Thomas H. Belknap

Tom Belknap joined Ropes & Gray as a partner in 2003 and retired on December 31, 2006, though he continues to provide trust services to clients.

Tom focuses on estate planning, estate administration, and trusteeship. He is the trustee of over 100 revocable and irrevocable private family and charitable trusts. Tom’s practice includes significant work in estate, gift, generation-skipping and fiduciary income tax planning, as well as insurance planning and the disposition of family businesses. In addition, he has developed a specialty focusing on estate planning for non-traditional families.

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Areas of Practice 1) Trusts & Estates
Law School Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D. 1965)
Education Yale University (B.A., 1962)
Bar Member / Association State Bar Of Massachusetts , State Bar Of Boston , State Bar Of New York
Most recent firm Ropes & Gray LLP
Ellen J. Deringer
Ellen J. Deringer

Ellen J. Deringer is of counsel in Morgan Lewis's Personal Law Practice.Ms. Deringer earned her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2000 and her B.A. from Brown University in 1995.

Francis J. Mirabello
Francis J. Mirabello

Francis J. Mirabello is a partner in and manager of Morgan Lewis's Personal Law Practice.Mr. Mirabello is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, California, and Florida.

Frederick M. LaValley
Frederick M. LaValley

Frederick M. LaValley is of counsel in Morgan Lewis's Personal Law Practice. Mr. LaValley has prepared estate plans for individuals and drafted wills, trust agreements, powers of attorney, and partnership documents to effect such plans.