Estate Planning, Probate Administration & Litigation


Zeldes, Needle & Cooper offers a broad array of legal services to individual and institutional clients in the following disciplines:

Estate Planning
We have considerable expertise in traditional estate planning services such as will and trust drafting. We also advise our clients concerning lifetime gift planning, including gifts in trust, asset protection planning, closely-held business control and succession, and value-shifting and freezing arrangements.

Estate and Trust Administration/Probate Practice
We represent executors, administrators, individual and institutional trustees, and beneficiaries in all phases of estate and trust administration, including probate court matters and estate and gift tax administrative and judicial controversies. In addition to estate and trust work, we frequently represent clients in conservatorship and guardianship proceedings. We work with attorneys in other practice groups to address interdisciplinary issues involving such areas as corporate, real estate and commercial law.

Primary Contact:

Marie A. Casper
 (203) 332-5714 

Attorneys:

Leslie P. Aceto
 (203) 332-5751 
John R. Bryk
 (203) 332-5762 
Ira B. Charmoy
 (203) 332-5718 
Robert S. Cooper
 (203) 332-5723 
Martin L. McCann
 (203) 332-5737 
Charles M. Needle
 (203) 332-5722