Attorneys & Directors

Attorneys

Leslie C. Giordani
Partner

Leslie primarily represents high net worth individuals and family offices in a wide variety of legal matters. Her particular focus is domestic and international trust, investment, and life insurance structures.

View Attorney Profile

Michael H. Ripp, Jr.
Partner

Michael represents high net worth individuals and family offices in the design, implementation, and administration of domestic and international trust, investment, and life insurance structures.

View Attorney Profile

Cindy L. Grossman
Partner

Cindy has a breadth of experience in corporate and partnership formation and operation, entity conversion and reorganization, business planning, business succession, and asset protection planning.

View Attorney Profile
Lauren Fitte

Lauren M. Fitte
Partner

Lauren focuses on the design, implementation and administration of domestic and international estate and business plans for GFGR’s clients.

View Attorney Profile

Directors

Robert W. Chesner, Jr.
Finance & Insurance

Bob assists high net worth individuals and family offices in the design and implementation of domestic and offshore life insurance and annuity structures.

View Director Profile

Peggy A. Ugent
Tax & Accounting

Ms. Ugent retired as the firm’s Director of Tax and Accounting in April 2018, but she continues to share her extensive experience on an as-needed basis with the firm.

View Director Profile

J. Ross Buchholtz
Tax & Accounting

Ross draws upon his extensive experience as a senior certified public accountant to advise clients on a variety of income and transfer tax matters.

View Director Profile