Michelle Lavoie Beyer
Background
Michelle Lavoie Beyer is an Associate in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group and is based in the West Hartford office.
Michelle advises high net worth individuals and families with complex personal and financial needs on a wide range of trust and estate matters. Her practice includes estate and gift tax planning, multigenerational wealth transfer, and planning for blended families, second marriages, and same-sex couples. She also counsels clients on strategies to protect assets passing to children and other beneficiaries from future risks such as divorce or creditor claims, as well as on trustee transitions, business succession, and planning for out-of-state property and seasonal residences.
She develops comprehensive, sophisticated estate plans tailored to each client’s goals and drafts a variety of estate planning instruments, including wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, life insurance trusts, powers of attorney, advance medical directives, and living wills. Her estate plans often include provisions addressing matters such as disposition of remains, rights of first refusal, and guardianship designations for minor children.
Practice Areas
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D. with a certificate in Insurance Law and Regulation, 2023)
- Western New England University School of Law (LL.M. in Elder Law and Estate Planning, December, 2023)
- Florida International University (M.S. in International Real Estate Management, 2020)
- University of Massachusetts (B.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2016)
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 2023
- Florida, 2024
Professional Organizations
- Connecticut Bar Association, Elder Law, Tax, and Estates & Probate Sections
- Chair of the Necrology Committee, Connecticut Bar Association, Real Property Section
- Commercial Real Estate for Women (CREW), Member
- Estate and Business Planning Council of Hartford, Member
- Western Connecticut Estate and Tax Planning Council, Member
Civic and Philanthropic Activity
- Middletown Lions Club, Member
- iCouldBe.org, Mentor
Professional Recognition
- Connecticut and New England Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2025
Associate
Blue Back Square
75 Isham Road, Suite 400
West Hartford,
CT
06107
T 860-313-4925
F 860.313.4986
Background
Michelle Lavoie Beyer is an Associate in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group and is based in the West Hartford office.
Michelle advises high net worth individuals and families with complex personal and financial needs on a wide range of trust and estate matters. Her practice includes estate and gift tax planning, multigenerational wealth transfer, and planning for blended families, second marriages, and same-sex couples. She also counsels clients on strategies to protect assets passing to children and other beneficiaries from future risks such as divorce or creditor claims, as well as on trustee transitions, business succession, and planning for out-of-state property and seasonal residences.
She develops comprehensive, sophisticated estate plans tailored to each client’s goals and drafts a variety of estate planning instruments, including wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, life insurance trusts, powers of attorney, advance medical directives, and living wills. Her estate plans often include provisions addressing matters such as disposition of remains, rights of first refusal, and guardianship designations for minor children.
- University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D. with a certificate in Insurance Law and Regulation, 2023)
- Western New England University School of Law (LL.M. in Elder Law and Estate Planning, December, 2023)
- Florida International University (M.S. in International Real Estate Management, 2020)
- University of Massachusetts (B.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2016)
- Connecticut, 2023
- Florida, 2024
- Connecticut Bar Association, Elder Law, Tax, and Estates & Probate Sections
- Chair of the Necrology Committee, Connecticut Bar Association, Real Property Section
- Commercial Real Estate for Women (CREW), Member
- Estate and Business Planning Council of Hartford, Member
- Western Connecticut Estate and Tax Planning Council, Member
- Middletown Lions Club, Member
- iCouldBe.org, Mentor
- Connecticut and New England Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2025