Kate M. Casagrande Zarro is a sole practitioner in the Shelton, Connecticut area, where her practice areas include estate planning; probate and probate tax matters; real estate closings and refinances; mediation; and small business/corporate law, including employment policies, general contract law, and assistance with personal injury. Ms. Casagrande Zarro is also a trained mediator. She is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, as well as an agent of the Connecticut Attorney Title Insurance Company. Ms. Casagrande Zarro earned her B.S. degree from Southern Connecticut State University and her J.D. degree from Quinnipiac University. Her passion is to help others through her legal work, as well as volunteer efforts in her community.
Julie D. Eisenhower is a partner with TriAmicus Law, PLLC, in Knoxville, Tennessee. She practices primarily in the areas of estate planning, trust administration, probate, conservatorships, elder law, family law, appellate law, and civil litigation, and serves as an administrator ad litem and fiduciary for many estates. She is a frequent speaker on estate planning, probate and tax related issues. Ms. Eisenhower is a master certified estate planner® through the National Institute of Certified Estate Planners. She earned her A.A. degree in history, summa cum laude, from Pellissippi State Technical Community College; and her B.A. degree in history, summa cum laude, from the University of Tennessee. Ms. Eisenhower earned her J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. She is currently a candidate for an LL.M. degree in elder law and estate planning through the Western New England University School of Law.
Charles L. Kurmay is the owner of the Law Offices of Charles L Kurmay, LLC and is based out of their Milford, Connecticut office. He has over two decades of experience that he utilizes when representing clients in contentious and complex probate, civil and criminal matters in Connecticut and New York state and federal courts. Mr. Kurmay earned his B.A. degree from St. Thomas Aquinas College and his J.D. degree from Quinnipiac College School of Law, Hamden, Connecticut. Mr. Kurmay is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and practices with his father, a former probate court administrator and Stratford Probate Judge, F. Hall Kurmay. He is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, New York, and the Supreme Court of the United State of America.
Philip C. Pires is a principal in the law firm of Cohen and Wolf, P.C. A persuasive and successful litigator, he has handled a variety of litigation matters including complex commercial disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, partnership and shareholder disputes, adverse possession claims, prescriptive easement claims, quiet title actions, landlord/tenant cases, and collection actions. Mr. Pires frequently appears in the Connecticut Probate Court system representing beneficiaries, fiduciaries, and creditors in a variety of probate litigation matters. In addition to litigation, he practices in the municipal and land use and zoning arena, regularly appearing before planning and zoning commissions, inland wetlands commissions, zoning boards of appeals, the Connecticut Siting Council, and other administrative agencies, advocating for applicants, developers, property owners, and neighborhood groups. Mr. Pires also regularly counsels municipalities and property owners in commercial and residential property tax appeals. As a former member of his hometown's governing board, his firsthand knowledge of the inner workings of town administration offers valuable insight to his clients. Mr. Pires earned his B.A. degree from Haverford College and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Thomas J. Sansone is a partner in the law firm of Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, where he concentrates his practice in civil litigation, with an emphasis on commercial, utility and insolvency litigation. He has tried more than 100 cases to conclusion in Connecticut Superior Court, the Federal District Court for the District of Connecticut and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut, and has argued before both the State Supreme and Appellate Courts. Much of his trial work involves complex banking issues, including lender liability cases, contested foreclosure/collection matters and representation of creditors in adversary bankruptcy proceedings. From 2012 - 2018, Mr. Sansone served on the Connecticut Judicial Branch's Statewide Grievance Committee. He previously served as chairman of the Connecticut Bar Association's Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section, and is an active member of both the New Haven County Bar and Waterbury Bar Associations. Mr. Sansone received his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, and his J.D. degree from the Boston University School of Law.
Robert J. Santoro is a partner with the law firm of Knott & Knott, LLC. He practices in the areas of probate, wills, trusts and estates. Mr. Santoro earned his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Quinnipiac University School of Law, where he concentrated in health care law (with honors). There, he served as the executive managing editor of the
Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal. Before law school, Mr. Santoro earned his B.S. degree in biology from Boston College and received his Masters of Theological Studies with a concentration in bioethics, from Boston College. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut State and Federal Court, and is a member of the Connecticut and New Haven County bar associations.
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