Claudia M. Sklar

Claudia M. Sklar is a principal at Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. in Hartford whose practice includes real estate law, commercial finance and banking, commercial litigation, bankruptcy and creditor rights, corporate and business transactions, and alternative dispute resolution. Her current profile describes more than 40 years of civil and commercial litigation experience, with emphasis on creditors’ rights, commercial and residential foreclosures, commercial law, title insurance litigation, leasing, landlord-tenant disputes, financing, loan workouts, and debt restructuring.

Sklar earned her J.D., with honors, from the University of Connecticut School of Law and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Adelphi University. She has completed mediation skills training through the Quinnipiac University School of Law Center on Dispute Resolution. Her educational and mediation background accompanies a practice that includes litigation, negotiated resolutions, and transactional work involving real estate, finance, business matters, and family-related planning for LGBTQIA clients and families.

Sklar has handled residential and commercial real estate transactions, commercial leasing, default servicing, foreclosures, evictions, commercial financing, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, and general business matters. She has mediated contested disputes and has appeared before Connecticut’s Appellate and Supreme Courts. She also helps same-sex couples, LGBTQIA clients, and families with co-parent and second-parent adoptions, custody, estate planning, probate, agreements, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, real estate transactions, business planning, and relationship dissolution matters.

Claudia M. Sklar is admitted in Connecticut, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, US federal district court, and US bankruptcy court. She is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Hartford Association of Women Attorneys. Her profile lists Best Lawyers in America recognition for Commercial Litigation for 2027 and reflects a broad practice combining real estate, creditor rights, litigation, mediation, finance, and business matters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Principal, Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.
• Member, Connecticut Bar Association
• Former member Board of Directors, Hartford Association of Women Attorneys
• Former Parlimentarian and By-Laws Committee and Membership Committee, Shennecosset Yacht Club

Licensed State

• Connecticut

Education

• University of Connecticut School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Adelphi University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) Summa Cum Laude

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