Kevin M. Black Sr.

Who is Kevin Black, Sr.?

That is the question every client should be able to answer before they select an attorney. Isn’t knowing who I am and what matters to me more important than where I have worked or went to school? You can find all the standard stuff about me at the bottom of this page if that is really what you need to know in order to decide if I’m the right person to help you.  What I think you need to know is: I am a husband. I am a father. I am a lawyer. Maybe you also need to know I am a baseball junkie. Those are the roles that define me as an individual and as an attorney. 

I have an extraordinary job.  I love being a lawyer. I have the privilege of serving people I care about every day and get to use my mind, knowledge and experience to guide clients through some of the most difficult situations they will face.   Becoming the best lawyer I can be is not a journey I take in isolation but one that involves each and every client. EVERY client is unique. Your experience is unique. My job is to understand, counsel and advocate. Your goals become my goals.  Your fears and worries become my fears and worries. Together we try and figure out the best path to achieving your goals and how we can best minimize your fears or worries. The attorney-client relationship is about listening and sharing, not dictating and forcing.  I see so many lawyers forgetting that simple fact. Being a lawyer is about understanding the person in front of you. Who you are, what is important to you, and what do you want to achieve. It’s only when I understand you that I can truly help you see past all the fears, worries, challenges, and roadblocks.  It’s only then that I can truly help you empower yourself and start again after a divorce, arrest, or life altering injury.

Some of my colleagues repeat the mantra that lawyers can only be effective when they specialize. I believe that to be nonsense and absolutely reject that conclusion. My reason for doing so is simple. I believe that working in a variety of, but related, practice areas prevents me from becoming a “real estate attorney” or a “criminal defense attorney,” or an “estate planning attorney” or a “personal injury attorney.” I prefer being “an advocate” that can see the entire picture for a client because often these individual fields impact the other.  I represent individuals and families for real estate, estate planning, criminal defense and personal injury work. If I can’t help you, I find a trusted colleague who can. 

Do you believe the above?  You may not because lawyers do a bad job of being that person I describe, and I can understand your skepticism.  It is my hope you can put those preconceived, or well deserved, lawyer judgments aside and come see the difference.  Being your lawyer is a privilege. It means you chose me out of all those other options you have. I am always grateful for that choice and the opportunity it provides to serve each and every client and welcome them to our family.

The Other Stuff

Mr. Black began his business career after college, working as a claims adjuster and underwriter for a downtown Manhattan insurance firm for six years. While there he was named the Vice Chairman of the Young Insurance Professionals of New York.

Leaving the insurance field, he embarked on his legal studies and in 1992 earned a juris doctor degree Magna Cum Laude from Quinnipiac University (formerly known as the University of Bridgeport School of Law), graduating number 5 in his class. He was an academic selection to the Law Review and received numerous American Jurisprudence and Superior Classroom Performance Awards.

While serving as a prosecutor in the Danbury State’s Attorney’s Office from 1994-1999, Mr. Black was honored with the MADD Distinguished Service Award for work with victims of drunk driving and the Judge Phillip E. Mancini, Jr., Award for work with victims of violent crime.

After his service as a prosecutor, he used his business background to serve as Secretary, General Counsel, Senior Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors to a corporation listed on NASDAQ. In that capacity, he engaged in a significant amount of international travel negotiating contracts and raising capital in the United States, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Malta, South Africa, Egypt, Philippines, Japan, and China, as well as negotiating and monitoring contracts with the US government.

Missing client interaction and the courtroom Mr. Black, while planning to leave corporate America for good in 2004, had the good fortune to meet Doug Bayer through a mutual acquaintance. They were law partners ever since that meeting at Bayer & Black, P.C., until Mr. Black left to launch Black’s Law Group.

Since 2004 he has continued to represent buyers and sellers in residential real estate transactions and enjoys making sure families are protected with estate planning services. 

Mr. Black currently serves as a Special Public Defender in both the Danbury and Norwalk courts. As a prosecutor and defense attorney, Mr. Black has handled class A, B, C and D felonies, including murder, manslaughter, manslaughter with a motor vehicle, corrupt organizations and racketeering, assault, robbery, burglary, narcotics distribution, larceny, weapons cases, domestic violence and identity theft. He has also handled a wide variety of misdemeanor crimes, including, but not limited to, drunk driving, possession of narcotics and marijuana, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and motor vehicle violations.

He has tried more than 25 criminal and civil cases to verdict.