Thomas T. Adams
"Clients are looking for understanding and compassion from lawyers who take their interests to heart."
Phone: 203-762-9000
Attorney Adams is a co-founder of Gregory and Adams, P.C. He began his career as a trial lawyer at a New York City firm. After coming to Wilton, Attorney Adams continued his work as a trial lawyer and served as Attorney to the Town of Wilton and its various boards of officials for six years. He currently serves by judicial appointment as the permanent guardian ad item of a charitable lead trust with assets originally valued in excess of $100 million and advises clients in the administration of trusts and estates. He has served on the faculty at both Cornell and Fordham University Law Schools. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Cornell Law School and is a member emeritus of its Advisory Council.
Practice areas
- Trusts and estates
- Probate
Awards
Admitted
- Connecticut, 1964
- New York, 1957 until voluntary resignation in December, 2008
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Tax Court
- Various United States District Courts
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Activities
- Trustee and president of The Five Town Foundation
- Trustee of the Wilton Library and the Norwalk Hospital
- Chair of the Building Committee for Wilton High School
- Member of the Connecticut Council of Bar Presidents
- Director of the American Judicature Society
Education
- Cornell University, J.D., 1957
- University of Buffalo, B.A., History, 1951
Biography
- Born in Orchard Park, New York
- Attorney Adams resides in Wilton, Connecticut
- Phi Delta Phi
- Visiting Lecturer, Cornell Law School, 1962–1965
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University, School of Law, 1973–1976
- Town Attorney, Wilton, 1966–1971
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, Cornell Law School, 1990
