Carol Y. Pfeiffer

Carol Y. Pfeiffer is an attorney at Dinse whose practice concentrates on Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration. She advises individuals and families on planning options that reflect their personal and charitable goals. Her work also includes helping beneficiaries, family members, and executors after a death. She emphasizes listening and communication so clients understand the choices involved in planning and the steps required during administration.

Carol earned a J.D. summa cum laude from Rutgers School of Law-Newark in 2017 and a B.A. from the University of Vermont in 2012. At Rutgers, she participated in the Constitutional Rights and International Human Rights Clinic. Her clinic experience involved legal questions at the state, federal, and international levels. She now focuses on helping individuals and families understand estate planning choices and the responsibilities involved in probate and trust administration.

Carol served as a law clerk to Justice Marilyn S. Skoglund of the Vermont Supreme Court before joining Dinse. Her practice includes establishing, maintaining, and administering revocable, irrevocable, generation-skipping, life insurance, and charitable trusts. She assists with probate estates from opening through final distribution and closure and also handles non-probate trust administration. Her clinical work addressed issues involving state, federal, and international law.

Carol Y. Pfeiffer is admitted in Vermont and belongs to the Vermont, Chittenden County, and American Bar Associations. Her approach centers on understanding clients’ concerns and explaining the reasons behind recommendations. Estate planning requires connecting a person’s intentions with the documents used to carry them out. Administration requires careful attention to those documents and the duties of the people responsible for managing an estate or trust.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Dinse, P.C.
• Member, Vermont Bar Association
• Member, Chittenden County Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association

Licensed State

• Vermont

Education

• Rutgers School of Law-Newark
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Vermont
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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