Richard A. Marone

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

Richard 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. He also counsels trustees in the proper exercise of their fiduciary duties. 

Richard has been certified as a probate and trust dispute mediator by The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC”). He also advises exempt organizations on taxation and governance issues.
 

• Distributor, Dealer, Franchise Group
• Privately Owned Businesses
• Probate and Trust Dispute Resolution
• Tax
• Tax Practice and Procedure
• Tax-Exempt Organizations
• Trusts and Estates

• Fellow, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
• Connecticut Bar Association – Executive Committee, Estates and Probate Section

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

• 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 19, 2021 - 40 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition
• May 21, 2021 - Murtha Cullina LLP Recognized by Chambers USA
• August 20, 2020 - 48 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition
• April 23, 2020 - Murtha Cullina LLP Recognized by Chambers USA
• October 30, 2019 - 37 Murtha Cullina LLP Attorneys Receive Super Lawyers Recognition
• August 15, 2019 - 33 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition; Four Named “Lawyer of the Year”
• August 15, 2018 - 32 Murtha Cullina Attorneys Receive “Best Lawyers in America” Recognition; Two Named Lawyer of the Year
• May 9, 2018 - Richard A. Marone Recognized by Chambers High Net Worth
• October 18, 2017 - 38 Attorneys Receive Super Lawyers Recognition
• 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

• September 16, 2020 - Trusts & Estates Group News: Take Two: Estate Planning is (Still) On Sale Again, But the Time is Short!
• April 24, 2020 - Summary of CARES Act Alerts
• March 27, 2020 - Trusts and Estates Group News: Estate Planning is On Sale Again!
• September 11, 2019 - Trusts and Estates Group News: Asset Protection Trusts: “Everybody Gets a DAPT!” (even those outside Connecticut)
• November 28, 2018 - Trusts and Estates Group News: IRS Elves in Santa's Washington DC Workshop Create Holiday Gift for the Wealthy
• October 27, 2017 - Trusts & Estates Group News - Are You Looking Forward To 2018? We Are!
• 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)