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Overview

Rebecca Iannantuoni is co-chair of the firm's Special Needs Planning practice group. She advises individuals and families on estate planning, particularly special needs planning, protective proceedings and eligibility for government benefit programs. She also represents clients in all aspects of estate and generational wealth planning, estate administration and other probate matters, including guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. Additionally, she is appointed to serve as a guardian ad litem, conservator, and guardian of intellectually disabled individuals in complex probate court matters.
 
Rebecca is a member of multiple organizations on behalf of individuals with special needs and often speaks covering diverse topics, including special needs planning, guardianship, and alternatives/supported decision-making, as well as government benefits for individuals with special needs.
 
In addition to her practice, Rebecca is a Visiting Clinical Lecturer at Yale Law School and the Legal Supervisor of Yale Law School's Palliative and Geriatric Medical Legal Partnerships, a pro bono partnership where poverty focused legal services are embedded in the health care setting in an effort to identify, embrace and solve for social determinants of health (such as, housing and food insecurity, access to public assistance benefits and other civil legal needs that may be impacting a person's well-being). She also provides pro bono legal representation to children through the Lawyers for Children America, Inc. ("LFCA").

Education and Credentials

Education

  • Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
  • Manhattanville College, B.A., with Departmental Honors

Admissions

  • State of Connecticut

Affiliations

  • Yale Law School, Solomon Center, Palliative Medical Legal Partnership, Legal Supervisor
  • National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
  • Connecticut Bar Association, Estates and Probate Section; Elder Law Section
  • State of Connecticut, Office of Victim Services, Victim Compensation Commissioner
  • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Member

Recognition and Community

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Recognitions

Recipient of Service to the Community Award from Quinnipiac University School of Law, 2025

Recipient of one of The Honorable Anthony V. DeMayo Pro Bono Awards from the Connecticut Bar Association, 2024

Recipient of one of the Advocate Hero, Champion for Children Awards from the Lawyers for Children America, Inc., 2024

Chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.), Litigation – Trusts and Estates, 2023-2026, Trusts and Estates, 2023-2026

Recipient of Coleman Award for outstanding pro bono work from Day Pitney, 2019

Certificate of Appreciation from the Greenwich Probate Court for outstanding pro bono service, 2007 – 2011

Certificate of Appreciation from the Department of Children and Families for valuable contributions assisting with achieving permanency for children, 2010

Connecticut General Assembly, Official Citation in recognition of creating and establishing the Waterbury Regional Children's Probate Court, October 2008

Community Involvement

Fellowship Place, Board of Directors

In The Media

Publications

  • For Children with Special Needs: Special Needs Trusts and Other Planning Options, Day Pitney LLP, winter 2020
  • Drafting and Administering the Special Needs Trust, A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Connecticut | 2019, A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Connecticut, MCLE New England, May 1, 2019
  • Drafting and Administering the Special Needs Trust, A Practical Guide to Estate Planning In Connecticut | 2017, A Practical Guide to Estate Planning In Connecticut, MCLE New England, May 1, 2017
  • Drafting and Administering the Special Needs Trust, A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Connecticut | 2015, A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Connecticut, MCLE New England, May 1, 2015
  • Drafting and Administering the Special Needs Trust, A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Connecticut, A Practical Guide to Estate Planning in Connecticut, MCLE New England, May 1, 2013

Media Mentions

Speaking Engagements

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