John Alan Hartog
Partner
John Hartog is a partner in Nutter’s Private Client Department. He focuses his practice on estate planning, trust and probate administration, including dispute resolution, and taxation matters. Mr. Hartog has particular expertise in counseling trustees administering living trusts and in resolving disputes among beneficiaries and fiduciaries. He is regularly engaged as an expert consultant and testifying expert in high stakes fiduciary disputes. Educational History Achievements & Other Notable Experience John is a recognized leader in numerous professional organizations, including: In addition, John has extensive experience in lecturing on estate planning topics and authoring various legal works. A select group of his publications and presentations include: Noteworthy Achievements
Christina Dawson
Of Counsel
Christina S. Dawson is an of counsel in Nutter’s Private Client Department. She focuses her practice on estate planning for a variety of clients, ranging from relatively simple estate plans for families and individuals to more complex plans, utilizing sophisticated strategies to minimize estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Christina advises personal representatives and trustees on all aspects of probate, estate, and trust administration; including estate tax return preparation, and the appointment of guardians and conservators for minors and incapacitated individuals. She also counsels public charities and private foundations on a variety of matters, including operation, grantmaking, and tax compliance matters. Christina was accepted into the New England Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). https://www.nutter.com/people-Christina-S-Dawson
Nikki Sherwood
Partner
Nikki Marie Sherwood is a partner in Nutter’s Private Client Department. Her practice focuses on estate and tax planning for high net worth clients, including trust and estate administration, serving as a trustee, probate, charitable planning with private foundations, and special needs planning. Clients rely on Nikki to draft sophisticated estate planning instruments, such as spousal lifetime access trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, life insurance trusts, intentionally defective grantor trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, and charitable remainder trusts. She also represents her clients in court proceedings regarding trust issues as well as in probate matters such as special personal representative appointments, guardianships and conservatorships. https://www.nutter.com/people-Nikki-M-Sherwood
