Cartoceti & Snearly, LLC

Attorneys Robert J. Cartoceti and D. Susanne Snearly share more than 50 years of combined legal experience practicing before all courts in the state of Connecticut, and have successfully helped hundreds of Connecticut families with their legal needs.

In 1985 Attorney Cartoceti opened his office within a vintage Southbury home on Main Street, moving his practice in 1988 to its current location at Pomperaug Office Park. Attorney Snearly joined him in 1995 and they formed Cartoceti & Snearly LLC in 2000. Attorney Snearly concentrates her practice in the areas of family, divorce, custody, child support, collaborative divorce, mediation services, and arbitration. She serves as both a private and court- appointed family law Special Master, and is a certified guardian ad litem as well as court-appointed attorney for minor children. She has been recognized by her peers for her special skills and training, having been elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and as a Connecticut Super Lawyer – Top Attorney in Connecticut and New England. Attorney Snearly has been a member of the Connecticut and Federal Bars since 1995, and has been in private practice exclusively since that time. She has been a plenary presenter at the American Bar Association Family Section as well as the Connecticut Bar Association, of which she was a past Secretary. Attorney Snearly has served her community as both past president of the Waterbury Bar Association and the local representative to the Connecticut Bar Association House of Delegates and Board or Governors.

Attorney Cartoceti concentrates his practice in the areas of probate administration and litigation, estate planning, criminal and civil litigation (including personal injury and worker’s compensation claims), residential and commercial real estate transactions, and business organization and finance. He has been active in his local bar association, serving as chairman of its memorial committee as well as an active participant in the Young Lawyer’s mentoring program. His commitment to his community has led him to serve on the Board of Directors for the Grace Meadows Elderly Housing facility (offering affordable housing to area seniors), past member of the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University system (appointed by the Governor), and a member of the Southbury Charter Revision Commission and Personnel Committee.