Elizabeth A Falkoff is an attorney in Cummings & Lockwood LLC's Private Clients Group and is based in the Stamford office. She has nearly 10 years of experience in trusts and estates law. Ms. Falkoff represents individuals and families in the creation and implementation of sophisticated estate plans facilitating the passage of wealth through generations. Her estate planning practice includes gift planning and the use of trusts as tools for asset management, creditor protection, charitable giving and minimization of taxes. She has extensive experience as a trusts and estates fiduciary advisor representing Executors and Trustees in the administration of complex estates and trusts in both Connecticut and New York. She earned her B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of Connecticut and her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Quinnipiac University School of Law. Ms. Falkoff is admitted to practice law in Connecticut and New York.
Neal B Jannol is a sole practitioner in Los Angeles at the Law Office of Neal B. Jannol. He has been an attorney for more than 20 years and concentrates his practice on sophisticated estate and tax planning for individual clients, the representation of individual and corporate fiduciaries, and the administration of estates and trusts. Mr. Jannol's experience includes drafting revocable and irrevocable trusts, business succession planning, premarital planning, charitable gift planning, and all aspects of estate administration and probate procedures. He is a member of the State Bar of California. Mr. Jannol earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of California at Los Angeles and his J.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law.
Thomas J Sansone is a partner in the law firm of Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, where he concentrates his practice in civil litigation, with an emphasis on commercial, utility and insolvency litigation. He has tried more than 90 cases to conclusion in Connecticut Superior Court, the Federal District Court for the District of Connecticut and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut, and has argued before both the State Supreme and Appellate Courts. Much of his trial work involves complex banking issues, including lender liability cases, contested foreclosure/collection matters and representation of creditors in adversary bankruptcy proceedings. From 2012 - 2018, Mr. Sansone served on the Connecticut Judicial Branch's Statewide Grievance Committee. He is also currently serving as chairman of the Connecticut Bar Association's Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section, and is an active member of both the New Haven County Bar and Waterbury Bar Associations. Mr. Sansone received his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, and his J.D. degree from the Boston University School of Law.
Robert J Santoro is a partner with the law firm of Knott & Knott, LLC. Mr. Santoro practices in the areas of probate, wills, trusts and estates. He earned his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Quinnipiac University School of Law, where he concentrated in health care law (with Honors). There, Mr. Santoro served as the Executive Managing Editor of the Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal. Before law school, he received his B.S. degree, in biology, from Boston College and received his Masters of Theological Studies, with a concentration in Bioethics, from Boston College. Mr. Santoro is admitted to practice in Connecticut State and Federal Court and is a member of the Connecticut and New Haven County bar associations.
Richard H Saxl is a solo practitioner with offices in Westport, Connecticut. His practice emphasizes all aspects of estate planning and probate, including probate litigation and probate tax issues. Mr. Saxl is a member of the Estates and Probate Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and his J.D. degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law-Camden.
