Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC

Full-Service Law Firm Based in Greenwich, CT

Hennessey,
Jevera Kaye

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Jevera practices in all areas of estate and trust planning and administration and breaks down complex matters into digestible bites for her clients.  She advises on estate and gift tax issues as well as creating documents to carry out her clients’ plans.  For many years, she was a regular estate planning course instructor in the Town of Greenwich Continuing Education program.  Jevera has also lectured on probate and estate planning topics through the Greenwich Bar Association, the Fairfield County Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, and other private groups.

Professional & Community Affiliation

  • Greenwich Bar Association (President, 1994-1995)
  • Fairfield County Bar Association (Former Member of Board of Directors)
  • SilverSource (formerly Senior Services of Stamford), Advisory Council (Past Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors)
  • Hill House in Greenwich, Advisory Board
  • Stamford Hospital Foundation, Member of Board of Directors
  • Stamford Hospital Foundation’s Planned Giving Advisory Committee
  • Professional Advisors Council of Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, Emeritus Member
  • First County Bank, Member of the Board of Directors
  • Stamford Community Emergency Response Team (2017 to present)
  • Stamford Public Education Foundation (Former Member of Board of Directors)
  • Governor Appointee to Connecticut Board of Examiners of Embalmers & Funeral Directors, 1995-2005

Honors & Recognition

  • Greenwich YWCA Brava! Award, 1997
  • Connecticut Yankee Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Good Scout Award, 2013
  • Greenwich Probate Court’s Pro Bono Award, 2001
  • SilverSource (formerly Senior Services of Stamford), Honoree 2014
  • City of Stamford Citizen of the Year, 2023

Choephel,
Eleni

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Eleni is an associate in the Firm’s Corporate Department. She works with clients in a broad range of corporate matters.

Eleni received her JD from the Quinnipiac University School of Law. While in law school, Eleni worked for a financial services law firm and externed in the legal department of a health care organization.

Prior to joining the Firm, Eleni worked as a law clerk at a financial services law firm in Stamford, Connecticut where she worked with clients in corporate litigation and transactional matters.

Eleni is proficient in Korean and Tibetan.

Professional & Community Affiliation

  • Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • Connecticut Bar Association

Norton,
Erin E.

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Erin is an associate in the Firm’s Trust and Estates Department. She practices in all areas of estate and trust planning matters, including gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax planning; the preparation of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills and related documents; estate settlement; and trust administration.

Erin received her LLM in Taxation from New York University School of Law with a focus on estate planning and charitable gifting. She received her J.D. from University of Connecticut School of Law with a certificate in tax studies. While in law school, Erin served as Symposium Editor for the Connecticut Law Review and represented low-income taxpayers in a variety of matters before the Internal Revenue Service.

Professional & Community Affiliation

  • Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court
  • Connecticut Bar Association
  • Fairfield County Bar Association

Publications & Presentations

Small Adjustment to 2017 Tax Code Would Do Wonders for Sports Recovery, Sports Business Journal (May 2020)

Thomason,
Michael A. S.

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Michael is an associate in the Firm’s Litigation Department.  He represents clients in all aspects of litigation matters pending in state and federal court.  Prior to joining Whitman Breed, Michael was a judicial law clerk for United States Magistrate Judge Thomas O. Farrish.  Before his clerkship, Michael was an associate attorney at a boutique litigation firm in Greenwich.

Professional & Community Affiliation

  • Fairfield County Bar Association
  • Greenwich Bar Association

Douglas,
Nick

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Nick is an associate in the Business Law and Intellectual Property Departments and has experience representing clients in the formation, structuring, and financing of business entities. Nick has an educational background in intellectual property law and focuses on developing his practice in the electronic and online entertainment industries.

Prior to joining Whitman Breed, Nick practiced at a firm in Stamford where he represented clients in both corporate transactions and commercial litigation.

Professional & Community Affiliation

  • Connecticut Bar Association (Committee on Cannabis Law 2019-2020)

Publications & Presentations

  • Author, “Non-Practicing Entities & Patent Reform,” 38 Pace L. Rev. 608 May 14, 2018.
  • Author, “Mechanical Timepieces & Intellectual Property Protection,” 8 Pace Intell. Prop. Sports & Ent. L.F. 29 May 1, 2017.

Kliegman,
Eva V.

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Eva is an associate in the Firm’s Trusts and Estates Department.  She represents clients in all estate planning matters, including gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax planning; the preparation of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills and related documents; estate settlement; and trust administration.  Eva also represents clients in tax controversy and collection matters.

Prior to joining Whitman Breed, Eva practiced at a firm in New Haven where she represented clients in estate planning and administration, commercial litigation, tax controversy, and business matters.

Professional & Community Affiliation

  • Connecticut Bar Association (Co-Chair of Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Young Lawyers Section 2016-2019)
  • Fairfield County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Publications & Presentations

  • Speaker, “Commercial Law and Bankruptcy: Year in Review,” Connecticut Legal Conference, June 12, 2017.
  • Personal Goodwill in Asset Sale of “C” Corporations, The Practical Tax Lawyer, Volume 31, Number 3, Spring 2017.  Co-authored with Mark G. Sklarz, Jeffrey M. Dirmann, and William P. Prescott.