Mark Carta, CMM’s managing partner, attended the fall 2019 LEGUS meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, where he gave a presentation on law firm succession planning to attorneys from twenty-five states and ten countries. LEGUS is an international network of A-rated law firms that provides access to more than 2,500 lawyers in the United States and internationally. CMM has been a member of LEGUS since the firm was formed, and is the only member from the state of Connecticut.
Through the third quarter of 2019, Glen Moore, Sebastian D’Acunto and the real estate team at Carta, McAlister & Moore have assisted their clients with residential and commercial transactions totaling more than a quarter billion dollars. These ranged from first-time home buyers purchasing a condominium to many multi-million dollar transactions. The largest of these was a residential purchase of over 10 million dollars, one of the largest in Darien this year.
Margaret Triolo joined the Board of Directors of the New Canaan YMCA in September of 2018. She currently serves as a member of the Executive, Governance and Endowment Committees.
CMM litigation counsel, Mark Carta and Margaret Triolo, recently won a construction arbitration award in excess of $450,000. CMM represented a homeowner against a local New Home Construction Contractor in a hearing that lasted three days and involved the testimony of seven witnesses. The AAA arbitrator found that the contractor had submitted multiple improper change orders, had been paid a sum that grossly exceeded the value of its services, and had ultimately abandoned the project.
CMM successfully represented the Executor of an Estate in a strenuously contested Will contest. The Probate Court admitted the Will of a CMM client to probate over objections by the decedent’s daughter and adult grandchildren. The Will was challenged on the grounds of undue influence and mental incapacity. After extensive discovery, a four-day hearing and post-hearing briefing, in August 2019 the Probate Court upheld the decedent’s wishes regarding the disposition of her assets and admitted the Will. The Executor was also awarded attorney’s fees and costs.
CMM is pleased to announce that effective this Fall 2019, Mark Carta has been asked to be one of the United States representatives on the Advisory Board of LEGUS.
Sebastian D’Acunto spoke on estate and tax planning and probate administration on February 7, 2019 to employees of Memry Corporation in Bethel, CT. The seminar was organized by the Danbury office of Mutual Security Credit Union in cooperation with the Human Resources Department of Memry Corporation.