Bridgeport-based Willinger, Willinger & Bucci is marking 30 years in business by expanding its presence along Connecticut's Route 8 Corridor with the March 30 opening of a new office in Shelton.

"This is a natural evolution for our firm," said senior partner Charles J. Willinger Jr. a veteran business and commercial real estate attorney who who has worked on deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars. "The Route 8 Corridor represents an enhanced service base," he added, while the new office will help maintain "our long-established client foundation in the Fairfield County."

Willinger will occupy 8,800 square feet on the 5th Floor of 1000 Bridgeport Avenue in Shelton. The firm consists of 11 attorneys covering a broad range of legal fields including significant commercial real estate transactions, land-use development, employment and labor law, personal injury and family relations.

"This is by no means the end of our time in the great city of Bridgeport where we have practiced law for 47 years," said senior partner Thomas W. Bucci, a two-term mayor of Bridgeport. "Bridgeport will always be our home."

The firm's Bridgeport office is located at 1000 Lafayette Boulevard. "This expansion unifies our Bridgeport regional clientele with an emerging business market, the type of synergy that fits our service areas."

In addition to Charles Willinger and Bucci, Ann Marie Willinger, Bradd Robbins and Toni Marie Gelineau serve as Willinger partners. Associates include Athan S. Mihalakos, Heidi C. McGee, Diane M. Lord, Mark M. Middlen, James A. Lenes and Christopher M. Cerami. The firm prides itself on high client retention.

For more information, visit Willinger online or call 203-366-3939.