Bridgeport-based law firm Willinger, Willinger & Bucci has hired Robert B. Bellitto Jr., formerly of the Fairfield-based family firm Bellitto & Bellitto, to represent clients in commercial and residential real estate, as well as probate court matters, wills and trusts.

With two decades of experience, Bellitto has extensive knowledge of civil, criminal and family matters and has a long history of of serving the Fairfield community. He received his undergraduate degree at Fairfield University in 1990 and went on to obtain his J.D. at Suffolk Law School in 1993. His first job out of law school was a Superior Court clerkship with the state's chief administrative judge, after which he joined his father's established firm.