Arthur C. Weinshank

Arthur C. Weinshank is a partner at Cramer & Anderson LLP and senior partner of its Estate, Trust, Elder Law and Probate Administration Department. He represents individuals, families, and businesses in tax, estate, and elder planning. His practice includes wills, trusts, estate settlement, trust administration, business succession planning, Medicaid and long-term care matters, and strategies addressing income, gift, death, and other transfer taxes when clients plan or administer family wealth.

Arthur earned a Masters of Tax Laws from New York University, Graduate School of Law, a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, and a B.B.A. in Accounting and Finance from Pace University. He is admitted in Florida, New York, and Connecticut. His tax-focused graduate education and accounting and finance background provide a foundation for work involving sophisticated estate planning, tax consequences, asset transfers, business succession, trust administration, and long-term care planning.

Arthur advises clients on basic and sophisticated wills, trusts, related estate planning documents, estate settlement, trust administration, and transfer-tax planning. His work includes counseling on intergenerational asset transfers and addressing personal and tax concerns together. He has also developed and led a substantial estate planning and probate administration practice and has supported charitable foundations and nonprofit giving arrangements. His official profile identifies Elder Law and Special Needs, Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Administration, and Tax Law as his practice areas.

Arthur C. Weinshank has held leadership and board roles with foundations, health organizations, charitable entities, and professional groups. He belongs to tax and probate sections of the Connecticut, Florida, and American Bar Associations and has served on the Connecticut Bar Association Executive Committee. His practice combines estate planning, probate administration, elder law, tax analysis, Medicaid planning, and business succession advice for clients seeking to preserve, transfer, and administer assets efficiently.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Cramer & Anderson
• Member, The Florida Bar
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, Connecticut Bar Association
• Member, Tax and Probate Sections of the Connecticut, Florida and American Bar Associations
• Former Member, Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association
• Board of Director, Western Connecticut Health Network Foundation
• President, Hunt Hill Farm Trust, Inc.
• Director, The Jean Widmark & Richard Widmark Foundation, Inc.
• Chairman, The Lawrence J. Portell and Natalie D. Portell Foundation, Inc.
• Director, The Stevek Foundation, Inc.
• Former Co-Chairman, Legacy Committee of the Danbury Branch of American Cancer Society
• Former Trustee, Board of Trustees and Council for the Traumatic Brain Injury Company
• Corporator, Union Savings Bank
• Former Member, Western Connecticut Estate and Tax Planning Council
• Former Member, Board of Directors of NMBT and Connecticut Board of Directors of the Summit Bank
• Former Member, Board of Directors of the Housatonic Shepaug United Way

Licensed State

• Florida
• New York
• Connecticut

Education

• New York University, Graduate School of Law
  Master of Tax Laws
• University of Miami School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Pace University
  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting and Finance

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