Christiana N. Gianopulos

Christiana "Tiana" Gianopulos works extensively in the areas of estate and tax planning, contested probate matters, and the representation of individual and professional fiduciaries. She also assists clients with planning and compliance for their offshore assets.

Prior to joining the firm, Tiana spent nearly 20 years at a "top ten" bank. As senior vice president and regional fiduciary officer, she co-chaired its regional trust committee, managed its fiduciary litigation portfolio, and developed policies and procedures relating to many aspects of its trust and estate administration business. Tiana also analyzed proposed legislation and coordinated the bank's response to new statutory and case law.

Tiana is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Connecticut School of Law, where she teaches Trusts and Estates. She has written and lectured on numerous topics and is a recognized thought leader on estate planning for LGBT individuals and couples. In 2003, when the Appellate Court ruled that same-sex couples had the right to marry in Massachusetts in Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health, she helped to establish Day Pitney's LGBT Planning practice group. Tiana has also written and lectured on Connecticut’s Uniform Trust Code, Uniform Directed Trust Act, Prudent Investor Act, and Principal and Income Act, as well as common drafting errors and offshore disclosure by executors.

In 2014, Tiana was appointed to Connecticut’s State Tax Panel which was charged with a comprehensive review of the State’s tax policy.

Deeply committed to the Greater Hartford community, Tiana has served on more than a dozen non-profit boards, often as board chair. She currently serves as treasurer of the Alumni Association of the University of Connecticut School of Law and is a member of the Professional Advisory Committee of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. In 2011, while chair of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center board of trustees, she received the Maria Miller Stewart "One Woman Makes a Difference" Award from the Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund. Tiana has also received awards for her volunteer efforts from The Hartford Courant, Shawmut National Corporation and the Junior League of Hartford, Inc.

Tiana serves on the leadership committees of the firm’s LGBT affinity and ally group, Day Pitney Alliance, and its firm-wide women's initiative, Women Working Together (WWT®).