Danielle Ferrucci practices in the areas of estate planning, estate settlement and trust administration. She assists clients with the full range of planning techniques for tax-effective intergenerational and charitable transfers. Danielle also prepares, and advises those preparing, probate documents, estate tax returns and fiduciary income tax returns as well as represents estates before the IRS and DRS on audit. In addition, Danielle actively administers trusts and advises trustees. She also represents clients in contested matters in Connecticut's probate courts.
Prior to joining the firm, Danielle served as a law clerk to Connecticut Supreme Court Justices Joette Katz and Richard Palmer.
- AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Symposium Editor, Connecticut Law Review
- Adjunct Professor, Western New England College School of Law, LL.M. Program in Estate Planning and Elder Law
- Estate & Business Planning Council
- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving: Chair, Professional Advisory Committee
- Planned Giving Group of Connecticut: Board Member
- University of Connecticut Foundation: Professional Advisory Committee
- Connecticut Bar Association: Executive Committee, Estate and Probate Section
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
- Leave A Legacy Connecticut: Statewide Co-Chair
- Connecticut Children's Museum: Board of Trustees
- Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford: Board of Directors
Challenge of Income and Principal Inclusion into Bankruptcy Estate
A legal team composed of attorneys from the Bankruptcy and Trusts and Estates practices represented long standing Trusts and Estate clients by successfully challenging the Chapter 7 Trustee's attempt to include the income and principal of several Spendthrift Trusts into the bankruptcy estate of a contingent remainder beneficiary. The Judge held that a trust that gave the trustees sole discretion to make periodic distributions of income and/or principal in such amounts as they deemed advisable for the support, maintenance and/or education of the beneficiaries (our clients) was a valid Spendthrift Trust under Connecticut Law and therefore not property of the Debtor's estate.