News & Press Releases
8 Cummings & Lockwood’s Trusts and Estates Attorneys Recognized as “Top Lawyers” in Palm Beach, Collier and Lee Counties, Florida in 2024
September 4, 2024Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that eight of its trusts and estates attorneys in Palm Beach, Collier and Lee Counties, Florida, were recognized as “Top Lawyers” by Palm Beach Media in 2024.
Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that Jonathan B. Mills has been named "Lawyer of the Year" in Real Estate Law by Best Lawyers®
August 20, 2024Jonathan B. Mills, Chair of Cummings & Lockwood's Commercial Real Estate Group,
was named "Lawyer of the Year" in Real Estate Law in the Stamford region by Best
Lawyers® in 2025.
41 Cummings & Lockwood Attorneys Have Been Recognized by Best Lawyers® in America in Its 2025 Edition
August 19, 2024Cummings & 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®, 8 as Ones to Watch® in America and as 2 "Lawyer of the Year " in the 2024 edition for a total of 41 attorneys.
Cummings & Lockwood Ranks as a Top Tier Private Wealth Law Firm in Connecticut by Chambers High Net Worth Guide for the 9th Consecutive Year
July 19, 2024Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that the firm’s Private Clients Group in Connecticut has achieved the top tier ranking by Chambers High Net Worth Guide for the 9th consecutive year in private wealth law.
Jeffrey M. Helf Joins Cummings & Lockwood as the New CFO
May 15, 2024Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that Jeffrey M. Helf has recently joined the firm as the Chief Financial Officer.
Cummings & Lockwood Welcomes Four New Associates to Its Private Clients Practice
April 11, 2024Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that four new Associates have joined the firm’s Private Clients Group. “We are excited to have such talented attorneys join our trusts and estates practice,” noted Heather J. Rhoades, Chairman of the Private Clients Group.
Stephen A. Falcigno Joins Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group in Stamford, CT
March 11, 2024Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that Stephen Falcigno has joined the firm as an Associate in its Private Clients Group which is one of the oldest, largest and most respected trusts and estates practices in the United States.
Elizabeth A. Falkoff Has Been Accepted into the New England Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
January 3, 2024Elizabeth (“Betsy”) A. Falkoff, a Principal in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group and based in the firm’s Stamford office, has been accepted into Class II of the New England Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).
Cummings & Lockwood Promotes Three Private Clients Attorneys to Principal
January 2, 2024Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that the following three private clients attorneys have been elected to Principal effective January 1, 2024: Katherine Cotter Gent, Elizabeth A. Falkoff and Rachel Rhein Zarghami.
Cummings & Lockwood Welcomes Four New Associates
November 28, 2023Cummings & 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.
42 Cummings & Lockwood Attorneys Have Been Recognized by Best Lawyers® in America in Its 2024 Edition
November 2, 2023Cummings & 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.
Cummings & Lockwood Wins Significant Trust and Estate Litigation Case
October 16, 2023Cummings & 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.