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Estate Planning & Probate
Elder Law
Real Estate
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Amy E. Todisco
Amy Todisco
Fairfield
Connecticut (CT)
Profile
Amy E. Todisco is a founding partner of Braunstein & Todisco, PC, a Fairfield, Connecticut, law firm offering a broad spectrum of financially focused legal services for individuals, families and businesses.
Amy's practice at the firm is concentrated primarily in the areas of elder law, probate, trusts and estates, construction and real estate. She holds an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell, is the author of "Clients Are Never Too Old to Present Ethical Dilemmas" (published in Connecticut Law Tribune Magazine -- Malpractice, Grievance and Professional Responsibility Supplement -- May 4, 1998), and is a frequently featured speaker on estate planning, Medicaid, conservatorships and related elder law planning topics at legal seminars.
Amy is also active in a myriad of community and professional organizations, including the Connecticut Bar, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (president, Connecticut Chapter), the Trumbull Chamber of Commerce (past president) and the Bridgeport Regional Business Council (executive committee, board of directors). Amy received her undergraduate education (B.A., 1981) at Skidmore College, and her legal education at University of Bridgeport Law School, earning her Juris Doctor in 1984 and an advanced legal degree in taxation (LL.M.) in 1987.
*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.
About Amy Todisco
Law School: Quinnipiac University School of Law
Languages Spoken: English, Italian
Admitted: 1984, Connecticut
Professional Webpage: www.btlawfirm.com/?page_id=21
Honors and Awards:
- Member, Periclean Academic Honor Society, 1980
Bar/Professional Activity:
- U.S. Tax Court
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- Connecticut
- Board of Directors, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc., Connecticut Chapter, 2010-Present
- President, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc., Connecticut Chapter, 2009-2010
- Treasurer, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc., Connecticut Chapter, 2008-2009
- Director, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc., Connecticut Chapter, 2007-2008
- Vice-President, Fairfield County Women's Bar Association, 1992-1993
- Executive Committee, Fairfield County Women's Bar Association, 1989-1991
- Member, American Bar Association, Taxation and Real Property, Trusts & Estates Sections
- House of Delegates—Member, Elder Law and Estates and Probate Section representative, 2008-Present
- “Raising the Bar: A Bench-Bar Symposium on Professionalism in the Judicial District of Fairfield”: Chair, Probate Practice forum
- Member, Task Force on Grievance Procedures, 1997-1998
- Power of Attorney Workgroup: 2010- Present
- Deficit Reduction Act Workgroup: 2008--Present
- Executive Committee, Connecticut Bar Association, Elder Law Section, 2000-Present
- Executive Committee, Connecticut Bar Association, Taxation Section, 1989-1994
- President, Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Inc., 1995-1996
- President Elect, Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Inc., 1994-1995
- Vice President, Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Inc., 1993-1994
- Treasurer, Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Inc., 1992-1993
- Member, Executive Committee, Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Inc., 1989-1992
- Chairperson, Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Inc., Estates and Trusts Sections, 1992-1994
- Chairperson, Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Inc., Taxation Section, 1989-1991
- Treasurer, Fairfield County Women's Bar Association, 1991
- Member, Estates and Probate Sections, CBA Professionalism Symposium, November, 2007
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Town of Trumbull Ethics Commission:Alternate Member: 2009-Present
- St. Catherine of Siena Church, Trumbull, Connecticut: Religious Education Instructor (1992-1993)
- St. Catherine of Siena Church, Trumbull, Connecticut: Parish Advisory Council (1994-1996)
- Bridgeport Arts Council: Member
- Connecticut: Parish Advisory Council (1994-1996)
- Member, Board of Directors, Leadership Greater BridgeportAlumni Association, 1994-1996
- Chair, Professional Division and Campaign Captain, United Way of Eastern Fairfield County
- Member, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, The Bridgeport Regional Business Council, 1994-1996
- President, Trumbull Chamber of Commerce, 1995-1996
- Member, Board of Directors, Trumbull Chamber of Commerce, 1992-1996
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Author, "Clients Are Never Too Old to Present Ethical Dilemmas," The Connecticut Law Tribune Magazine - Malpractice, Grievance and Professional Responsibility Supplement, p. 18 (May 4, 1998).
Educational Background:
- Skidmore College, B.A. in Government, With Honors, 1981
- Quinnipiac University College of Law (Formerly associated with the University of Bridgeport), LL.M. in Taxation, 1987
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