About Cecilia
Cecilia Buck-Taylor constructed her legal basis on the State University of New York at Albany, earning dual bachelor's degrees in criminal justice and psychology in 1985. She persisted her research at Fordham University School of Law, receiving a J.D. in 1991. The aggregate of social science and law formed an early curiosity in matters that contact families and young people.
After law school she entered personal practice and, in 1994, based the Law Offices of Cecilia Buck-Taylor, P.C., where she serves as principal lawyer. She has treated a wide array of cases in family and juvenile courts and has often worked in roles that require each litigation abilities and dispute decision techniques. Early in her career she additionally took on public defense work in Danbury and Litchfield Superior Courts, beginning in 1995.
Public service has been a habitual thread. Buck-Taylor served as a state consultant for Connecticut’s 67th District in 2013, bringing trial experience to the legislature. Since 1998 she has held the position of Family Master at Litchfield Superior Court, a role that involves overseeing family matters and helping the court in fact-locating and proposals. Her nearby service includes management positions on school and municipal boards and roles on ethics and financial improvement committees.
Her professional training consists of certifications in binding dispute resolution from the Institute for Advanced Dispute Resolution, facilitated negotiation thru Quinnipiac University School of Law, and collaborative practice training with Pauline Tesler. Those credentials tell how she approaches contested matters, frequently mixing mediated answers with courtroom proceedings when appropriate. She is lively in bar and civic organizations: memberships include the Connecticut State Bar, Connecticut Bar Association, New Milford and Danbury bar institutions, Litchfield County Bar Association, and the National Association of Counsel for Children. She has also served in management roles in network groups such as the New Milford Chamber of Commerce and the Community Culinary School of Northwest Connecticut.
Colleagues and network members know her for steady involvement in local institutions. She has chaired or served on faculty coverage, library building, housing partnership, and United Way committees. Her tenure in those positions displays lengthy-time period ties to New Milford and surrounding groups. She keeps a common civil and family practice from her company and continues to accept matters that involve family regulation, juvenile problems, conservatorship and opportunity dispute resolution. She currently focuses her practice on household and juvenile matters, facilitated negotiation and courtroom-appointed roles in the Connecticut advanced courts.
