Of Counsel
Hartford
Email: nmessina@murthalaw.com
Phone: 860-240-6027
Fax: 860-240-6150
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Bar & Court Admissions
- Connecticut
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Education
- Boston University (LL.M., 1987)
- University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 1981)
- University of Connecticut (B.S., 1974)
Natale A. Messina
Nat Messina is Of Counsel in Murtha Cullina’s Business Finance practice in Hartford.
Nat has extensive experience in the areas of tax planning, compliance and controversy, business and corporate law, trust and estate planning and estate administration. His client base consists of privately-owned businesses and business owners, high net worth individuals, corporate executives, and professionals. He assists business clients with mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, reorganizations and various tax-related transactions. Nat counsels family-owned businesses in all aspects of business succession planning while coordinating with related personal estate and trust planning, and provides high net worth clients with sophisticated individual tax, estate, gift, trust and financial planning. He has acted as an adjunct professor in taxation at the University of Hartford and Quinnipiac University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
- American Association of Attorney/CPA’s; Tax Section
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Connecticut Bar Association; Tax Section
- Connecticut Estate and Business Planning Council
- Connecticut Italian-American Bar Association, Past President and current member
- Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants, Board of Governors, 2004 - 2007; Past Chairman, Federal Tax Committee, Personal Financial Planning Committee
- Holds an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
Nat Messina is Of Counsel in Murtha Cullina’s Business Finance practice in Hartford.
Nat has extensive experience in the areas of tax planning, compliance and controversy, business and corporate law, trust and estate planning and estate administration. His client base consists of privately-owned businesses and business owners, high net worth individuals, corporate executives, and professionals. He assists business clients with mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, reorganizations and various tax-related transactions. Nat counsels family-owned businesses in all aspects of business succession planning while coordinating with related personal estate and trust planning, and provides high net worth clients with sophisticated individual tax, estate, gift, trust and financial planning. He has acted as an adjunct professor in taxation at the University of Hartford and Quinnipiac University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
- American Association of Attorney/CPA’s; Tax Section
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Connecticut Bar Association; Tax Section
- Connecticut Estate and Business Planning Council
- Connecticut Italian-American Bar Association, Past President and current member
- Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants, Board of Governors, 2004 - 2007; Past Chairman, Federal Tax Committee, Personal Financial Planning Committee
- Holds an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- December 22, 2016 - Trusts and Estates Group News: The Preservation of Family Business Wealth
- November 10, 2016 - Trusts and Estates Group News: Trust Planning for the Follies of Your Children; Parenting in Perpetuity
- October 19, 2015 - Privately Owned Businesses Group News: Business Succession Planning: An Ounce of Prevention Today
- June 23, 2015 - Trusts and Estates Group News - Estate Planning in the Context of Divorce | A Matter of Life and Death
- March 13, 2015 - Captive Insurance Companies: The Physician's "Hat Trick"
- January 2015 - The Letter of Wishes: The Tale Your Trust Document Does Not Tell
- October 2014 - Income and Estate Taxes: The Need for a Holistic Approach to a Chronic Condition
- September 2014 - Selling a Medical Practice, Part II
- March 2014 - Selling a Medical Practice - Part I: Preparing the Practice for Sale
- Effective Estate Planning for Physicians: Tax and Liability Mitigation
- Connecticut
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- Boston University (LL.M., 1987)
- University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 1981)
- University of Connecticut (B.S., 1974)
