Matt is a Partner in the firm’s Private Client Services Department. Matt advises clients on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and probate litigation. His estate planning practice focuses on assisting individuals and families with practical estate, gift, and tax planning, including the preparation of wills and trusts. Matt works to maximize the transfer of wealth while minimizing the effects of estate and gift taxes.
Matt’s most significant experience is in representing clients in contested estate and trust matters, including probate litigation. He frequently represents executors, trustees, and beneficiaries in disputes involving the administration of estates and trusts, will contests, contested accountings, and other appointment and removal proceedings. Matt also has substantial experience advising co-executors and co-trustees where there is tension or disagreement on the administration of an estate or trust, including working to find practical solutions as an alternative to litigation.
Before joining the firm, Matt was a litigation associate for Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Matt’s litigation experience included representing clients in large corporate matters, specifically high-stakes securities litigation.
Matt is a member of the Estates and Probate Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, the Trusts and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association, and the Fairfield County Bar Association.
Matt received his J.D. from Columbia University Law School. He earned his undergraduate degree cum laude in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University.
Education
- Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 2005)
- Harvard University (A.B., 1999)
- cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut
- New York
Court Admissions
- US District Court (District of Connecticut)
- US District Court (Southern District of New York)
