Erin Nicholls

Partner, Wiggin and Dana

Erin is a Partner in Wiggin and Dana’s Private Client Services Department, where she focuses her practice on a wide range of tax, estate, and business planning matters. She is Co-Chair of the Family Office and Strategic Investments Group.

In that role, Erin works with individuals, family offices, and closely held businesses on issues related to wealth preservation, taxation, business succession planning, and charitable giving. She also counsels tax-exempt entities throughout all phases of their formation and compliance, and she advises a multinational financial institution with respect to fiduciary duties and trust administration.

Outside of the office, Erin is a fellow on the Connecticut Advisory Board of the Trust for Public Land, and she is an active member of the Connecticut Bar Association.

Erin earned her J.D. with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law, where she was a Connecticut Scholar and the Symposium Editor for the Connecticut Law Review. She earned her B.A. cum laude in Political Science from the Honors
Program at the University of Connecticut, where she was also Captain of the Dressage Team.