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    For more than 100 years, Cummings & Lockwood's commitment to professional excellence, partner-level attention and responsive client service have made this preeminent law firm the firm of choice for clients who depend on top quality legal representation to meet their complex personal and business needs. We combine the best talent, the latest technology, outstanding service and competitive fees to deliver exceptional value and legal work. As a result, we continue to earn the confidence, trust and respect of our clients, who include many of the nation’s most well-known individuals, families, businesses, financial institutions and charitable organizations.

    Cummings & Lockwood – The Choice for sophisticated legal counsel.

     

    The Choice
       
       

      For more than 100 years, Cummings & Lockwood's commitment to professional excellence, partner-level attention and responsive client service have made this preeminent law firm the firm of choice for clients who depend on top quality legal representation to meet their complex personal and business needs. We combine the best talent, the latest technology, outstanding service and competitive fees to deliver exceptional value and legal work. As a result, we continue to earn the confidence, trust and respect of our clients, who include many of the nation’s most well-known individuals, families, businesses, financial institutions and charitable organizations.

      Cummings & Lockwood – The Choice for sophisticated legal counsel.

       

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      Cummings & Lockwood Welcomes Four New Associates

      November 28, 2023

      Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that four new Associates have recently joined the firm.  “We are very excited to have a new crop of bright and talented Associates join Cummings & Lockwood in several of our offices,” noted Laura Weintraub Beck, Chairman and Managing Director.

      Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that four new Associates have recently joined the firm. “We are very excited to have a new crop of bright and talented Associates join Cummings & Lockwood in several of our offices,” noted Laura Weintraub Beck, Chairman and Managing Director.

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      Alerts & Updates

      IRS Announces Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Transfer (GST) Tax Inflation Increases for 2024

      November 14, 2023

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      On November 9, 2023, the IRS officially announced the inflation adjustments for 2024 for the gift and estate tax exemptions.  The federal estate, gift and generation-skipping tax exemption will increase to $13,610,000 for 2024 from $12,920,000 in 2023.  This is an increase of $690,000.

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      42 Cummings & Lockwood Attorneys Have Been Recognized by Best Lawyers® in America in Its 2024 Edition

      November 2, 2023

      Best Lawyers - Best Law Firms U.S News & World Report 2022

      Cummings & Lockwood LLC is pleased to announce that 31 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in The Best Lawyers in America®, 10 Ones to Watch® in America and 1 Lawyer of the Year in the 2024 edition for a total of 42 attorneys.

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      Cummings & Lockwood Wins Significant Trust and Estate Litigation Case

      October 16, 2023

      Cummings & Lockwood recently obtained a significant victory before the Connecticut Supreme Court in a case that will have long-lasting implications for trust and estate planning and litigation in Connecticut. On September 26, 2023, the Supreme Court officially released its decision in Salce v. Cardello.

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      Alerts & Updates

      Cummings & Lockwood Analyzes Massachusetts’ Recent $1 Billion Tax Relief Package

      October 11, 2023

      On October 4, 2023, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law the first tax cuts in Massachusetts in more than 20 years. The tax relief package is designed to deliver more than $561 million in tax relief to individuals and companies during the 2023-2024 fiscal year and top $1 billion in tax relief by the 2027 fiscal year when the package is fully phased in.

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      Cummings & Lockwood's Estate Planning FAQs

      FAQ

      Welcome to Cummings & Lockwood’s Estate Planning FAQs. To help educate our clients and their advisors on a broad range of trust, estate and charitable planning topics and share our knowledge and experience, the firm’s Private Clients Group has created Estate Planning FAQs which provide answers to the many questions frequently asked of our trusts and estates attorneys. Periodically, we will publish new questions and answers that may be of interest to you, and we invite you to visit our website for these and other updates in the future. Learn More

      Professional Recognitions

      Top Ranked Chambers - High Net Worth 2023

      Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that for the 8th consecutive year, the firm’s trusts and estates practice in Connecticut was ranked in Band 1 in Private Wealth Law by Chambers in their 2023 Chambers High Net Worth Guide, which offers market-leading rankings, reviews and insights to the world's leading professional advisers.

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      ACTEC - The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

      12 Cummings & Lockwood private clients attorneys are Fellows in the prestigious American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).

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      The Florida Bar 1950

      6 Cummings & Lockwood attorneys have been Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Wills, Trusts and Estates and 1 attorney has been Board Certified in Tax Law.

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      The Best Lawyers in America

      31 Cummings & Lockwood attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® as “The Best Lawyers in America,” 10 “Ones to Watch,” and 1 “Lawyer of the Year” in the 2024 edition, for a total of 42 attorneys in the firm receiving recognition.

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      Best Lawyers Best Law Firms U.S. News 2024

      Cummings & Lockwood Was Selected by Best Lawyers® as a Best Law Firm in 2024 in 15 Practice Areas and in 4 Geographic Regions

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      Super Lawyers 2023

      13 Cummings & Lockwood attorneys have been named Connecticut Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, and attorneys have been named Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in 2023.

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      AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Ratings

      26 Cummings & Lockwood attorneys have received Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ such as AV Preeminent®, Distinguished or Notable.

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