Attorneys Emilie Simone and Daryl M. Johnson Join Pullman & Comley
Bridgeport, CT — June 17, 2025 — Pullman & Comley, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of attorneys Emilie Simone and Daryl M. Johnson to the firm. Ms. Simone is a bankruptcy and litigation attorney and joins the firm as a counsel. Ms. Johnson joins as an associate in the firm’s Real Estate and Business and Finance practices.
Ms. Simone has more than 15 years of experience representing individuals and businesses in a variety of matters, Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings, Chapter 11 adversary proceedings, consumer debt litigation and business loan restructurings.
Prior to joining Pullman & Comley, Ms. Simone was Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Financial Litigation Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut. Before that, she served as a law clerk to Judge Sean H. Lane in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York.
Ms. Simone has been an attorney both in private practice and at legal services groups, focusing on bankruptcy, restructuring and consumer debt cases. She is a frequent speaker on a wide range of bankruptcy, tax and business topics. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Simone was a forensic accountant working on cases involving corporate restructuring, fraud, corporate dissolution, partnership disputes and business valuations.
Ms. Simone is admitted to practice in New York; the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She is not yet admitted to the Connecticut State Bar (application pending).
Ms. Simone earned her B.S. from the State University of New York at Binghamton and received her M.B.A. from St. John's University School of Business and her J.D. from St. John's University School of Law.
Ms. Johnson has nearly a decade of experience in real estate and corporate law and has guided clients through complex property deals, contract negotiations and corporate structuring.
Prior to joining Pullman & Comley, Ms. Johnson was with a western Massachusetts law firm where she handled all aspects of commercial and residential real estate, including representation of buyers, sellers, borrowers and lenders, including but not limited to, private financing and lending, seller financing, refinances, 1031 exchanges and SBA 504 debentures.
Ms. Johnson’s experience also includes drafting and reviewing purchase and sale agreements, leases, and corporate governance documents, as well as conducting title reviews and resolving title issues in collaboration with national title insurance underwriters.
Earlier in her career, she was an associate attorney at a firm in Springfield, Massachusetts, gaining valuable experience advising individuals, real estate investors and commercial lenders on matters involving real estate transactions, corporate formation and governance and selling and purchasing real estate from trusts and estates. Ms. Johnson began her legal career serving as general counsel to Shelton Brothers Importers, a beer importer in Belchertown, Massachusetts.
Ms. Johnson became a corporate board member of the YMCA of Greater Springfield in 2024 and was a trustee for the Springfield International Charter School from 2018-2024. She is also a participant and a fundraiser for the annual Syrup Stampede, which benefits Empty Arms Bereavement.
Ms. Johnson earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Elms College and received her J.D., cum laude, from University of Massachusetts Law School.
About Pullman & Comley
Pullman & Comley is one of Connecticut’s largest law firms and, for more than 100 years, has provided a wide range of legal services to clients in the New England region, as well as throughout the United States and internationally. Pullman & Comley’s major practice areas include business organizations and finance; public finance; health care; labor, employment law and employee benefits; litigation; property tax and valuation; real estate, energy, environmental and land use; and trusts and estates. The firm has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford and Westport, Connecticut; White Plains, New York; Springfield, Massachusetts; and Wakefield, Rhode Island. The firm is an active member of the Law Firm Alliance, an international affiliation of law firms. For more information, please visit www.pullcom.com.
