Managing Partner. Estate Planning, Trusts & Probate
Eleanor Whitmore
Eleanor leads the private client group and has guided more than 1,900 Connecticut families through estate plans and administrations.
"A plan is only good if the people left behind can understand it."
Biography
Eleanor joined the firm her father founded in 1996 and became managing partner in 2011. Her practice centres on estate planning for business owners and multigenerational families, with particular depth in Connecticut estate and gift tax planning and succession for closely held companies.
Clients describe her as unhurried and direct. She is known for signing meetings that run long because every document gets explained, and for her annual review letters that translate tax law changes into what they mean for a specific family.
Eleanor is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a former chair of the Estates and Probate Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. She lectures regularly for the Hartford County Bar Association and serves on the board of a Hartford community foundation.
Selected matters
- Designed a dynasty trust and family LLC structure for a third-generation manufacturing family, coordinated with a planned ownership transition.
- Administered a taxable estate holding a closely held business interest and out-of-state property, filing Connecticut and federal returns on time and closing without a beneficiary objection (sample matter).
- Restructured a blended family plan with separate trusts protecting children from a first marriage.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Some matters are sample descriptions for this demo website.
Meet with Eleanor
A 45-minute first meeting with a written summary and a clear fee estimate. Same-day callbacks, Monday to Friday.