Oak, Elm & Birch LLP
Rooted in Experience.
Growing With You.
A Hartford law firm since 1974. Corporate, litigation, real estate, trusts & estates, labor & employment, and tax counsel for Connecticut businesses, families, and institutions.
Leadership
The partners leading the firm's four largest practice groups. The full attorney directory is searchable by practice and tier.
Steven Stone
Managing Partner
Managing Partner; leads Corporate and M&A transactions for Connecticut insurance, energy, and advanced-materials clients.
Lance Harrington
Deputy MP / Litigation Chair
Litigation chair and Deputy Managing Partner; first-chair trial counsel in commercial, securities, and crisis matters.
Winona Thorpe
Equity Partner, Head of T&E
Leads the Trusts & Estates practice; advises Connecticut families on wealth transfer and fiduciary litigation.
Wallace Blackwood
Equity Partner, Head of Real Estate
Heads Real Estate; commercial development, mixed-use, and Connecticut shoreline permitting matters.
Recent Insights
Connecticut and federal legal developments, written by the attorneys handling the matters.
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Tax
The Connecticut Pass-Through Entity Tax Is Still Doing Its Job — But the Compliance Calculus Is Getting Harder
By Flannery O'Neill
Seven years after enactment, Connecticut's Pass-Through Entity Tax remains the cleanest of the state-level workarounds to the federal SALT cap. But the interaction with recent IRS...
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Real Estate
Commercial Lease Renewal Clauses After the 2023 Retail Shakeout — Where the Bargaining Room Actually Moved
By Whitney Chen
The retail vacancy picture in Connecticut shifted fast in 2023 and 2024, and the renewal-clause language that landlords and tenants had been negotiating against for years is now...
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Corporate
What We Are Seeing in Middle-Market PE Deal Flow — Connecticut Insurance and Advanced Manufacturing, 2024 into 2025
By Giovanni Marchetti
Middle-market private equity activity in Connecticut held up better than the headline numbers suggest in 2024, and the composition of the deal flow tells a more interesting story...
Recent News
Firm announcements, honors, and community milestones.
Recognition
Connecticut, Band 1 Litigation and Band 2 Corporate/M&A, 2024
Seven attorneys recognized in the 2025 edition, including Lawyer of the Year for Trusts & Estates (Hartford)
Multiple attorneys recognized across practice areas, 2024
Hartford Office
280 Trumbull Street, 18th FloorHartford, CT 06103
(860) 555-0174
Visitor parking is validated at the 280 Trumbull garage. The office is four blocks from the Bushnell Center and a ten-minute walk from Hartford Union Station.
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