Ronald B. Noren

RONALD B. NOREN is a principal of Brody Wilkinson and a member of the firm’s Trusts & Estates Group. Mr. Noren practices in the area of trusts and estates, including estate planning, transmission of wealth, estate settlement, and trust administration. He represents individual clients and family groups, often on a multi-generational basis, to preserve and transmit earned and inherited wealth incorporating personal and family goals with efficient tax planning. Mr. Noren often works with clients in structuring and implementing living trusts, charitable and non-charitable gift planning, life insurance trusts, various tax advantaged irrevocable trusts, family limited partnerships and LLCs, and private foundations. He also has extensive experience working with individuals and corporate fiduciaries in the settlement of large estates and providing advice to trustees and beneficiaries on the administration of trusts. Mr. Noren was selected as a "Connecticut Super Lawyer" and "New England Super Lawyer" which is based on a peer-review survey.

Mr. Noren is admitted to practice in Connecticut and has practiced in the Greater Bridgeport area since 1978. He is a member of the American and Connecticut Bar Associations and the Estates and Probate Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. He received his B.A., cum laude, from Tufts University in 1975. He received his J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School in 1978, where he served for two years on the Suffolk University Law Review.

Mr. Noren has been active in a variety of civic and community organizations. He serves on the Board of Bridgeport Hospital where he recently completed a four year term as its chairman as well as leading the search for a new CEO. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Yale New Haven Health System and on its Compensation and Governance Committees. Mr. Noren holds positions on the Boards of The Fairfield County Community Foundation, Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, the Samuel Staples Free School Fund, Bayview Rest, and the Preston Mountain Club. In addition, he has also been active in leadership positions as chairman of the Easton Board of Ethics, vice chairman of the Bridgeport Hospital Foundation, vice chairman of The Greater Bridgeport Area Foundation, on the Boards of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony and The Kennedy Center, and in various fund raising positions for the United Way and Easton Public Library.

Mr. Noren is a lifelong resident of Easton, Connecticut, where he currently resides with his wife, Renee.

Practice Groups

• Trusts & Estates

Education

• Tufts University, B.A. 1975
• Suffolk University Law School, J.D. 1978

Admissions

• American Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Association

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