Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC

Full-Service Law Firm Based in Greenwich, CT

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.