Amanda E. Carino

Background

Amanda E. Carino is an Associate in Cummings & Lockwood's Private Clients Group and is based in the Greenwich office.

She advises high net worth individuals and families with complex needs on a variety of trust and estate matters, including tax planning, generational estate planning, trustee requirements, beneficiary rights, and the impact of trusts in the context of divorce.

Amanda also advises clients on different estate planning structures and strategies, including revocable trusts, testamentary trusts, irrevocable trusts, asset protection trusts and trust decanting, as well as devises estate planning mechanisms for non-U.S. citizens.

She develops sophisticated estate plans for clients and drafts estate planning documents including, but not limited to, wills, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies, and living wills.

In addition, she represents clients in Connecticut Probate Courts and New York Surrogates Courts in actions including estate administration, will contests, trust administration and accounting, contested trust accountings, and trustee removal and appointment.

Practice Areas

• Private Clients Group
• Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning
• Wealth Protection Planning
• Probate and Estate Administration

Education

• Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., 2015)
• Marist College (B.A. in Political Science, cum laude, 2012)

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 2015
• New York, 2022
• Texas, 2023

Professional Organizations

• Fairfield County Bar Association

Professional Recognition

• Connecticut and New England Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2022 - Present

Civic and Philanthropic Activity

• Junior League of Greenwich