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Andrea L. Gomes

PartnerHartford

Andrea Gomes is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Group, practicing in the areas of land use, environmental, and municipal law. Andrea regularly represents clients before local and state agencies and in state court. She has assisted with obtaining municipal approvals for clients, including site plan, special permit, variance, subdivision and wetlands approvals; in prosecuting or defending administrative appeals; and in litigating various matters, including affordable housing matters and property disputes such as quiet title actions, easement disputes, nuisance actions and actions for adverse possession. Additionally, she has counseled municipal agencies with various land use permitting and litigation matters, including public bidding disputes, eminent domain actions, and Freedom of Information Act issues.

Andrea’s environmental work encompasses environmental clean-up and cost recovery actions and representation of large shipping companies and their insurers in marine casualty events, including oil spill response and natural resource damage assessments and restoration matters.

Andrea is also fluent in Portuguese.

Work Experience

  • Hinckley Allen
    • Partner (2024-Present)
    • Associate (2021-2023)
  • Shipman & Goodwin LLP
    • Associate (2014-2021)
  • Connecticut Appellate Court
    • Judicial Clerk (2013-2014)

Honors & Awards

  • Best Lawyers in America® (2026)
    • Land Use and Zoning Law
    • Real Estate Law
    • Ones to Watch® (2021-2025)
  • Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network, Impact Award for Economic and Community Improvement (2025)
  • Hartford Business Journal
    • Women in Business (2026)
    • 40 Under Forty (2025)
    • Power 25 Real Estate (2022)
  • New England Real Estate Journal, Women in CRE Spotlight (2024)
  • Super Lawyers, Connecticut
    • Rising Stars: Land Use/Zoning (2017-2023)
  • American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education Scholarship and Leadership Award (2013)
  • The David H. Neiditz Professional Writing Award (2013)
  • CALI Excellence Awards in Business Organization (2012)

Certifications

  • Certified Green Professional™ (CGP), National Association of Home Builders

Charitable & Civic Involvement

  • West Hartford Town Plan & Zoning / Inland Wetlands and Watercourse Agency, Commissioner
  • Connecticut Veterans Legal Center: Pro bono representation of veterans
  • Lawyers for Children of America: Pro bono representation of children
  • Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut: Pro bono representation, Divorce Clinic

Professional Affiliations

  • Connecticut Bar Association, Planning and Zoning Section
  • CREW CT — The Real Estate Exchange, President (2022), Immediate Past President (2023)
  • Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Central Connecticut, Member
  • National Association of Home Builders
    • Legal Action Committee, Member
    • Land Use Policy Subcommittee, Member

Bar Memberships

  • Connecticut
  • United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

Languages

  • Portuguese (fluent)
Publication

CT Mirror: CT Housing Growth Plans, Convoluted Regs and Opportunities for 2026

This third and final article in this series reviews a centerpiece element of the “November Special Session Public Act 25-1,” Connecticut’s new housing law, commonly referred to as HB 8002. It looks at the law's treatment of municipal and regional hous…

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CT Mirror: HB 8002’s New Housing Programs — Some Useful, Some Not

This is Part Two of a three-part series exploring elements of Connecticut's recently adopted housing law, the “November Special Session Public Act 25-1,” commonly referred to as HB 8002. Here we review the new Council on Housing Development; revised par…

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Firm News

Andrea Gomes Recognized Among Hartford Business Journal’s 2026 Women in Business

Hinckley Allen is proud to announce that Andrea Gomes, partner in the Land Use & Development Group, has been named a 2026 Women in Business honoree by the Hartford Business Journal. A leading land use and environmental attorney, Andrea’s wor…

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Hinckley Allen Partner Andrea Gomes Honored with National CREW Network Impact Award for Economic and Community Improvement

Hinckley Allen is proud to announce that Andrea L. Gomes, a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Group, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network Impact Award for Economic and Community Improvement. This national h…

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Case Study

Root Center for Advanced Recovery: Expanding Access to Behavioral Health Care in Hartford

Hinckley Allen represented the Root Center for Advanced Recovery, a private, nonprofit behavioral health organization providing mental health and substance use prevention and treatment throughout Connecticut, in connection with the development of its new H…

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Hinckley Allen Secures Legal Victory Advancing Affordable Housing in Connecticut

In a high-profile land use case that drew statewide attention, Hinckley Allen secured a victory on behalf of real estate developer Arnold Karp in his effort to build a 102-unit apartment complex, 31 of which were designated as affordable housing, on Weed S…

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Past Event

Sponsor: Hartford Business Journal’s 2026 Women in Business Awards

April 29, 2026

Hinckley Allen is a proud sponsor of the Hartford Business Journal’s (HBJ) 2026 Women in Business Awards and is pleased to announce that Andrea L. Gomes, partner in the firm’s Real Estate and Land Use & Development Groups, has been named a 2026 …

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National Association of Home Builders: 2026 International Builders' Show

February 16, 2026

Timothy S. Hollister, co-chair of Hinckley Allen’s Land Use & Development Group, and Partner Andrea L. Gomes will be featured speakers at the 2026 National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) International Builders' Show (IBS), presenting a nationa…

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