Experienced Criminal Defense Practice:
For over 30 years Jennifer Zito has handled hundreds of clients in cases ranging from minor offenses to serious felonies including:
She specializes in the defense of DUI/assault with a motor vehicle cases and sex offense cases having defended and tried these cases with particular attention to the collateral consequences of conviction such as license suspensions, sex offender registration requirements and the onerous conditions of sex offender probation. She is also dedicated to the fierce representation of juveniles and youths attempting at all costs to protect their futures. To further her advocacy for juveniles and youths, she regularly testifies on current and proposed criminal statutes and bills before the State of Connecticut Judiciary Committee. She regularly represents in school and college/university disciplinary proceedings on Title IX and misconduct violations.
Notably she represented one of the "Wesleyan 5" in both the State and Federal Courts involving the sale of drugs resulting in 11 overdoses achieving a satisfying result in 2015-2016. She has most recently succeeded in preventing harsh sanctions and expulsions for students from Yale in the highly publicized "sleeping while black" case, Wesleyan on Title IX claims, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the University of New Haven. She and her former partner, Robert Axelrod, represented fugitive Connecticut lawyer Haiman Clein in a highly publicized capital murder for hire case involving Clein’s associate, Beth Ann Carpenter. In 2006 Attorneys Zito and Axelrod voluntarily surrendered and defended Heather Tallchief in Nevada who had been a fugitive from justice for over a decade in a case involving the largest unsolved casino heist in American history in which case they achieved a very favorable outcome.
- Sexual assault
- Child pornography
- Domestic violence
- DWI/DUI/OUI
- Possession of narcotics/sale of narcotics
- Manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide
- Burglary
- Home invasion
- Robbery
- Arson
- Internet Crimes
- White Collar Crimes
She specializes in the defense of DUI/assault with a motor vehicle cases and sex offense cases having defended and tried these cases with particular attention to the collateral consequences of conviction such as license suspensions, sex offender registration requirements and the onerous conditions of sex offender probation. She is also dedicated to the fierce representation of juveniles and youths attempting at all costs to protect their futures. To further her advocacy for juveniles and youths, she regularly testifies on current and proposed criminal statutes and bills before the State of Connecticut Judiciary Committee. She regularly represents in school and college/university disciplinary proceedings on Title IX and misconduct violations.
Notably she represented one of the "Wesleyan 5" in both the State and Federal Courts involving the sale of drugs resulting in 11 overdoses achieving a satisfying result in 2015-2016. She has most recently succeeded in preventing harsh sanctions and expulsions for students from Yale in the highly publicized "sleeping while black" case, Wesleyan on Title IX claims, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the University of New Haven. She and her former partner, Robert Axelrod, represented fugitive Connecticut lawyer Haiman Clein in a highly publicized capital murder for hire case involving Clein’s associate, Beth Ann Carpenter. In 2006 Attorneys Zito and Axelrod voluntarily surrendered and defended Heather Tallchief in Nevada who had been a fugitive from justice for over a decade in a case involving the largest unsolved casino heist in American history in which case they achieved a very favorable outcome.