Constance Tromble Eyster

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connie.eyster@hbcboulder.com
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Experience

Connie Tromble Eyster has been with Hutchinson Black and Cook since 2001. Her practice focuses on estate planning, probate and trust administration. She has represented a wide variety of individuals with their gifting, charitable contributions, marital agreements, wills, trusts, and other estate planning concerns. She also assists families with the administration of guardianships, conservatorships, and decedent's estates.

Connie is a frequent speaker on estate planning and estate administration topics throughout Colorado.  She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Council and a past Chair of the Colorado Bar Association Trust and Estate Section.  Connie was selected as the 2020 Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year for Boulder by The Best Lawyers in America®.  She received "Lawyer of the Year" honors in 2017 and 2012 for Trusts and Estates as well, and has been named a Best Lawyer since 2008. 

AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
• Constance Tromble Eyster, presentation on Engagement Letters for Estate Planning Clients, ACTEC Rocky Mountain Institute, Summer 2024
• Constance Tromble Eyster and Randi Grassgreen, presentation on Living with the UTC in Colorado, ACTEC Meeting for the Rocky Mountain Region, Fall 2022
• Constance Tromble Eyster and Carl G. Stevens, The Colorado Uniform Trust Code, Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 48, No. 3 (March 2019).
• Constance Tromble Eyster and Lisa Willcox, presentation on Common Mistakes in Planning with Retirement Benefits, CBA-CLE Trust and Estate Fall Update 2018.
• Constance Tromble Eyster, Colorado Uniform Trust Code, presentation at the 2018 Colorado Estate Planning Retreat, the Denver Estate Planning Counsel, and the Boulder Estate Planning Counsel.
• Jennifer Spitz and Constance Tromble Eyster, Ten Tax Tips and Traps, presentation at the Colorado Estate Planning Retreat 2014.
• Constance Tromble Eyster, Engagement Letters, Colorado Estate Planning Handbook, (Johns, McVey, and Wood, ed., 6th ed. 2013).
• Constance Tromble Eyster, Engagement Letters and Common Conflicts of Interest in Joint Representation, The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 38, No. 2 (February 2009).
• Constance Beck Wood, Gordon J. Williams, Michael B. Holder, Constance Tromble Eyster, New and Old Disclaimer Planning Techniques (6 MB), June 2005 (Estate Planning Retreat, Continuing Legal Education of Colorado, Inc.).
• Louisa M. Ritsick and Constance Tromble Eyster, Probate and Trust Law, 2004 Annual Survey of Colorado Law.
• Christopher R. Brauchli and Constance Tromble Eyster, Joint Tenancy, Colorado Estate Planning Handbook (Johns, McVey, and Wood, ed., 5th ed. 2004).
• Louisa M. Ritsick and Constance Tromble Eyster, Probate and Trust Law, 2003 Annual Survey of Colorado Law.
• Constance Tromble Eyster, Estate Planning Considerations When Distributing Assets from A Conservatorship Estate, The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 32, No. 8 (August 2003).
• Constance Tromble Eyster, The Testamentary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege: Defining the Parameters, Boulder County Bar Newsletter, March 2003.
• Louisa M. Ritsick and Constance Tromble Eyster, Probate and Trust Law, 2002 Annual Survey of Colorado Law.

Education

  • University of Colorado School of Law, J.D., 2000

    • Order of the Coif

    • University of Colorado Law Review

    • Edward C. King Award

  • Dartmouth College, A.B., cum laude, 1995

Bar Admissions / Clerkships

  • Colorado, 2000

  • Law Clerk, Honorable Michael Bender, 2000-2001; Colorado Supreme Court

Memberships / Awards

  • Co-Editor ACTEC State Surveys 2019-2025

  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) member, 2012 to present

  • American Bar Association

  • Colorado Bar Association

    • Chair, Executive Council of Trust and Estate Section, 2013-2014

    • Chair, Statutory Revisions Committee, Trust and Estate Section, 2009-2010

    • Trust and Estate Section Council Member, 2006-2008

    • Chair, Orange Book Subcommittee, Trust and Estate Section, 2004-2005

  • Boulder County Bar Association

    • Member, Board of Directors, Boulder County Bar Association, 2005-2007

    • Young Lawyer of the Year Award, 2004

  • American Bar Foundation Fellow

  • Colorado Bar Association Fellow

  • Colorado Bar Leadership Training Program, 2007-2009, Chair 2009

  • Boulder County 40 Under 40, Boulder County Business Report, 2010

  • Best Lawyers in America

    • Selected for Trusts and Estates, 2008-2024

    • Selected as 2020 Lawyer of the Year, Trusts and Estates, Boulder Area

    • Selected as 2017 Lawyer of the Year, Trusts and Estates, Boulder Area

    • Selected as 2012 Lawyer of the Year, Trusts and Estates, Denver Area

  • Colorado Super Lawyers

    • Selected for Estate Planning & Probate, 2020-2024

    • Selected for Estate Planning & Probate, Nonprofit Organizations, Real Estate, 2018-2019

    • Selected for Rising Stars, 2009-2013