About the Authors
Suzanne Brown Walsh, JD, is a partner at Murtha Cullina LLP, a large regional law firm with multiple offices in Connecticut and Massachusetts. She holds a BS degree from Boston University and a JD from Suffolk University Law School. Ms. Walsh represents clients in the areas of estate and tax planning, estate and trust administration, trust and estate planning and administration for individuals with special needs, trust modifications, and trustee changes. She is a Connecticut Uniform Law Commissioner.
Catherine Anne Seal, CELA, CAP, is the senior member in the law firm of Kirtland & Seal LLC in Colorado Springs. Ms. Seal is the Public Administrator for the Fourth Judicial District of Colorado, serving El Paso and Teller Counties. She is the first person awarded an LLM degree in Elder Law from the Stetson University College of Law, graduating with honors. Ms. Seal received her BBA degree with honors from Colorado State University and a MS degree in marketing from the University of Colorado–Denver. She received her law degree from the University of Colorado Law School and holds a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology from the University of Colorado–Colorado Springs. She is a member of the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trusts and Estate Law Section where she serves as co-chair of the Surrogate Decision Making Committee. She is president of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and is past-chair of its Guardianship Section. She is the past-president of the Colorado Chapter of NAELA, and is one of only seven attorneys in Colorado designated a Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. As a member of the Colorado Bar Association, Ms. Seal is a past-chair of the Elder Law Section. She is the author of Colorado Elder Law, published by Thompson West Publishing.