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About Our Bequest
Management Practice

Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick LTD has a dedicated team of attorneys and professionals focused entirely on Bequest Management. Our team understands the importance of planned giving to non-profits and charities and is dedicated to fulfilling the wishes of your donors while maximizing your gifts and minimizing administrative costs and burdens.

We Work as a Team to Advance Your Work

Established in June 2017, CCK’s Bequest Management practice is dedicated to fulfilling the wishes of charitable donors while maximizing gifts and minimizing administrative costs and burdens for non-profit organizations and charities nationwide.  CCK is committed to delivering high-quality service on behalf of the charities and non-profit organizations we serve.

CCK’s Bequest Management group works to ensure prompt and full distribution of intended testamentary gifts to charities and non-profit organizations while also respecting and following the intentions of donors.

Our Bequest Team

Scott Kilpatrick

J. Scott Kilpatrick

Mr. Kilpatrick (Scott) is an experienced trial attorney, having tried dozens of jury cases to verdicts, and hundreds of other bench trials, arbitrations, and mediations. He is a founding partner of the firm and directly oversees the firm’s Bequest Management Practice.

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Christian McTarnaghan

Christian A. McTarnaghan

Christian is a partner at Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick.  His law practice focuses on bequest management, representing national charities and non-profit organizations in fulfilling the wishes of their charitable donors while maximizing gifts and minimizing any administrative burden. Christian is a member of the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners (CGP) and the Charitable Gift Planners of Houston (CGPH).

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Lindy Nash

Linden K. Nash

Lindy serves as a Supervising Attorney in the Bequest Management practice of the firm. Her practice focuses on representing national charities and non-profit organizations in fulfilling the wishes of their charitable donors while maximizing gifts and minimizing any administrative burden. She supervises a skilled team of attorneys and paralegals who advocate for nonprofit institutions as beneficiaries of matured bequests.

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Chris Clay

Christopher J. Clay

Christopher J. Clay, J.D., Ph.D. joined CCK in November of 2020 as Of Counsel. Chris brings a unique skill set and breadth of experience to the Bequest Management team. As General Counsel of a major charity for two decades, Chris supervised the settlement of over 5000 estates involving charitable gifts. For much of his tenure, he also served as the Director of Gift Planning. In that role, he focused heavily, and successfully, on expanding bequest cultivation. Chris’ understanding of the full spectrum of the gift planning life cycle has proven beneficial to CCK’s bequest management clients.

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Samantha Corso

Samantha M. Corso

Samantha joined CCK in May 2019 and is a Senior Trusts & Estates Case Manager. With over 10 years of experience in estate planning and probate administration, Samantha helps to collect, organize, and analyze documents relating to estates and trusts to facilitate bequest management solutions for clients.

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Molly Rogers

Molly A. Rogers

Molly joined CCK in January 2022 as a Trusts & Estates Case Manager in the Bequest Management practice where she monitors the progress of trusts and estates administrations, ensures, donors’ wishes are honored, and accelerates the distribution of their gifts.

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Madisyn Deane

Madisyn Deane

Madisyn joined CCK in June 2023 as a Trusts and Estates Case Manager in the Bequest Management practice where she monitors the progress of trusts and estates administrations, ensures, donors’ wishes are honored, and accelerates the distribution of their gifts.

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Jillian Brissette

Jillian Brissette

Jillian joined CCK in June 2023 as a Trusts and Estates Case Manager in the Bequest Management practice where she monitors the progress of trusts and estates administrations, ensures donors’ wishes are honored, and accelerates the distribution of their gifts.

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Paula Kutneski

Paula Kutneski

Paula joined the CCK Bequest Management team in July 2023 as a Senior Trusts and Estates Case Manager. With 15 years of paralegal experience in the fields of bankruptcy, civil litigation, and trust administration, Paula works to ensure prompt and full distribution of intended testamentary gifts to charities and non-profit organizations by thoroughly reviewing legal documentation, including wills, trusts, beneficiary designations, probate proceedings, and accountings.

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Sophia Tighe

Sophia Tighe

Sophia joined CCK in July 2023 as a Trusts and Estates Case Manager in the Bequest Management practice where she monitors the progress of trusts and estates administrations, ensures donors’ wishes are honored, and accelerates the distribution of their gifts.

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Dylan Bracken

Dylan Bracken

Dylan joined CCK in July 2023 as a Trusts and Estates Case Manager in the Bequest Management practice where he works to administer gifts intended for charities and non-profit organizations. Dylan assists in evaluating legal and financial documentation to ensure that donor’s wishes are met, and clients receive their distribution in a timely manner.

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Gloria Hand

Gloria Hand

Gloria joined CCK in October 2023 as a Trust and Estates Attorney. Her practice focuses on representing national charities and non-profit organizations in fulfilling the intentions of their generous donors, optimizing donations, and reducing administrative complexities. Before joining CCK, Gloria worked as an Estate Planning and Settlement Attorney in Wisconsin. She maintains a law license in Wisconsin.

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