Garlinck Dumont

Garlinck Dumont is the founding and principal attorney of Dumont Law LLC in West Hartford. Her current practice includes family law, divorce, child custody and visitation, criminal defense, and probate matters involving estate planning and litigation. She is licensed in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Her profile also identifies training as a Guardian Ad Litem and Attorney for the Minor Child and as a mediator, adding court-appointed child advocacy and dispute-resolution work to her family law and probate practice.

Dumont earned her J.D. from New England School of Law in 2012 and her B.A. from Central Connecticut State University in 2002. Her academic record includes a Dean’s Service Award from New England School of Law recognizing leadership and service. She undertook legal studies after working in the social services field. Her education and leadership development provide background for her subsequent work in family law, child advocacy, criminal defense, and probate matters.

Dumont handles divorce, custody, visitation, probate, estate planning, probate litigation, mediation, and criminal defense matters. Her additional training includes a six-week Guardian Ad Litem and Attorney for the Minor Child program structured by the State of Connecticut and a five-week mediation training. Her firm profile describes mediation and negotiation as important parts of her practice while also emphasizing courtroom litigation. She works with clients in disputes involving families, children, estates, and other contested legal matters.

Garlinck Dumont has served in leadership roles within the legal community, including President of the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association and leadership positions with the Connecticut Bar Association’s Membership Committee and Women in the Law Section. Her profile also notes pro bono service with the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund. Her legal practice combines family law, probate, mediation, child-related appointments, and selected criminal matters with professional and community service.

Law Office Affiliations

• Principal, Dumont Law LLC
• Chair, Membership Committee and Chair, Women in the Law section, Connecticut Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• President, George W. Crawford Black Bar Association
• Member, Children’s Law Center Gala Committee

Licensed State

• Connecticut
• Massachusetts

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