ATTORNEY AT LAW - Key Persons


Catherine M. Brennan

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair of the Commission on Aging
Kate Brennan's practice includes the entire range of trust and estate planning, including representing high net worth individuals, families, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations as to income tax, wealth transfer planning, choice of entity and succession planning. Ms. Brennan's practice also includes residential real estate transactions and general business organization and taxation. Prior to starting her own practice, Ms. Brennan was the resident partner in the Greenwich office of Shipman & Goodwin LLP and a member of the firm's Trusts & Estates Department. She also was an associate with Hartman & Craven LLP in New York and consultant in the Family Office Group of the Personal Financial Counseling Department of Ernst & Young LLP in New York. Ms. Brennan is a past President of the Greenwich Bar Association, having served as Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. She is also a member of the Fairfield County, Connecticut (Elder Law Section) and New York State (Trusts & Estates Section) Bar Associations. Ms. Brennan is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences on estate planning and has also appeared on the TV show Your Money. She has been named one of the top 100 Irish American attorneys in 2011, 2010, and 2009 by Irish America magazine and Irish Voice newspaper.