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Girolamo, Sandi Beth

Sandi Beth Girolamo - West Hartford, CT

Attorney at Flaherty Legal Group, LLC

Family Law Lawyers in West Hartford, CT

41 North Main Street Suite 201 West Hartford, CT 06107 - 1929

  • 1 Super Lawyers®
  • 25 Years 
    Experience

West Hartford Family Law Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

  • Family Law
  • Appeals
  • Post-Judgment Modifications & Enforcement of Orders

Attorney Information

Overview

Sandi B. Girolamo practices family law and appellate work. She has appeared, argued and written briefs and motions in the Superior Court and the Connecticut Appellate Court. She has tried numerous family law cases, including at the Regional Family Trial Docket. Attorney Girolamo has published decisions from the Connecticut Appellate Court and the Connecticut Supreme Court. Attorney Girolamo tries family law cases involving dissolution of marriage issues and post-judgment matters. Her trial experience includes a six-day post-judgment custody trial at the Regional Family Trial Docket and a nine-day dissolution of marriage trial in the Hartford Superior Court. One judge commented at the end of a trial that Attorney Girolamo “exhibited the very best in family lawyers. She presented her case and examined witnesses in a way consistent with the rules of evidence, in a logical manner, and in a way that I think all family lawyers should emulate, and that is vigorously defending her client’s rights but not becoming so emotionally involved in the case that you lost sight of the ultimate goal.”

Attorney Girolamo also believes that not every case should be tried and that a settlement usually better serves the client’s needs and interests. Therefore, Attorney Girolamo participates in mediations to resolve her cases. She serves as a mediator for couples seeking an amicable resolution to their pending divorce and she serves as a Special Master for the New Britain Superior Court, Tolland Superior Court and the Hartford Superior Court. Attorney Girolamo has also been named by SuperLawyers™ in New England Super Lawyers 2011, 2012 and 2013, New England Rising Stars 2010 and Connecticut Rising Stars 2011. In addition, in September 2010, the Officers of the Family Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association selected Attorney Girolamo as one of five Rising Stars in Connecticut Family Law.

Attorney Girolamo graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and English from the University of Connecticut. In 1998, Attorney Girolamo began attending Quinnipiac University’s Law School at night while working full-time as a paralegal. In 2001, Attorney Girolamo received her Juris Doctor degree, summa cum laude, and she ranked second in the evening class and in the top 10 percent of the entire graduating class. While in law school, Attorney Girolamo also received the American Jurisprudence award in Workers’ Compensation. Attorney Girolamo is admitted to practice in Connecticut State Courts and the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. She also has served as co-chair for the Connecticut Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Family Law Section, and she currently sits on the Children Law Center’s Development Committee. Attorney Girolamo has chaired several seminars on family law topics and was featured in an article on juggling a legal career and motherhood.

Attorney Girolamo was born in 1971 in Kentucky. She spent most of her childhood in New Jersey. After graduating from the University of Connecticut, she decided to establish her career in Connecticut. She is married to a schoolteacher, and they currently reside in Newington with their two children. Attorney Girolamo’s community activities include teaching gymnastics classes and participating in her daughter’s school PAC and her son’s school PTO.


Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

SuperLawyers

Sandi Beth Girolamo included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

  • New England Rising Star, 2010
  • Connecticut Bar Association Family Law - Rising Star 2010
  • 2011 New England Super Lawyers
  • 2012 New England Super Lawyers
  • 2013 New England Super Lawyers

Other Sources of Feedback About Sandi Beth Girolamo

Included on the 2026 Connecticut Super Lawyers list


Past Lists

  • 2024 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2023 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2022 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2021 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2020 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2019 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2018 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2017 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2016 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2015 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2014 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2013 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2012 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2011 Connecticut Super Lawyers list
  • 2010 Connecticut Super Lawyers list

Education

  • Legal Education

    • Quinnipiac University School of Law, Connecticut, 2001
      J.D.
      Honors: summa cum laude
      Honors: Top 10%
      Honors: American Jurisprudence award in Workers’ Compensation
  • Non Legal Education

    • University of Connecticut, Connecticut, 1993
      B.A.
      Major: Political Science
      Major: English

Past Positions

  • O’Connell, Flaherty & Attmore, Paralegal

Representative Cases

  • OFA v. Doody, Appellate Court of Connecticut, 124 Conn. App. 1 (2010)
  • Deegan v. Simmons, Supreme Court of Connecticut, 282 Conn. 922 (2007)
  • First Union National Bank v. Eppoliti Realty Co., Inc., 99 Conn. App. 603 (2007)
  • Marlin Broadcasting, LLC v. Law Office of Kent Avery, LLC, Appellate Court of Connecticut, 101 Conn. App. 638 (2007)
  • Mangiante v. Niemiec, Appellate Court of Connecticut, 98 Conn. App. 567 (2006)
  • Logan v. Logan, Appellate Court of Connecticut, 96 Conn. App. 842 (2006)
  • Kessler v. Restoration Associates, Inc., Supreme Court of Connecticut, 275 Conn. 916 (2005)
  • Fox v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Town of Barkhamsted, Appellate Court of Connecticut, 84 Conn. App. 628 (2004)
  • Mangiante v. Niemiec, Appellate Court of Connecticut, 82 Conn. App. 277 (2004)
  • Szajnberg v. Szajnberg, Supreme Court of Connecticut, 266 Conn. 904 (2003)

Bar Admissions

  • Connecticut, 2002
  • U.S. District Court District of Connecticut

Other Affiliations

  • Hartford County Bar Association
  • Connecticut Bar Association

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