Trust Litigation Attorneys in Connecticut

15 trust litigation firms in Connecticut, by city, county and firm type.

State

City

Practice Area

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning15 Tax Planning9 Special Needs Planning12 Asset Protection6 Medicaid Planning10

Settling an estate

Trust Administration11 Probate15 Probate Litigation15 Trust Litigation15

Capacity and care

Elder Law11 Conservatorship12 Guardianship8

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15 firms

Allinson & Associates, LLC

439 Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492

Wallingford practice serving clients in and around the Wallingford area. Helps executors, administrators, trustees, and conservators carry out their duties, and has served hundreds of times as a fiduciary under court orders or trust designations. Also handles will contests, probate appeals, trust disputes, and Title 19 applications.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-203-871-3964

Cipparone & Zaccaro, P.C.

261 Williams Street, New London, CT 06320

New London elder law and trusts and estates firm with a second office in Woodbury, practicing in the New London area since 1986. Represents executors and trustees from the probate application through the final accounting, represents beneficiaries when the fiduciary has another attorney, and litigates contested wills and trusts. The first meeting is a paid one-hour consultation.

Since 1986Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-860-442-0150

Cramer & Anderson, LLP

51 Main Street, New Milford, CT 06776

New Milford firm with offices in Litchfield, Danbury, and Ridgefield, whose practice traces to a Civil War-era Litchfield law office. Assists executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries with their duties and probate court procedure, and its probate litigators bring or defend will contests, accounting challenges, probate appeals, and breach of fiduciary duty claims.

Since 1962Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-860-355-2631

Cummings & Lockwood LLC

75 Isham Road, Suite 400, West Hartford, CT 06107

Serves Hartford and Fairfield counties from offices in West Hartford, Stamford and Greenwich; founded in 1909. Its Private Clients Group handles probate and estate administration and executor and trustee services, and a separate fiduciary and probate litigation group takes will contests, contested accountings, fiduciary removal proceedings and conservatorship and guardianship proceedings.

Since 1909Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-860-313-4900

Cohen and Wolf, P.C.

1115 Broad Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604

Serves Fairfield County from offices in Bridgeport, Westport, Danbury and Trumbull, with a fifth office in Hartford; founded in 1951. Its Trusts & Estates Group handles estate and trust administration, conservatorships and guardianships, and its Probate Litigation Group takes will and trust contests, objections to accountings, fiduciary removal proceedings and probate appeals.

Since 1951Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-203-368-0211

Collins Hannafin, P.C.

148 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810

Danbury firm established in 1963, serving Danbury, Ridgefield, New Milford, Bethel and the surrounding area. Assists executors and administrators with probating a will, notifying creditors and heirs, filing tax returns, distributing property and ancillary probate in other states, and represents heirs and beneficiaries in will challenges and actions to remove a trustee, executor or administrator.

Since 1963Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+10

1-203-744-2150

Diana, Conti, Tunila, Sheridan & McCann, LLP

1091 Main Street, Manchester, CT 06040

Manchester firm in practice since 1932, serving central and eastern Connecticut. Inventories estate assets and debts, settles debts, prepares tax returns and distributes assets for executors and trustees, and represents beneficiaries in will and trust contests and challenges to an executor or trustee. Offers a free case evaluation to new clients; Spanish translation available.

Since 1932Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+8

1-860-643-2181

Law Offices of Ericson, Scalise & Mangan, P.C.

35 Pearl Street, #301, New Britain, CT 06051

Serves clients across Connecticut from offices in New Britain and Avon. Handles probate administration for executors, from gathering and valuing assets to paying debts and taxes, and probate disputes including will contests, breach of fiduciary duty claims, fiduciary removal and conservatorships. A firm trust committee reviews trust administration questions; Medicaid applications handled in-house.

Since 1945Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+7

1-860-854-3809

Fisher Law Firm, LLC

7 Wakeley Street, Seymour, CT 06483

Seymour firm, with an appointment-only office in Southbury, serving greater New Haven, Fairfield and Litchfield counties. Takes executors and administrators through Connecticut probate from the petition and heir notices to the inventory, creditor payments and final distribution, and handles successor-trustee administration and will and trust contests. Family law is a second practice.

Since 2010Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+11

1-203-828-6191

Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari, L.L.C.

3127 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518

Hamden general practice firm serving New Haven County, including North Haven, Wallingford, Cheshire, Branford, Milford and Waterbury. Handles probate from the application to probate the will through distribution, and represents executors and beneficiaries in will and probate disputes in probate and superior court and in trust disputes. Elder law work includes Title XIX applications.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+5

1-203-745-0942

Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP

2252 Main Street, Glastonbury, CT 06033

Glastonbury firm with six Connecticut offices, the others in Hartford, Simsbury, New Hartford, East Hampton, and Essex. Represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in administering decedents' estates, testamentary trusts and living trusts, in conservatorships and guardianships, and in will contests, will constructions and trustee removal actions, including federal and state tax audits.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-860-659-0700

Mandelbaum Barrett PC (formerly Ivey, Barnum & O'Mara, LLC)

170 Mason Street, Greenwich, CT 06830

Greenwich office of Mandelbaum Barrett PC, the firm Ivey, Barnum & O'Mara LLC became, with a Trusts & Estates group based in Connecticut. Guides executors and other fiduciaries through estate administration, prepares federal and state estate and gift tax returns, and handles will contests, trust disputes and fiduciary litigation.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+5

1-203-661-6000

Law Offices of Charles L. Kurmay

61 Cherry Street, Suite 1, Milford, CT 06460

Serves Fairfield and New Haven counties from offices in Milford, Madison, and Westport. Handles uncontested probate, estate and trust administration, and probate litigation in the probate and superior courts, including will contests, trust disputes, breaches of fiduciary duty, and actions to compel accountings. Offers free initial consultations, with evening and weekend appointments.

Serves 2 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-203-380-1743

Leckerling, Ladwig & Leamon LLC

23 Woodland Road, Suite C-2, Madison, CT 06443

Shoreline firm with offices in Madison and in Pawcatuck (Stonington). Represents executors, trustees, beneficiaries, conservators and guardians in routine and contested estate and trust administrations and probate court proceedings. Attorney Elizabeth L. Leamon, who handles estate settlement and planning, also serves as Judge of Probate for the Southeastern Connecticut Regional Probate Court.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-203-318-3600

Willinger, Willinger & Bucci, PLLC

1000 Bridgeport Avenue, Suite 501, Shelton, CT 06484

Serves Fairfield and New Haven counties from offices in Shelton, Bridgeport and Darien, and has handled estate planning and probate for more than 35 years. Works with executors and administrators on probate filings, inventory and accounting, creditor claims and distribution, and handles will contests, trust disputes and fiduciary duty claims. Offers a free initial consultation.

Serves 2 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationSpecial Needs Planning+6

1-203-760-0442

Estate planning attorneys in Connecticut average $388 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,164 to $2,328 for a simple individual will and $4,460 to $6,690 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the Connecticut will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In Connecticut, estates with personal property of $40,000 or less use the Small Estate Affidavit (Affidavit in Lieu of Probate of Will/Administration, PC-212), 30 days after death, a court filing short of full probate. That route is a form rather than a court case, and most families handle it without an attorney. Above the line, formal probate generally benefits from counsel for the procedural work, even when nothing is contested. The Connecticut probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In Connecticut, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship; a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; an estate near or above the Connecticut estate tax threshold of $15,000,000; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

Filter the directory by county and by the practice area you need, and look for experience with your situation; a board certification in estate planning, trust or probate law is a strong signal. Most Connecticut estate planning attorneys offer an initial consultation, some free and some for a flat fee. Ask up front whether the firm bills by the hour or by package, and what your situation is expected to cost.

Trust Litigation Attorneys in Connecticut

Connecticut attorneys average $388 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,164–$2,328; online services cost $30–$300.

Connecticut imposes its own estate tax separate from the federal one, kicking in well below the federal exemption. Estates near the state threshold benefit from real planning — not because every family needs it, but because the line is lower than people expect.

Estates under $40,000 in Connecticut can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

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(4)·Updated October 15, 2026

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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in Connecticut

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