Bryon W. Harmon

Partner

Hartford: (860) 251-5106
Greenwich: (203) 869-5600
bharmon@goodwin.com
Hartford Office, Greenwich Office
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Bryon Harmon practices in the areas of estate planning, estate settlement and trust administration. He assists clients with the full range of planning techniques for tax-effective intergenerational and charitable transfers. He also prepares (and advises professional preparers, such as CPA's who prepare) probate documents, estate tax returns and fiduciary income tax returns as well as represents individuals and estates before the IRS and DRS on audit, and in U.S. Tax Court. In addition, Bryon actively administers trusts and advises trustees. Bryon services clients in the firm's Greenwich, Hartford, Lakeville, and Stamford offices. Bryon serves as corporate trust counsel to a Connecticut bank and trust company.

Bryon is a frequent speaker on various estate planning and administration topics such as fiduciary investing, family business succession planning, and asset protection planning.

Distinctions

  • AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer®: Estate Planning & Probate; 2011-2012
  • Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Teaching Positions

  • Western New England University School of Law: Adjunct Professor, LL.M. Program in Estate Planning and Elder Law

Professional Affiliations

  • Connecticut Bar Association: Executive Committee, Estate and Probate Section (2001-Present) 
  • Estate and Business Planning Council of Hartford, Board of Directors (2010-2011) 
  • American Bar Association: Real Property, Probate and Trust Section
  • New York Bar Association: Trusts and Estates Section
  • AmeriCares Professional Advisory Committee

Practice Areas

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Education

  • Western New England University School of Law, J.D., 1996
  • University of Connecticut, B.A., 1992

Bar Admissions

  • Connecticut
  • New York

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, District of CT
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of NY
  • U.S. Tax Court
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