & Estate Planning
Foreclosures
Corporate Law & Business Transactions
Litigation

Phone: (203) 332-5762
Email: jbryk@znclaw.com

Mr. Bryk became Of Counsel to the firm in 1998.  He has been engaged in the general practice of law in Connecticut since 1974.  His experience includes general commercial litigation, real property foreclosures, and the representation of investors in bulk purchases of tax liens from Connecticut municipalities, a varied real estate practice, and service as general counsel to a select group of Connecticut businesses. 

Mr. Bryk's representation of clients in the acquisition of municipal tax liens involves the negotiation and transaction of contracts and lien assignments, as well as coordination with Town officials.  Tax and lending statutes, loan workout, foreclosure and real estate transactional work are involved in these complicated transactions.  

Mr. Bryk's real estate practice includes the representation of title insurance companies, the acquisition, development and sale of commercial and industrial properties, the acquisition and leasing of gasoline service stations, and residential real estate transactions. 

In commercial litigation, Mr. Bryk has represented suppliers of industrial and commercial heating supplies and equipment, suppliers of building materials, municipal and private construction contractors and bulk fuel suppliers, and municipalities and real estate lenders in foreclosure actions. 

Long active in the organized bar, Mr. Bryk is a past President of the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, in which he also held numerous offices and chairmanships and served on the Board of Directors from1986 to 2001.  He has also been a member of the Professional Ethics and Commercial Law Sections of the Connecticut Bar Association and served on the Council of Bar Presidents in 1997-1998.

Education

• University of Bridgeport (1971)
• University of Connecticut School of Law (1974)

• Connecticut (1974)
• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut (1975)

• Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Association

Mr. Bryk has published numerous articles on foreclosure and real estate law in the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association monthly News Brief.

• Roberts v. Caton, 224 Conn. 483, 619 A.2d 844 (1993)
• Carter v. Newman, 29 Conn. App. 902, 614 A.2d 493 (1992)
• Puglio v. Puglio, 18 Conn. App. 606, 559 A.2d 1159 (1989)
• Faulkner v. Marineland, Inc., 18 Conn. App. 1, 555 A.2d 1001 (1989)
• Zuckerman Group v. Raveis, 197 Conn. 811, 499 A.2d 62 (1985)
• Zuckerman Group v. Raveis, 4 Conn. App. 568, 495 A.2d 300 (1985)
• In re Jones, 61 Bankr. 222 (D. Conn. 1986)
• In re First Intern. Services Corp., 25 Bankr. 66 (D. Conn. 1982)