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Private Wealth Disputes | High Net Worth

Connecticut

Work in this area includes but is not limited to: charitable planning; wealth transfer; business succession planning; estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning (in the US); life and health insurance planning; the creation and administration of trusts and estates; asset transfer; the taking-public of closely-held businesses; and structuring outward and inward investment. Contentious matters are also included, such as trusts disputes, probate contests and contested wills. In larger jurisdictions, these matters are ranked separately in a Private Wealth Disputes table.

All Individuals profiles

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Band 1

  1. Charles W. Pieterse
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    Charles W. Pieterse
    Cummings & Lockwood LLC
    Cummings & Lockwood LLC | Private Wealth Disputes
    2025 | Band 1 | 8 Years Ranked

    Charles Pieterse is a renowned trust and estate litigator in Connecticut. Pieterse joined Cummings & Lockwood from Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan in May 2025.

  2. Michael Kaelin
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    Michael Kaelin
    Cummings & Lockwood LLC
    Cummings & Lockwood LLC | Private Wealth Disputes
    2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years Ranked
    Michael Kaelin is a highly rated litigation lawyer with significant experience handling contentious trust and estate disputes.
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Band 2

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    Douglas Brown
    Brody Wilkinson PC | Private Wealth Disputes
    2025 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Douglas Brown's practice includes trust and fiduciary litigation as well as estate planning.
  2. Philip C Pires
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    Philip C Pires
    Cohen and Wolf, PC | Private Wealth Disputes
    2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years Ranked

    Philip Pires is a principal at Cohen and Wolf and can be found on fiduciary and trust litigation matters.