Foreclosure Attorneys for the Litchfield Judicial District — Litchfield Judicial District Courthouse at Torrington, 50 Field Street
If the property is in one of these 23 Litchfield County towns, the foreclosure is heard at the Torrington courthouse. The district covers more ground than any other in Connecticut, and we recorded ten homeowner defenses here in the year to September 2026.
23towns file here
17firms listed here, 5 seen in this court
1county served
1courthouse for foreclosure cases
The courthouse.
Confirmed on jud.ct.gov
- Court
- Litchfield Judicial District Courthouse at Torrington
- Address
- 50 Field Street, Torrington, CT 06790 · Map and directions
- Clerk's office
- 860-626-2100
- Hours
- Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Getting there
- Downtown Torrington, off Main Street. Free lot at the courthouse; Northwestern CT Transit buses stop nearby. No rail service.
Venue rule. Connecticut foreclosures are filed in the judicial district where the property sits, not where you live or where the lender is. The courthouse is in Torrington, not the town of Litchfield. Watertown, Woodbury and Plymouth are Litchfield County towns that file elsewhere. Look up any town →
Judicial Branch court directory · Foreclosure Mediation Program
Towns whose foreclosures are heard here.
If your property is in any of these 23 towns, the Litchfield Judicial District is your court. Every town on this list is in Litchfield County, and every Litchfield County town not listed here files in a different judicial district.
- Barkhamsted
- Bethlehem
- Bridgewater
- Canaan
- Colebrook
- Cornwall
- Goshen
- Harwinton
- Kent
- Litchfield
- Morris
- New Hartford
- New Milford
- Norfolk
- North Canaan
- Roxbury
- Salisbury
- Sharon
- Thomaston
- Torrington
- Warren
- Washington
- Winchester
Attorneys who appear in the Litchfield Judicial District.
Any Connecticut-licensed attorney may appear in any Superior Court. What a firm that appears here regularly brings is familiarity with this court’s mediators, clerks and calendar, so firms the court record shows filing here come first, ordered by the number of homeowners each defended in this court in the year to September 2026. Firms that name this district on their own website come next, then firms with an office among the towns heard here. A Featured Position, where present, is paid and is labeled.
Cramer & Anderson
Law Offices of Ronald I. Chorches
Sarah Poriss, Attorney at Law, LLC
Law Offices of Peter V. Lathouris, LLC
Glouzgal Law PLLC
Benjamin, Gold & Troyb, P.C.
The Northeast Law Center
Steier & McCormick, LLC
The Law Office of John E. Hudson
Attorney Joseph J. D'Agostino, Jr., LLC
Jose Antonio Pol & Associates, LLC
The Law Office of Richard J. Grabowski
The Law Offices of Geoffrey T. Einhorn, LLC
The Law Offices of Leon Krolikowski, LLC
Donnarumma Law Firm LLC
Greene Law PC
What happens at this courthouse.
- Service and return date. A marshal serves the complaint, and the lender’s attorney normally records a lis pendens with the town clerk (C.G.S. § 52-325). The return date printed on the summons is the day the case officially begins at 50 Field Street; file an Appearance on or before the second day after it (Practice Book § 3-2); you do not appear in court that day.
- Mediation notice. If the property is your primary residence, you may be eligible for the Foreclosure Mediation Program. Requests are filed with the clerk here and sessions are held in this building. The program currently covers cases with return dates through June 30, 2029 (C.G.S. §§ 49-31l, 49-31v), and the General Assembly has extended it several times; check the Judicial Branch program page or ask counsel about eligibility.
- Motions and judgment. The lender moves for default and then for judgment. A judge at this courthouse decides whether the judgment is strict foreclosure (title passes to the lender on a set date, no auction) or foreclosure by sale (a committee auctions the property and the court approves the result). A sale is ordered only on a party’s motion and at the court’s discretion; equity in the property is the usual consideration.
- Law days or sale. Under strict foreclosure each defendant is given a law day to redeem by paying the debt in full; if nobody redeems, title vests in the lender. Under a decree of sale, the auction is held on the property and the sale is confirmed by this court. A deficiency claim, if any, is heard here afterwards.
Free and low-cost help for Litchfield-district homeowners.
- Foreclosure Mediation Program — Judicial Branch; sessions held at this courthouse.
- Court Service Center at 50 Field Street — forms and procedure for self-represented parties (no legal advice).
- CHFA Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (EMAP) — state mortgage assistance; check current availability.
- Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut — free legal help for income-eligible homeowners.
- All Connecticut homeowner resources →
Questions about the Litchfield Judicial District.
Is the court in the town of Litchfield?
Not for civil cases. The Judicial District of Litchfield sits at 50 Field Street in Torrington. The historic Litchfield courthouse on the green is no longer the civil venue.
There are few foreclosure attorneys in Litchfield County. Can I hire one from Hartford or Waterbury?
Yes. Any Connecticut attorney can appear at Torrington, and many Hartford and Waterbury firms do. Ask how often they appear here and whether they charge for travel time.
Do rural properties take longer to foreclose?
The court timeline is the same. Appraisals and title work on large or unusual parcels can take longer, and foreclosure by sale may be ordered more often where land value exceeds the debt.
Resources for homeowners with a case in the Litchfield district.
Your case is heard at the Litchfield courthouse. The guides below cover the Connecticut foreclosure process, what attorneys charge, where to find free legal help, and how to confirm which judicial district covers your property.