Licensed in 14 States·Family Counsel Since 1962·Confidential & Privileged
Home · Attorneys

Counsel kept by
three generations.

Six partners, four senior associates, and an extended bench of advisors who consult on the engagements that need them. We are a small firm by choice — every client engages directly with a partner from first call to signing.

Senior partner attorney portrait
— Partner I —

Eleanor Fairhaven

Managing Partner · Trusts & Estates

Eleanor joined the firm in 1988 and assumed managing-partner responsibilities in 2007. Her practice centers on multi-generational trust structures, charitable remainder vehicles, and the closely-held family business. She has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for nineteen consecutive years and has chaired the state bar's Trust & Estate Section twice.

  • Juris DoctorYale Law · 1986
  • Master of Laws (Tax)NYU · 1987
  • State Bar AdmissionsNY · CT · MA · CA
  • Years in Practice38
Partner attorney portrait
— Partner II —

Theodore Harrow

Partner · Probate & Litigation

Theodore leads the firm's probate-administration and contested-estates practice. His work is the quiet kind — he resolves nine of every ten will-contests before they reach the courtroom and shepherds estates through administration with a steady, unhurried hand. He clerked for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals before joining the firm in 1996.

  • Juris DoctorColumbia Law · 1993
  • Clerkship2nd Circuit · 1993–94
  • State Bar AdmissionsNY · NJ · PA · DC
  • Years in Practice30
Partner attorney portrait
— Partner III —

Marisol Vega-Ruiz

Partner · Tax & Family Office

Marisol heads the firm's tax-planning and family-office advisory practice, working with high-net-worth clients on generation-skipping trusts, dynasty vehicles, and the intersection of estate planning with closely-held business interests. A former IRS senior counsel, she brings the perspective of having argued cases from the other side of the table.

  • Juris DoctorStanford Law · 2001
  • LL.M. TaxationGeorgetown · 2003
  • State Bar AdmissionsCA · NY · IL · TX
  • Years in Practice22
— Of Counsel & Senior Associates —

The extended bench.

Counsel portrait

Charlotte Renaud

Of Counsel · Charitable

Former general counsel to a private family foundation, advising on charitable trusts, foundation governance, and planned giving structures.

Counsel portrait

Gideon Ashworth

Senior Associate · Probate

Day-to-day shepherd of estates through administration. Deep expertise in fiduciary accounting, executor coordination, and creditor disputes.

Counsel portrait

Adaeze Okonkwo

Senior Associate · Drafting

Lead drafter on the trust desk. The careful pen behind nearly every living trust and irrevocable instrument that leaves the office.

Begin with the partner who fits your matter.

Tell us in a sentence what brought you here. We will route the call to the partner whose practice fits, and you will speak with that attorney directly — not an intake coordinator.

Reserve Your Consult