ESTATE PLANNING

Our attorneys help you plan for the transfer of your wealth in a tax efficient and cost-effective manner and provide comprehensive and attentive estate-planning counsel. You'll work with a skilled senior attorney experienced in creating lifetime tax-savings planning strategies, ranging from wills and revocable trusts to more sophisticated techniques, including:

Family limited-partnerships
Limited-liability companies
Grantor-retained annuity trusts
Sales to intentionally defective grantor-trusts
Qualified personal-residence trusts
Charitable split-interest trusts
Business-succession planning
Asset-protection planning

We're also adept at generation-skipping transfer tax planning and life-insurance planning, including preparing life-insurance trusts.

Robert W. Benjamin Partner	212-551-2602 rbenjamin@wiggin.com	New York

Michael T. Clear Associate	203-363-7675 mclear@wiggin.com	Stamford

Karen L. Clute Partner	203-498-4349 kclute@wiggin.com	New Haven

Daniel L. Daniels Partner	203-363-7665 ddaniels@wiggin.com	Greenwich

Helen C. Heintz Counsel	203-363-7607 hheintz@wiggin.com	Stamford

Arsineh Kazazian Counsel	212-551-2632 akazazian@wiggin.com	New York

David W. Kesner Partner	203-498-4406 dkesner@wiggin.com	New Haven

Charles C. Kingsley Partner	203-498-4307 ckingsley@wiggin.com	New Haven

Leonard Leader Partner	203-363-7602 lleader@wiggin.com	Stamford

David T. Leibell Partner	203-363-7623 dleibell@wiggin.com	Greenwich

Stephen M. Napier Associate	203-363-7659 snapier@wiggin.com	Stamford

Lisa Goodrich Page Associate	203-363-7635 lpage@wiggin.com	Stamford

Advisories

04/30/2013	Income Tax Provisions of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and Other Recent Legislation
01/14/2013	Estate Planning Ramifications of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
10/16/2012	Affordable Care Act Tax Provisions Scheduled to Take Effect on January 1, 2013
06/21/2012	Window May Be Closing Soon on Significant Estate Planning Opportunities; Federal Estate and Gift Tax Provisions Set to Expire on December 31, 2012
11/17/2011	Estate Planning for Non-Traditional Couples
06/10/2011	2010 Federal Estate, Gift & GST Tax Changes May Affect Your Estate Plan
10/29/2010	Strategies for Owning Property in Multiple States
02/01/2010	Should You Convert Your Traditional IRA into a Roth IRA?
01/26/2009	A Silver Lining? Recent Market Declines May Present Estate Planning Opportunities
08/18/2008	2009 Federal Estate Tax Changes Focus Attention on State Estate Taxes Non-Residents May Also Face State Estate Taxes
11/08/2007	Estate Planning: There's More at Stake than Just Taxes
06/28/2007	Domicile and Residence
11/16/2006	Update on Recent Developments
08/09/2006	Paying for Education Expenses

Published Works

12/01/2010	Business Succession as an Evolutionary ProcessTrusts & Estates
08/25/2010	Fate of Famed Art Collection UnresolvedTrusts & Estates
07/28/2010	The Future of PhilanthropyTrusts & Estates
06/23/2010	A Second Golden Age of American Philanthropy?Trusts & Estates
08/24/2006	Estate Tax Deferral if Estate Assets Consist Largely of Closely Held Business Interests: Internal Revenue Code §6166Tax Newsletter of the Connecticut Bar Association, August 2, 2006

04.27.2011	Private Client Services Partner Interviewed by Trusts & Estates Magazine Editor-in-Chief
02.11.2011	Wiggin and Dana Private Client Services Partner Mark E. Haranzo Co-Authors New Edition of New York Estates Treatise
02.08.2011	Wiggin and Dana Partner Quoted in The Trusted Professional
11.15.2010	Dan Daniels to be featured speaker at Lower Fairfield Estate Planning Council Meeting
10.08.2010	Wiggin and Dana Partner Installed as President of The Jewish Home for the Elderly Fairfield Men's Club
07.26.2010	Wiggin and Dana Partner Named as a Featured Speaker at 41st Annual New York Estate Tax and Financial Planning Conference
02.09.2010	Wiggin and Dana Lawyer Teaching at Fairfield Continuing Education
08.17.2009	Dan Daniels comments in Kiplinger's Retirement Report: "Protect Heirs From State Estate Taxes"
01.22.2009	Wiggin and Dana Partner Makes List of Top 100 Trust Lawyers In U.S.
10.04.2007	Wiggin and Dana LLP Honored with Pro Bono Award from Connecticut Legal Services, Inc.
02.06.2007	Darienite Haranzo becomes solicitor of England and Wales

04/24/2013	Estate Planning for the Family Business Owner
04/25/2012	Estate and Succession Planning for the Family Business Owner: A Practical Guide
11/16/2011	Crossing State Borders in Trust & Estate Law: What the New York Practitioner Needs to Know about Florida, New Jersey, Delaware & Connecticut
10/26/2011	Family Business Succession
07/27/2011	Estate Planning for Business Owners
10/27/2010	Estate Planning During a Time of Uncertainty
10/22/2010	Ultimate Estate, Retirement & Financial Planning Conference
10/22/2010	Adventures in Generation Skipping Planning
10/20/2010	Crossing State Borders in Trust & Estates Law: What the New York Practitioner Needs to Know about FL, NJ, DE and CT
09/28/2010	Estate Planning Course for Parents
09/16/2010	Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax: Overview and Planning Opportunities
05/13/2010	Hot Topics in Estate Planning 2010
04/29/2010	Estate Planning in 2010
04/27/2010	Estate Planning in 2010
05/01/2008	2008 Spring Estate Planning Seminars