Carl T. Gulliver
Email: Carl Gulliver | Phone: 203-745-0172
Carl Gulliver’s practice focuses on individual attention and careful analysis of the affairs of debtors in all types of proceedings in the bankruptcy court. Experience and judgment drive the well-considered strategies for each client. He represents both personal and business debtors and creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy in chapters 11, 13, 12, and 7 and counsels clients in insolvency law, planning, and asset protection.
Board certified in business bankruptcy law by the American Board of Certification, Mr. Gulliver is also AV® Preeminent Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest rating for lawyers.
Mr. Gulliver is a regular participant in the Connecticut Pro Bono Network receiving annual recognition for service in the area of bankruptcy law.
He is an officer and a member of the executive committee of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section and the Senior Topical Editor for Bankruptcy on the Association’s prestigious and venerable Connecticut Bar Journal. He speaks and writes often on bankruptcy topics.
Practice Areas
- Debtor and creditor representation
- Business reorganization and workout
- Individual and family bankruptcy analysis
- Resolving foreclosure and tax debt through bankruptcy court reorganization
- Chapter 11 for reorganizing businesses and individuals with higher debt levels
- Chapter 13 for individuals and couples suffering foreclosure, tax, and other issues
- Chapter 12 for reorganizing the affairs of family fisherman and farmers
- Chapter 7 for discharge of liabilities
Certifications
- American Board of Certification, Business Bankruptcy
Awards
- AV® Preeminent Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell®
- Connecticut Super Lawyer, 2007–2010
Professional Associations
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Connecticut Bar Association, Treasurer, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section
- Connecticut Bar Journal, Senior Topical Editor for Bankruptcy
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia, 1980
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1981
- Maryland, 1982
- New York, 1982
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit,1984
- Connecticut, 1985
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1986
Education
- The National Law Center at George Washington University, J.D. 1980
- Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A. 1973
Biography
Approaching his 30th year in the practice of bankruptcy law, Mr. Gulliver has worked with the current 1979 Bankruptcy Code for essentially its entire history. After practicing in a bankruptcy boutique in Washington, DC, Mr. Gulliver moved with his family in 1986 to Connecticut. In New Haven he continued his practice in the bankruptcy area with DiPietro, Kantrovitz & Brownstein, PC, where he became a partner and represented developers in some of the larger Connecticut cases during the real estate meltdown of the late eighties and early nineties. In 1994 Mr. Gulliver joined Coan, Lewendon, Gulliver & Miltenberger, LLC.
