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CT law firms follow tax-averse clients south
By Gregory Seay
gseay@HartfordBusiness.com
H
artford law firm Day Pit-
ney LLP's merger last
summer with its long-time
South Florida counterpart has-
tened the trend of Connecticut
barristers establishing beach-
heads in the Sunshine State,
where an increasing number of
wealthy Connecticut clients are
moving for the lower tax environ-
ment and warmer climate.
In August, Day Pitney merged
with Delray, Fla., firm Chapin,
Ballerano & Cheslack, with whom
it had a 40-year correspondent
relationship providing legal
advice to Day Pitney clients locat-
ed in Florida, said Day Pitney part-
ner Gregory Hayes.
As more Nutmeg State small-
business owners, part-time "snow-
birds,'' retirees and corporate
hedge funds relocate or spend more
time in Florida, as well as Arizona,
South Carolina and Texas, among
other low-tax states, Day Pitney
and other law firms say they are
eagerly following them there.
About 96,000 Connecticut resi-
dents moved out of the state in 2014,
according to U.S. Census Bureau
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(From left) Brian Cheslack, Robert Miller, Day Pitney's Gregory Hayes, James Ballerano.
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