We are pleased to announce that Edward F. Vinhateiro, J.D., LL.M., has joined the firm as a Partner in the Estate Planning & Administration practice. Ed has extensive experience in estate planning, asset protection, and business succession planning, working primarily with closely held business owners and high net worth individuals.

Ed is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, Loyola University of New Orleans Law School, and the Boston University School of Law. He is a U.S. Army veteran. Ed is admitted to the bar in New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Georgia. 

After working in the M&A arena at PWC, Ed started his legal career at Connecticut’s Nirenstein, Horowitz and Associates, P.C., before transitioning to Sayer Regan & Thayer, LLP in Newport, Rhode Island, where he specialized in trust-based estate planning and estate administration. His career path then led him to Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn, P.C. in Savannah, Georgia, where he concentrated on complex planning strategies for high-net-worth individuals and businesses, along with tax planning for both commercial and tax-exempt transactions. Following this role, he served as of counsel at Patel Burkhalter Law Group in Atlanta, Georgia, primarily advising closely held business owners on estate and tax planning matters. Ed subsequently joined the Trusts & Estates Department at McLane Middleton, P.A. in Manchester, New Hampshire, before his most recent position practicing in the Trusts & Estates Group at Hinckley Allen, P.C.'s Manchester office.