Richard A. Marone

Richard Marone advises individuals, families and private businesses in the areas of wealth transfer planning, business law and taxation. He assists individuals and private businesses with sophisticated estate planning, trust and estate administration, tax planning and compliance, family business succession planning, and business transactions. Richard has been certified as a probate and trust dispute mediator by The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC”). Richard also advises exempt organizations on taxation and governance issues.

Richard currently serves as Chair of the Trusts & Estates Department at Murtha Cullina and is the Immediate Past State Chair of the Connecticut chapter of ACTEC and the Immediate Past Chair of the Connecticut Bar Association Estates and Probate Section. Richard is also a Director of the Connecticut Farmland Trust, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Connecticut’s working farmlands.

• Distributor, Dealer, Franchise Group
• Non-Profit
• Privately Owned Businesses
• Tax
• Tax Practice and Procedure
• Trusts and Estates

• Chair, Executive Committee, Connecticut Bar Association, Estates and Probate Section, July 2015 - June 2017
• Connecticut State Chair, American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, 2010 - 2015
• Fellow, American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
• American Bar Association; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

• Ranked in Chambers High Net Worth 2016 by Chambers USA, Chambers & Partners-Publishing (ChambersandPartners.com)
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Trusts and Estates (2016) (Copyright 2015 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC)
• Holds an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell

• Authored chapter ‘Life Insurance and Estate Planning’ published in A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Connecticut, Volume II of II, MCLE New England (2013)

• August 15, 2017 - 35 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition; Three Named “Lawyer of the Year”
• August 16, 2016 - Attorneys Receive "Best Lawyers" Recognition
• June 24, 2016 - Attorney Richard A. Marone and Murtha Cullina LLP Recognized by Chambers High Net Worth Guide
• August 19, 2015 - Attorneys Receive "Best Lawyers" Recognition

• Business Exit Strategies and Tax Developments Affecting Privately Owned Businesses

• "Firms Turn To Video To Tout Practice Areas"

• September 2013 - Richard A. Marone to speak on "What Are We Doing in Response to the American Taxpayer Relief Act?" at the ACTEC New England Regional Meeting.

• Murtha Minutes: Choosing a Trustee

• Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

• Boston University (LL.M in Taxation, 1990)
• College of William and Mary (J.D., 1981)
• Fairfield University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978)