News & Press Releases
Cummings & Lockwood Assists with the Refinancing of Greenwich Plaza, One of the Largest Commercial Real Estate Financings in Fairfield County in 2019
December 4, 2019Cummings & Lockwood recently represented The Ashforth Company on its $150 million refinancing of the Greenwich Plaza office and retail complex, a trophy property located in the central business district of Greenwich, overlooking Long Island Sound
Cummings & Lockwood Connecticut and Florida Offices Ranked as Best Law Firms in 2020
November 3, 2019Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce all of the Firm’s six offices in Connecticut and Florida have been recognized in their metropolitan areas and main practice areas as among the "Best Law Firms in 2020” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers.
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers
16 Cummings & Lockwood Attorneys Have Been Named 2019 New England Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 28, 2019Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that eight attorneys have been selected to the 2019 New England Super Lawyers list and eight attorneys have been selected as Rising Stars in 2019.
Cummings & Lockwood Celebrates 110th Anniversary
August 31, 2019Sunday, September 1, 2019 marked Cummings & Lockwood’s 110th anniversary as a firm.
34 Cummings & Lockwood Attorneys in Connecticut and Florida Named Among The Best Lawyers in America for 2020
August 14, 2019Cummings & Lockwood LLC is pleased to announce that 34 of its attorneys in Connecticut and Florida have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.
Eight Cummings & Lockwood’s Trusts & Estates Attorneys Named Florida Super Lawyers in 2019
August 12, 2019Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that the following eight trusts and estates attorneys in the Firm’s Naples and Bonita Springs, Florida offices have been selected Florida Super Lawyers in 2019.
Cummings & Lockwood Garners the Top Spot in Private Wealth Law in the 2019 Chambers High Net Worth Guide
July 14, 2019Cummings & Lockwood is pleased to announce that for the fourth year in a row, the Firm has been ranked in Tier 1 in Private Wealth Law by Chambers & Partners in their 2019 Chambers High Net Worth Guide.
Connecticut Enacts Historic and Sweeping Trust Legislation
June 4, 2019The Connecticut legislature, on June 5, 2019, enacted HB 7104, an Act Concerning the Connecticut Uniform Trust Code. This massive bill, over 90 pages in length, adopts four major categories of revisions to trust law: Dynasty Trusts, Domestic Asset Protection Trusts, Directed Trusts and Statutory Trust Rules. Kelley Galica Peck, a partner in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group who is based in the Firm’s West Hartford office, was instrumental in the drafting and proofing of The Act.
Laura Weintraub Beck Honored by the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut
May 3, 2019On May 4, 2019, the Child Guidance Center (CGC) of Southern Connecticut presented Laura Weintraub Beck the inaugural Edna and Malcolm Edgerton Award at their annual gala which was held at the Wee Burn Beach Club.
Heather J. Rhoades and Kelley Galica Peck Selected as 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” Honorees by Best Lawyers
April 29, 2019Cummings & Lockwood LLC is pleased to announce that Heather J. Rhoades (Trusts and Estates) and Kelley Galica Peck (Trusts and Estates Litigation), Principals in the Firm’s Private Clients Group in West Hartford, Connecticut, have been selected as “Lawyer of the Year” Honorees by Best Lawyers.
Cummings & Lockwood Successfully Represents 9/11 Widow in Connecticut Supreme Court
April 15, 2019Cummings & Lockwood LLC attorneys convinced the Connecticut Supreme Court to dismiss Probate Court proceedings restricting our client’s use of funds that had been awarded to her by the September 11th Victim’s Compensation fund for the support of her minor child upon the death of her husband in the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001.
Robert L. Lancaster Provides Expert Testimony Before Florida Senate and House on Decedent’s Property
March 24, 2019Recently Robert L. Lancaster, a Principal in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group in the Firm’s Naples, Florida office, served as an expert for the Real Property Probate Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar in connection with pending legislation in Florida relating to Decedent’s Property.