Meghan Freed
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Hartford, CT
Selected to Rising Stars: 2013 - 2016
- Family Law
The co-founder of Freed Marcroft, LLC, Meghan Freed focuses her practice on family law matters for her clients in the Hartford, Connecticut, metropolitan area. She is particularly experienced with alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, litigation and collaborative divorce, and her negotiation skills have been bolstered by her participation in the Program on Negotiation, taught by professors from Harvard Law School, Tufts University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has received a "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo.
Ms. Freed is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, where in 1998 she received a Bachelor of Arts in history and was a featured commencement speaker. She subsequently attended Western New England College of Law on a full merit-based scholarship and obtained her Juris Doctor cum laude in 2004. While in law school, Ms. Freed was the managing editor of the Western New England Law Review. After graduation, she was associated with two well-known law firms and then was in-house counsel at a Hartford insurance company before co-founding her current firm in 2012. Ms. Freed is admitted to practice before all Connecticut state courts.
A portion of Ms. Freed's practice is dedicated to LGBT issues. She was a co-author of an amicus curiae brief that was filed in connection with the Connecticut Supreme Court's 2008 decision that held that allowing same-sex unions but not marriages was a violation of the state Constitution. Ms. Freed is a member of several legal organizations, including the Hartford County Bar Association, where she sits on its board of directors. Community-minded as well, she is a member of the board of overseers of The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.
Family Law (100%): Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Name Change, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Same Sex Family Law
Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Name Change, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Same Sex Family Law
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Super Lawyers: 2017 Rising Stars: 2013 - 2016
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About Meghan Freed
Admitted: 2004, Connecticut
Professional Webpage: http://freedmarcroft.com/meghan-freed/
Honors and Awards:
- One of the National LGBT Bar Association‘s Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40, 2015
- Super Lawyers® Rising Star list for her family law work, 2015
- One of 40 Women for the Next 40 Years, Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF), 2014
- Super Lawyers® Rising Star list for estate planning work, 2014
- Super Lawyers® Rising Star list for general litigation, 2013
- Norman Prance Award, Received the highest distinction conferred, Western New England College School of Law
- Full, merit-based scholarship, Western New England College School of Law
- Top women commencement speakers in the country, Glamour Magazine, Mount Holyoke College
- Connecticut Law Tribune New Leader of the Law
- Hartford Business Journal 40 Under Forty winner
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Connecticut Women’s Council, Member
- Metro Hartford Alliance, Business for Downtown Hartford, Member
- Greater Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Member
- National LGBT Bar Association, Member
- Connecticut Bar Association, Member
- Hartford County Bar Association, Board member
- United States Tax Court
- U.S. District court Second Circuit Court of Appeals
- District of Connecticut
- Connecticut
- Connecticut Bar Association’s LGBT Section, Founding executive board member, Chair
- Connecticut Council for Non-Adversarial Divorce, Member
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Night Fall, Original Board Member
- Former Hartford Children’s Theatre, Vice President of the Board
- The iQuilt Plan, President of the Board of Incorporators
- The Bushnell Performing Arts Center, Board of Overseers
- Greater Hartford Arts Council, Finance Committee
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Managing Editor, Western New England Law Review, Western New England College School Of Law
- Speaker, WNPR’s Colin McEnroe Show
Verdicts and Settlements:
- United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry
- Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health
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Last Updated: 3/23/2018