About Us
Experience you can trust!
Our practice celebrates more than 30 years in the field of family law with the ability to focus solely within our field thus providing reliable legal counsel.
Kevin F. Collins,Esq.
Kevin celebrates 35 plus years of establishing his firm in Stamford, Connecticut focusing solely on Family Law.
Kevin is a top litigator in the State of Connecticut in the practice of matrimonial law and, for more than thirty-five years, has been among the small circle of dedicated family law trial attorneys. While an experienced and respected trial lawyer, Kevin also prides himself on successful creative settlement resolutions. A litigator recognizes when negotiation is prudent or when trial is necessary and why they are not mutually exclusive.
Kevin continues to create precedent caselaw in Connecticut through his trial and appellate work inclusive of expansion of Jennifer’s Law, cohabitation within alimony, and instrumental in crafting safeguards surrounding Attorney contact with Court appointed custodial evaluators . His aggressive and compassionate client-tailored approach has established him as a “Connecticut Super Lawyer” and enjoys recognitions as: “Top Attorney's in New England;” “Professional of the Year,” and the distinction of “Excellence in Family Law.”
He is admitted to practice law in the States of Connecticut and New York as well as membership in the Federal Bar.
Ami Jayne Powers, Esq.
Admitted to practice since 2006, Admitted to practice since 2006, Ami Jayne has focused solely within the field of Family Law. She is proud to have expanded the definition of abuse within the coercive control element in Connecticut Jurisprudence under Jennifer’s Law as well as litigated a seminal case surrounding financial contributions to college by parents.
Joining practice with Kevin in 2007, attaining the partner role in 2021, Ami Jayne developed the empathy and skill to listen and advocate most effectively for her clients. Having the distinction of being appointed by the Court and sharpening trial advocacy skills in litigation, Ami Jayne is proud of her client-tailored legal approach to the client’s particular needs with a specific focus on vigorous defense of clients when they have otherwise been traditionally marginalized or abused within a domestic relationship. She perceives her negotiation and litigation skills can assist in determining whether alternate dispute resolution is prudent. Experience in a courtroom can best steer one towards settlement.
As a law student, Ami Jayne enjoyed a position on the Roger Williams University School of Law Honor Board as well as having the privilege of interning for now United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse while he held position of Rhode Island Attorney General.
Ami Jayne enjoyed her roles on the Connecticut Bar Association, Family Law Section, “Covid-19 Response Council” as well as being an active member with the Fairfield County Bar Association and distinguished among “Lawyers of Distinction,” “10 Best Attorneys,” “Lawyer of Distinction,” and “Top 10 Female Attorney.”
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