Attorneys and Staff Profiles

Barry D. Horowitz is a founding partner and President of the law firm of Nirenstein, Horowitz & Associates, P.C. & received his diploma from the Loomis Chaffee School

Jeffrey A. Nirenstein is a Founding Partner and Vice President of the law firm of Nirenstein, Horowitz & Associates, P.C. He received his law degree from New York Law School.

John McCann is an attorney with the law firm, He received his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Edward A. Lowe is an associate attorney at the law firm of Nirenstein, Horowitz & Associates, P.C. where he practices exclusively in the area of Estate Planning. Mr. Lowe grew up in Preston..

Veronica joined the firm in 2014 as its Chief Operating Officer. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business and her Master’s Degree in Organizational Management from Eastern Connecticut State University.

Karen has been with NHA for approximately 14 years. She is a member of the National and local chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators.

Carla has been with the firm for over 27 years beginning her career as administrative assistant and working her way up to Marketing Coordinator and now she is the Director of Marketing.

Jennifer has been with the firm for 18 years. She has her Bachelor’s degree from Quinnipiac University. Jennifer currently drafts all of our trust documents for attorney review.

Larry served in the Marine Corps and worked 20 years for the CT Department of Corrections, before pursing a career as a paralegal.

Leigh is a paralegal on the trust administration team, having joined the firm in October 2012

Steve joined NHA as a trust administration paralegal in 2014. Recognizing his excellent customer service skills, we offered him a position as Marketing Assistant in 2015. Steve has since become our Associate Director of Marketing.

Patrick has been a member of the trust administration team for four years. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Law, Economics and Government (CLEG) from American University in Washington, D.C.

In 2015, Melissa joined NHA in a work-study capacity while pursuing her Associate’s Degree in Paralegal Studies where she was on the Dean’s List. Melissa also has her Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts from Capital Community College.

Dawn has been with the firm for two years. She started as a paralegal on our production team and is currently working with trust administration.

After spending nine years working in Connecticut, New York and Vietnam, Kellie joined NHA as Assistant Marketing Coordinator in 2016 and now she is our Digital Marketing Coordinator.

With more than 20 years of paralegal experience, Deb joined NHA in November 2016. She was responsible for handling all trust amendments and restatements for our clients.

Austin joined the firm in February 2017 as a paralegal in our production department. In addition to his paralegal duties, Austin is our onsite IT technician.

Michele joined NHA in October 2017 as an accountant. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Hartford.

Dorian joined the NHA team as an Administrative Assistant. Dorian is now our Amendments and Restatements Paralegal.