Luke T. Tashjian

Luke is an associate in the Firm’s Trusts & Estates, Business Law, and Tax Departments. His practice includes structuring tax efficient transactions; advising clients on the tax effects of proposed transactions; preparing estate planning and corporate documents; probating estates and preparing tax returns; representing businesses in mergers, acquisitions, and sales; forming for profit and not-for-profit entities; and representing parties in tax controversies and collection matters.

• Member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Tax Section


• Chair of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Tax Section’s Pass-Through Entity Subcommittee


• Co-chair of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Tax Section’s Communications Subcommittee


• Co-chair of the Fairfield County Bar Association’s Tax Committee


• Director, Stamford Rotary Club


• Member, New Canaan Exchange Club

“The Use of Beneficiary Defective Trusts in Modern Estate Planning,” 48 A.B.A. REAL PROP. TR. & EST. L.J. 353 (2014).

“The Survival of Universal Health Care in Massachusetts,” 32 W. NEW. ENG. L. REV. 141 (2010).

Speaker, “2014 Connecticut Tax Law Changes,” New York Society of Independent Accountants, January 2015.

Speaker, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Choosing a Business Entity and Starting a Business from the IRS/ DRS Perspective,” Fairfield County Bar Association, December 2014.

Speaker, “The Connecticut Model Entity Transaction Act,” Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants, September 2014.

Speaker, “Tax Aspects of Cross Entity Mergers and Conversions,” Connecticut Bar Association, March 2014.

Speaker, “Tax Considerations in Choice of Business Entity,” Connecticut Bar Association November 2013.

Speaker, “The Use of Beneficiary Owned Trusts and a Comparison of Such Trusts to Alternate Estate Planning Vehicles,” Connecticut Bar Association’s Tax Section, March 2013.