Cummings & Lockwood in Stamford recently announced that the following three private clients attorneys have been elected to principal: Katherine Cotter Gent, Elizabeth A. Falkoff and Rachel Rhein Zarghami.
“We are very excited to promote three very talented women to our partnership at Cummings & Lockwood,” noted Laura Weintraub Beck, chairman and managing irector.
Cotter Gent, a Fairfield resident, received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts degree in government and economics, cum laude, with distinction in economics from Connecticut College. She is based in the firm’s Greenwich office and is admitted to practice law in Connecticut.
She joined Cummings & Lockwood in 2016 and focuses her practice on estate planning as well as estate and trust administration.
Falkoff, a Greenwich resident, received her Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from Quinnipiac University School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, cum laude, from the University of Connecticut. She is based in the firm’s Stamford office and is admitted to practice law in Connecticut and New York.
She represents individuals and families in the creation and implementation of sophisticated estate plans facilitating the passage of wealth through generations. of complex estates and trusts
Zarghami, a Darien resident, received her Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School and her Bachelor of Science degree in finance and marketing from Tulane University. She is based in the firm’s Stamford office and is admitted to practice law in Connecticut and New York.
She focuses her practice on estate and tax planning and represents wealthy individuals and families, tax-exempt organizations, banks and trust companies, family offices and private trust companies and other clients in a wide range of matters.
The firm has over 200 attorneys, fiduciary accountants, paralegals and staff, as well as six offices located in Stamford, Greenwich and West Hartford, Connecticut, and in Naples, Bonita Springs and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
