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Lisa Newfield

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lnewfield@harrisbeachmurtha.com
D: (203) 772-7768  
- Stamford, CT Office
- White Plains, NY Office
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Partner Lisa Newfield
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Lisa represents individuals and families with sophisticated estate planning, trust and estate administration, tax planning, family business succession planning and charitable giving. Lisa also advises tax-exempt institutions’ development and planned giving departments.

Lisa’s areas of experience include:

  • Sophisticated Estate and Tax planning
  • Estate, Gift and Fiduciary Taxation, including representing fiduciaries in estate tax audits
  • Estate and Trust Administration
  • Charitable Planned Giving
  • Representation of exempt organizations from private foundations to public charities with regards to obtaining and maintaining exempt status, major gift planning and obtaining state approvals for gift annuity programs
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Elder Law Planning

Lisa is a noted lecturer on charitable giving and various trusts and estates topics. She has spoken before the New York State Bar Association, the Westchester County Bar Association, the Westchester Women’s Bar Association, educational institutions and tax-exempt organizations. She has contributed to Tax Planning Tips for Professional Advisors, the newsletter of the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York. Lisa has also appeared on Westchester County’s local cable show “Financial Planning with Legal Ease.”

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August 20, 2026

123 Harris Beach Murtha Lawyers Recognized as 2027 Best Lawyers® Award Recipients; 10 Earn “Lawyer of the Year” Recognition

Best Lawyers honorees are selected through a peer-review process evaluating professional excellence within specific practice areas and geogr
February 9, 2021

February 9, 2021 – Lisa Newfield Joins Charitable Gift Planners of Connecticut Board of Directors

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Lisa Newfield to Participate in Estate Planning Webinar

May 20, 2024
Trusts & Estates partner Lisa Newfield will participate in a webinar hosted by George Washington University as part of its GWebinars….
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May 20, 2024

Panelist, "GW Series: Estate Planning Webinar," George Washington University

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Professional and Civic

  • New York State Bar Association
    • Trusts & Estates Law Section, Charitable Planning Committee Vice Chair
    • Elder Law Section, Member
  • Harris Beach Murtha Council on Inclusion and Diversity, Member
  • Fairfield County Bar Association, Probate Section, Former Co-chair
  • Charitable Gift Planners of Connecticut, Board Member
  • The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Ambassadors Committee
  • American Cancer Society, Planned Giving Advisory Council
  • Yeshiva University, Planned Giving Advisory Council
  • Philanthropic Planning Group of Greater New York, Former Board Member

Recognition

Best Lawyers, Trusts and Estates, since 2027

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ConnecticutNew York
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University of Michigan Law School

JD 

George Washington University

BA 
  • BA in Political Science

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Lisa Newfield

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lnewfield@harrisbeachmurtha.com
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Harris Beach Murtha Attorneys at Law
Partner Lisa Newfield

Lisa Newfield

lnewfield@harrisbeachmurtha.com
D: (203) 772-7768
Stamford, CT Office
White Plains, NY Office

Profile

Lisa represents individuals and families with sophisticated estate planning, trust and estate administration, tax planning, family business succession planning and charitable giving. Lisa also advises tax-exempt institutions’ development and planned giving departments.

Lisa's areas of experience include:

  • Sophisticated Estate and Tax planning
  • Estate, Gift and Fiduciary Taxation, including representing fiduciaries in estate tax audits
  • Estate and Trust Administration
  • Charitable Planned Giving
  • Representation of exempt organizations from private foundations to public charities with regards to obtaining and maintaining exempt status, major gift planning and obtaining state approvals for gift annuity programs
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Elder Law Planning

Lisa is a noted lecturer on charitable giving and various trusts and estates topics. She has spoken before the New York State Bar Association, the Westchester County Bar Association, the Westchester Women’s Bar Association, educational institutions and tax-exempt organizations. She has contributed to Tax Planning Tips for Professional Advisors, the newsletter of the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York. Lisa has also appeared on Westchester County’s local cable show “Financial Planning with Legal Ease."

Areas of Expertise

Legal Practices

Member of:

Corporate
Tax
Trusts and Estates

Industry Teams

Member of:

Tax-Exempt Organizations & Nonprofits
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Admissions

ConnecticutNew York

Distinctions

Professional and Civic

  • New York State Bar Association
    • Trusts & Estates Law Section, Charitable Planning Committee Vice Chair
    • Elder Law Section, Member
  • Harris Beach Murtha Council on Inclusion and Diversity, Member
  • Fairfield County Bar Association, Probate Section, Former Co-chair
  • Charitable Gift Planners of Connecticut, Board Member
  • The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Ambassadors Committee
  • American Cancer Society, Planned Giving Advisory Council
  • Yeshiva University, Planned Giving Advisory Council
  • Philanthropic Planning Group of Greater New York, Former Board Member

Recognition

Best Lawyers, Trusts and Estates, since 2027

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