Our Team
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & SENIOR TRUST OFFICER
Moira Bessette Martin, Esq.
Attorney Moira Bessette Martin is currently Senior Vice President and Senior Trust Officer at Essex Trust. Prior to joining Essex Trust in 2008, Attorney Martin served in a similar capacity for a large national bank’s private wealth management division. Before working in bank trust administration, Ms. Martin was in the private practice of law for several years in Connecticut and New York with an emphasis on domestic and international estate planning for wealthy individuals, charitable giving techniques and charitable entities formation and ongoing compliance.
More about Moira
During her years of private practice, Attorney Martin focused on advising individuals with regard to all aspects of estate planning, estate and trust administration, charitable planning and the establishment of domestic and international charitable organizations.
In her tenure in bank trust administration, Attorney Martin has managed all aspects of relationship and fiduciary administration for trust and investment management accounts totaling over $400 million. She has also been responsible for new business development and client and investor outreach activities.
Attorney Martin received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Providence College and a Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law. She is a member of the Connecticut and New York state bars and a member of the Connecticut and Eastern Connecticut Tax and Estate Planning Councils.
Vice President Trust Officer
David Zuckerbraun, Esq.
Prior to joining Essex Trust, David served as Vice President, Senior Fiduciary Officer of a regional trust and wealth management firm. In his position he was responsible for the management of large and complex trust relationships, the settlement of complex estates and the management of departmental risk through document review, litigation oversight and the development of fiduciary policies and procedures to be carried out by trust administration staff. David is a member of the Connecticut, District of Columbia and New London County Bar Associations.
More about David
Before his trust and wealth management career, David was engaged in private legal practice for more than 10 years. He holds a B.A. from Union College and a J.D. from the Syracuse University College of Law, where he served as Notes and Comments Editor of the Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce.
David is the past president of both the Estate and Tax Planning Council of Eastern Connecticut and the Rhode Island Estate Planning Council. He has also served as president of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, treasurer of the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, treasurer of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, vice president of the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, and chairman of the Distribution Committee of the James and Mary Shea Foundation.