Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC

Full-Service Law Firm Based in Greenwich, CT

McComic,
Katherine

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Katherine is an associate in the Real Estate Department. She works with clients in a broad range of real estate transactions, including residential and commercial purchases, sales and leasing as well as real estate and construction financing.

Katherine received her JD from the Quinnipiac University School of Law. While in law school, Katherine worked for the City of New Haven Economic Development Administration and externed with the General Counsel for the Connecticut Office of the Treasurer. Katherine maintains connections with neighborhood associations in New Haven and ties with the Yale Residential Colleges.

Prior to joining the Firm, Katherine practiced real estate and land use law at a full-service law firm in California and a venture-backed property technology startup company.

Katherine is fluent in Spanish.

Choephel,
Eleni

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Eleni is an associate in the Firm’s Corporate Department. She works with clients in a broad range of corporate matters.

Eleni received her JD from the Quinnipiac University School of Law. While in law school, Eleni worked for a financial services law firm and externed in the legal department of a health care organization.

Prior to joining the Firm, Eleni worked as a law clerk at a financial services law firm in Stamford, Connecticut where she worked with clients in corporate litigation and transactional matters.

Eleni is proficient in Korean and Tibetan.

Professional & Community Affiliation

  • Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • Connecticut Bar Association

Kliegman,
Eva V.

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Eva is an associate in the Firm’s Trusts and Estates Department.  She represents clients in all estate planning matters, including gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax planning; the preparation of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills and related documents; estate settlement; and trust administration.  Eva also represents clients in tax controversy and collection matters.

Prior to joining Whitman Breed, Eva practiced at a firm in New Haven where she represented clients in estate planning and administration, commercial litigation, tax controversy, and business matters.

Professional & Community Affiliation

  • Connecticut Bar Association (Co-Chair of Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Young Lawyers Section 2016-2019)
  • Fairfield County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Publications & Presentations

  • Speaker, “Commercial Law and Bankruptcy: Year in Review,” Connecticut Legal Conference, June 12, 2017.
  • Personal Goodwill in Asset Sale of “C” Corporations, The Practical Tax Lawyer, Volume 31, Number 3, Spring 2017.  Co-authored with Mark G. Sklarz, Jeffrey M. Dirmann, and William P. Prescott.