Jeffrey R. Godley

Norwich, Connecticut
Director
Phone: (860) 889-3321
Facsimile: (860) 889-7226
Email J. R. Godley

Jeffrey Godley practices in the area of residential and commercial real estate, banking law that includes commercial litigation and foreclosures, municipal law, and planning and zoning law. While at Western New England College School of Law, Mr. Godley served as a Staff Member (1985-86) and Managing Editor (1986-87) of the Western New England Law Review. He also authored “Defining the CIA’s Intelligence Sources as an Exemption to the Freedom of Information Act - CIA v. Sims, 471 U.S. 159 (1985)”, 9 Western New England Law Review 333 (1987). Upon graduation, he served as a legal research clerk for the Connecticut Judicial Department until joining Brown Jacobson in 1989.

Mr. Godley is Legal Counsel for, and an ex officio member of the Executive Board and Board of Directors of The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut, Inc.  He is President of the Three Rivers Community College Foundation and a past member of the Executive Board of the Connecticut Rivers Council, Boy Scouts of America and a Corporator of Chelsea Groton Savings Bank.

Practice areas

• Commercial and Residential real estate
• Banking law
• Municipal and planning and zoning law

Education

• University of Connecticut, B.A., 1984
• Western New England College School of Law, J.D., 1987

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut
• U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
• United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
• Mohegan Gaming Disputes Court

Professional Affiliations

• Connecticut Bar Association (Past Member House of Delegates and Board of Governors)
• New London County Bar Association
• Mashantucket Pequot Bar Association (Treasurer)