Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC

Full-Service Law Firm Based in Greenwich, CT

Jansen,
Wyatt R.

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Wyatt is a partner working at the intersection of complex business and fiduciary, trust, and estate litigation in Connecticut and New York.  Wyatt has represented institutional and individual clients in matters involving shareholder and membership disputes, noncompetes, trade secrets, books and records demands,  fiduciary duties, trust construction, contested accountings, nonprofit matters, and will contests.  He has also served as Connecticut counsel for leading national and international law firms.

Wyatt’s experience includes:

  • Successful defense at trial and on appeal in cross-border judgment enforcement action exceeding $300 million
  • Successful defense at trial and on appeal of validity of charitable gift exceeding $100 million and representation in related accounting proceedings
  • Successful defense of claim arising from alleged $20 million equity grant in VC firm
  • Successful prosecution of claims by VC firm against portfolio company, its principals, and a newly-formed competitor for breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, and other commercial torts
  • Successful petition for Attorney General approval of large interested-party transaction between private foundation and its directors
  • Successful resolution of dispute over restatement of two substantial trusts negatively affecting minor beneficiaries
  • Successful petition for a seven-figure support allowance for estate beneficiaries from insolvent estate

Wyatt is a member of the Connecticut Committee of the Federal Bar Council and the Connecticut, Fairfield County, and Greenwich bar associations. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers® in Trust & Estate Litigation and as a Super Lawyer® Rising Star in the areas of business litigation and trust and estate litigation every year since 2018.  See selection information at https://www.bestlawyers.com/methodology and  http://www.superlawyers.com/connecticut/selection_details.html

Publications & Presentations

When Offshore Trust Disputes Wash Up Onshore, ALI/ABA – Representing Estate & Trust Beneficiaries & Fiduciaries (June 2019)

Connecticut’s Celotex Problem: Preventing Unnecessary Trials by Revitalizing Summary Judgment, Connecticut Law Tribune (Feb. 14, 2018)

Opportunity and Danger: Conn. Statutes of Limitations Don’t Apply to Arbitration, Connecticut Law Tribune (Feb. 8, 2018)

Enforcing the Unenforceable Forum Selection Clause, Connecticut Law Tribune (Dec. 1, 2016)

Strategic Removal & the Voluntary-Involuntary Rule, Connecticut Law Tribune (Aug. 15, 2016)

Impermissible Windfalls? Unemployment Insurance, Back Pay, and the Two Classes of Title VII Plaintiffs, 18 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 307 (2012)

Conboy,
Margaret E.

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Margaret has been with Whitman Breed since 1994.  She is a Partner in the Real Estate Department, with experience in commercial and residential purchase and sale transactions, leasing and financing, as well as forming and representing planned communities and condominiums, and representing cooperative apartment boards.  Margaret also has experience with construction and architecture contracts, as well as zoning and land use matters.  In her various areas of experience, Margaret represents homeowners, developers, contractors, lenders, neighborhood associations, condominium and cooperative associations and taxing districts.  She also represents commercial and residential property owners in local property tax appeals.

Professional & Community Affiliation

  • Greenwich Service Unit, Salvation Army (Chairwoman)
  • Greenwich Land Trust (Board Member since 2009, Counsel)
  • Greenwich Preservation Trust (Secretary)
  • Save Our Shores (Board Member)
  • Byram Neighborhood Association (Member)
  • Fairfield County Bar Association
  • Greenwich Bar Association