Pullman & Comley Recognized in Family/Matrimonial, Private Wealth Law in Chambers 2026 High Net Worth Guide
BRIDGEPORT, CT, July 23, 2026 — The law firm of Pullman & Comley is recognized in the areas of Family/ Matrimonial: High Net Worth Law and Private Wealth Law for Connecticut in the Chambers 2026 High Net Worth Guide, a publication that identifies and ranks the leading legal advisors in private wealth law globally. In addition, Family Law attorney Kelly A. Scott, Tax attorney D. Robert Morris and Trusts and Estates attorney Sebastian D’Acunto were individually recognized.
The Chambers High Net Worth Guide is renowned for its research and in-depth analysis of firms and individuals specializing in high net worth and private wealth matters. According to the Chambers website, “family offices and professional advisers to wealthy individuals use these rankings and analysis to get an objective view of the leading professional advisers on an international scale.” In addition to lawyers and law firms, the guide also recommends top accountancy firms, private banks, wealth managers, trust companies and other professional advisers to high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals globally.
“High net worth clients depend on attorneys who truly understand what’s at stake in their respective situations, both for their businesses and their personal matters,” says Lee D. Hoffman, chair of Pullman & Comley. “Our family law and trusts and estates attorneys excel at communicating and collaborating across practice areas to provide comprehensive and sound legal guidance.”
Pullman’s Trusts and Estates and Tax practices provide private wealth clients with coordinated legal counsel and has extensive experience in individual estate and gift tax planning, charitable giving and philanthropic planning, business succession planning, estate settlement, trust administration, conservatorships and guardianships. Attorneys collaborate with the client and the client's advisors to offer a tailored, sophisticated and user-friendly approach to the preservation and transfer of wealth, protection of assets and minimization of taxes.
The Chambers Private Wealth Law review highlights Pullman & Comley for advising “on a range of work including estate and tax planning, trust administration and charitable foundations. The firm represents clients in contentious matters, including probate litigation.” As one client explained to Chambers, “Pullman & Comley has a strong bench of lawyers with substantive expertise, common-sense problem solving, intellectual knowledge of the law and, when necessary, skilled, dignified litigation.”
The firm and Ms. Scott are Band 1 in the rankings in Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth. The Chambers review states that “Pullman & Comley has a strong family law practice in Connecticut, and its matrimonial law specialists regularly represent clients in high-asset divorce matters and custody applications. The team often advises on inter-state and cross-border family law matters.”
Clients appreciate the well-rounded, knowledgeable approach of both the attorneys and the firm, with one saying “Pullman & Comley’s lawyers are among the best I have seen. Attention to detail, legal acumen, business smarts, empathy, likeability, collegiality — they have it all.” Another client says, “Since Pullman is a highly competent larger firm, the family law group has access to a top tax, estate planning and commercial litigation combination, which is ideal for a client in sophisticated matters.”
Ms. Scott has extensive experience representing clients with high net worth and complicated assets, both in the preparation of prenuptial/postnuptial agreements and in dissolution matters. She regularly interfaces with business valuation, accounting and other financial experts. “Kelly is a bright and quick thinker, who has a great sense of people and good instincts,” one Pullman & Comley client told Chambers. “Her thought process is sophisticated, thorough and meticulous.”
Mr. Morris leads the Tax Section of the firm's Business Organizations and Finance practice and was chairman of the firm for 20 years. He calls upon the business management and leadership skills that he learned in those roles to assist and advise high net worth clients in business and personal planning. His clients include a wide variety of closely held business entities, as well as individuals, trusts and estates. As one client plainly stated to Chambers, “Robert Morris is an exceptional and knowledgeable attorney.”
Mr. D'Acunto is vice chair of the firm's Trusts and Estates practice and counsels clients in general estate planning and business succession planning. Working collaboratively with his clients and their financial and insurance advisors, he routinely advises high net worth individuals, families and business owners on effective strategies to govern and preserve assets and transfer wealth to the next generation. One client told Chambers, “Sebastian has a broad range of experience. His ability to see through a corporate structure and bring it to a client and explain it in layman’s terms shines.”
Pullman & Comley's inclusion in the Chambers 2026 High Net Worth Guide underscores its exceptional skill in handling complex legal matters for individuals and families.
For more information on the Chambers methodology for its High Net Worth Guide, visit its website here.
About Pullman & Comley
Pullman & Comley is one of Connecticut’s largest law firms and, for more than 100 years, has provided a wide range of legal services to clients in the New England region, as well as throughout the United States and internationally. Pullman & Comley’s major practice areas include business organizations and finance; public finance; health care; labor, employment law and employee benefits; litigation; property tax and valuation; real estate, energy, environmental and land use; and trusts and estates. The firm has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford and Westport, Connecticut; White Plains, New York; Springfield, Massachusetts; and Wakefield, Rhode Island. The firm is an active member of the Law Firm Alliance, an international affiliation of law firms. For more information, please visit www.pullcom.com.
Professionals
Livia DeFilippis Barndollar
Sebastian D'Acunto
Lauren C. Davies
Danielle Erickson
Beck S. Fineman
Thomas S. Lambert
D. Robert Morris
Alan S. Parker
Stacie L. Provencher
Kelly A. Scott
James B. Stewart
Practice Areas
Family Law
Tax
Trusts and Estates