Rachel Pencu

Rachel serves as Chair of the firm’s Family Law Group. She handles matrimonial and family law matters – everything from prenuptial agreements to marriage dissolutions (divorce) to post judgment enforcement and modification proceedings. Rachel understands that each client’s needs are unique, and she prides herself in her ability to adapt her representation of clients based on their specific situation and goals. Rachel is able to work cooperatively with clients and other counsel to achieve efficient and positive results, while also being ready to take an aggressive litigation approach when necessary.

Dividing her time between the firm’s Bridgeport and Westport offices, Rachel represents clients throughout Fairfield and New Haven counties, often appearing in the Stamford, Bridgeport, Danbury, Milford, and New Haven courthouses. She also volunteers her time by serving as a Special Master, appointed by the Superior Court, to mediate divorce disputes in the judicial districts of Bridgeport, Danbury, Stamford and Milford.

In 2011, Rachel was appointed by then-Governor Malloy to serve as a member on the Commission for Child Support Guidelines. By 2014, she was voted in as a Co-Chair of that committee, which concluded its work in 2015 when the current version of the Connecticut Child Support Guidelines was adopted by the state legislature.

Rachel has been an attorney at Cohen and Wolf, P.C. since graduating from law school in 2004 and has been a principal of the firm since 2012. Rachel served as Chair of the firm's Recruitment Committee for 6 years and currently serves as Chair of the firm's Planning and Practice Management Committee.

HONORS & AWARDS

Best Lawyers in America®, "Lawyer of the Year", Family Law Mediation, Stamford, CT metro area, 2022, 2024

Best Lawyers in America®, Family Law, 2017-2026

Best Lawyers in America®, Family Law Arbitration, 2023-2026

Best Lawyers in America®, Family Law Mediation, 2021-2026

Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers, Family Law, Litigation, Matrimonial, 2026

Connecticut Super Lawyers®, Family Law, 2020-2026

Connecticut Super Lawyers® "Rising Star", Family Law, 2011-2019

Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating

Moffly Media's "Top Lawyers in Fairfield County", Family Law, 2021, 2023-2025

Connecticut Law Tribune, “New Leaders of the Law” Award, 2013

Connecticut Law Tribune, Women in the Law, 2010