Bridget C. Gallagher

Bridget C. Gallagher is a senior partner with Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP and has practiced in Hartford County since 1994. Her work includes business law, real estate transactions, and real estate litigation. She represents developers, investors, lenders, buyers, and sellers in commercial and residential property matters and advises small businesses on purchases, sales, and operational transactions. Her practice addresses commercial leasing, financing, construction issues, title questions, and common-interest community matters.

Gallagher earned a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1994, graduating cum laude. Current supplemental professional records identify a B.A. from Eastern Connecticut State University in 1991. Her education led into a practice focused on transactions and disputes involving businesses and real property. That background supports work requiring careful review of contracts, title documents, financing terms, lease provisions, development arrangements, and the legal structures used in business acquisitions and sales.

Gallagher has handled real estate closings and development matters for a range of participants in the property market. Her experience includes commercial leasing and leasehold financing, declarations for common-interest communities, construction issues, and title disputes. She advises on the purchase and sale of small businesses, including professional practices, restaurants, franchises, gas stations, and liquor stores. These matters connect transaction planning with practical attention to financing, property, and contractual obligations.

Bridget C. Gallagher has been recognized as a James W. Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation. Her practice combines transactional counseling with litigation experience, allowing her to address business and real estate matters from planning and dispute perspectives. She works with clients on acquisitions, sales, leases, financing, development, ownership documents, and contested issues, helping them identify legal risks and move transactions or disputes toward practical resolution.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP
• Member of the Presidential Fellows Committee, July, Connecticut Bar Association (2021-Present)
• Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, July to July, Connecticut Bar Association (2018)
• Member, Committee on the Resolution of Legal fee Disputes, Connecticut Bar Association (2019-Present)
• Member, Executive Committee Alternative Resolution Section, July to June, Connecticut Bar Association (2018)
• Member of the Agency Advisory Board, Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company (2017-2018)
• Member, Glastonbury Town Center Initiative (2024-Present)
• Former Membe, Town of Glastonbury Public Buildings Commission (2017-2019)
• Former Member, Welles Turner Library Board (2011-2017)

Licensed State

• Connecticut

Education

• Suffolk University Law School
  J.D.

Awards & Badges