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Keith Bradoc "Brad" Gallant
– Partner
Professional ExperienceBrad Gallant, a partner in the Individual Clients Department, is resident in the firm's New Haven office. His practice includes trust and estate planning and administration, special needs planning, planning for same-sex couples and their families, planning for incapacity, and all types of probate litigation.Brad is the Vice President of the Connecticut Bar Association and chairs the CBA's Pro Bono Committee. He is a past chair of the CBA's Estates & Probate Section, serves on the executive committee of the CBA's Elder Law Section, and is a member of the CBA's Animal Law Committee. Brad was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) in 1993. He chairs the ACTEC Elder Law Committee and serves on ACTEC's Fiduciary Litigation and Asset Protection Committees. Brad is a life fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation and, since 1989, has been a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). Since 2006, Brad has been designated by Worth magazine as one of the top 100 lawyers in the United States serving individual clients. In 2006 he was named one of "the top ten" of all Connecticut lawyers by Connecticut Magazine. Brad has spoken at the annual meetings of NAELA, ACTEC and the American Bar Association (ABA), as well as at seminars sponsored by ALI-ABA, NYU Institute of Federal Taxation, the CBA, the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA), the Connecticut Probate Assembly, and other groups. In 2006, Brad organized and chaired a CBA symposium, "National and Local Perspectives on Due Process in the Connecticut Probate Court System," which brought probate judges and lawyers from around the United States to Connecticut. Also in 2006, Brad chaired a presentation on "Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples" at the CBA Annual Meeting. In 2008, he spoke to the CBA Family Law Section's Annual meeting on "Property Distributions from Trusts Incident to Divorce". Brad has spoken on special needs trusts, long-term care insurance, probate litigation, and ethical issues in estate planning at seminars around the United States. He frequently contributes to legal periodicals and recently authored "The SNT Trap" in Trusts & Estates magazine. Brad has litigated a variety of matters in probate and appellate courts, including lost wills, paternity disputes, will and trust constructions, charitable trust deviations, contested conservatorships and accountings, and undue influence cases. He has appeared on behalf of clients in more than 75 probate courts as well as numerous Connecticut and federal trial and appellate courts. He was lead counsel for the amicus curiae in the landmark Connecticut Supreme Court case, Department of Social Services v. Saunders. Brad is consulted regularly by trial counsel and testifies as an expert in a range of trust and estate matters as well as in disabilities litigation. He also has extensive experience in all aspects of alternative dispute resolution of probate controversies. Brad's interest in disabilities planning has led him to volunteer with numerous organizations that provide services to persons with special needs. In 1994 the Connecticut Probate Courts recognized his advocacy on behalf of persons with disabilities by naming him "Citizen of the Year". He is Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Center for Medicare Advocacy, a national organization serving Medicare recipients. Brad completed four terms as President of the New Haven Free Public Library Board of Trustees in 2009. Brad received a B.A. with Honors, and an M.A. from Cambridge University, England, where he was a member of Pembroke College. He received a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Connecticut School of Law and an LL.M. from the University of London. Brad lives in New Haven with his wife, Professor Joanna Waley-Cohen; their children, Isabel and Kit; and a beagle, Samantha.
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