Michael P. Kaelin

Background

Michael P. Kaelin is a Principal in Cummings & Lockwood's Litigation Group and is based in the Stamford office. 

Mike represents individuals, fiduciaries and businesses in commercial, employment, employee benefits, probate, trusts and estates, conservatorship, guardianship, and investment disputes, including wrongful discharge and discrimination claims, will contests, fiduciary removal proceedings, contested accountings, fee disputes, construction proceedings, undue influence actions, and commitment proceedings in trial and appellate courts in Connecticut and New York.

Practice Areas

• Litigation Group
• Trust and Probate Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Business and Commercial Litigation
• Closely-Held Business Litigation
• Tax Litigation
• Probate and Tax Litigation

Education

• Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1984)
• Duke University (B.A., cum laude, 1981)

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1988
• New York, 1985
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York
• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court, District of Connecticut
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
• United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Professional Organizations

• Connecticut Bar Association
• Fairfield County Bar Association
• New York City Bar Association, Member, Trusts, Estates & Surrogates Courts Committee
• American Inns of Court, Fairfield County Chapter

Professional Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America, 2018
• Connecticut and New England Super Lawyers, 2011 - Present
• Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rated, 2000 - Present

Articles/Publications

• Probate Litigation in Connecticut, 3d Edition, co-author, Thomson Reuters
• Probate & Estate Litigation Forms, Library of Connecticut Civil Complaints for Business Litigation, 2010

Books & Guides

• Probate Litigation in Connecticut, 3d