Meet The Team

Judith Ellenthal joined the firm in June of 2002.  She holds a B.A. (1962 in History) from Brooklyn College and a J.D. (1984) from the Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, Connecticut. She also has a Masters of Arts in Urban-Suburban Administration (1983) from the University of Bridgeport. She is admitted to practice in the Connecticut state courts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Ms. Ellenthal is the chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, and a co-chair of the Real Estate Committee for the Fairfield County Regional Bar Association. She also advises clients in the area of family law, including divorce, post-judgment matters and prenuptial agreements; and in the areas of real estate litigation, estate planning and probate. Ms. Ellenthal is a long-time member of Connecticut Bar Association’s Family Law Committee, and lectures on real estate and family law topics.

Before joining Cacace, Tusch & Santagata, Ms. Ellenthal was a partner in the Stamford law firm of Rapaport and Ellenthal (1988-2002); and a partner in the Greenwich law firm of Ellenthal & Brodie (1984-1988). Since 2002, she has served as a Special Master in the family courts of the Stamford and Bridgeport Superior Courts. Ms. Ellenthal has also completed all the mandatory training required by the state of Connecticut to serve as a Guardian ad Litem and as an attorney for minor children in the Connecticut court system.

Litigation Percentage:

50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Family Law Lecturer, National Business Institute, 1999 – 2000

Adjunct Professor, Family Law, University of Connecticut, 2006 – 2009

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Member of the Connecticut Bar Association, Family Law Section

Co-Chairperson on the Stamford/Norwalk Regional Bar Association, Real Estate Law Section

Member of the Stamford/Norwalk Regional Bar Association, Family Law Section

Nonprofit Affiliations:

President/Board of Directors for the Ballet School of Stamford, 2003 to present

Past Employment Positions:

Rapaport & Ellenthal, P.C., Partner, 1988 – 2002

Ellenthal & Brodie, Partner, 1984 – 1988