Elise H. Salek is Chair of the Sulloway & Hollis Tax, Trusts and Estates Practice Group which provides a full range of legal services. She is a member of the firm and has practiced with Sulloway & Hollis since 1996.

Ms. Salek is named in Best Lawyers in America in the field of Trusts & Estates. She is a member of the New Hampshire Estate Planning Council, Elder Law, Estate Planning and Probate section of the New Hampshire Bar Association.  In 2018, she was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel.

Ms. Salek concentrates her practice in estate planning and probate administration with an emphasis on federal estate and gift taxation, charitable planning, and probate litigation. She has presented numerous seminars on estate planning, probate, wealth transfer planning, business succession planning, and estate and gift taxation

Year Joined Firm

1996

Areas of Practice

Trusts and Estates
Probate Litigation
Guardianships
Charitable Planning Formation
Estate and Gift Taxation

Bar Admissions

New Hampshire, 1992
Massachusetts, 1993

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
J.D.

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
LL.M.
Major: Taxation

Boston College
B.A. summa cum laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

News & Announcements

• Sulloway Attorneys Selected 2021 Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch and Lawyer of the Year
• Several Sulloway & Hollis Attorneys Selected “The Best Lawyers in America”
• Two Sulloway & Hollis Attorneys Selected Lawyers of the Year

Published Works

• NH Senate Bill 74 – Significant changes to health care advanced directives 
• United States Supreme Court Rules Key DOMA Provision Unconstitutional
• Federal Tax Update
• Temporary Estate Tax Reform: Congress Passes the 2010 Tax Relief Act
• IRS Changes Addresses for Filing Tax Returns
• Simplified IRA Distribution Rules
• Federal Estate Tax Amendments

Classes/Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, Estate planning at University of New Hampshire School of Law

Honors and Awards

• Elected a Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, 2018
• The Best Lawyers in America© – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates Litigation, and Tax Law

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New Hampshire Bar Association Elder Law, Estate Planning and Probate Law Section, Co-Chair
• Coos County Bar Association, Past President
• New Hampshire Estate Planning Council, Member
• American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, Fellow

Community Activities

• Capitol Region Board of Advisors of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation