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
J. Scott Kilpatrick
Scott is a founding partner of CCK. He managed the firm for years, and now focuses his professional time on policies and practices to maximize the firm’s impact for clients, as well as disabled individuals and supporting organizations nationwide. He is particularly involved with the firm’s growing Bequest Management practice, representing charities to maximize and accelerate payment of donor’s bequests.
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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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Linden K. Nash
Lindy serves as a Managing Attorney in the Bequest Management practice of the firm. Her practice focuses on representing national charities and nonprofit 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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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 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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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 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 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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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 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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Frieda Nomenyo
Frieda joined CCK in August 2024 as a Trusts and Estates Case Manager in the Bequest Management practice where she analyzes legal documents, oversees the progress of trusts and estates administrations, advocates and ensures that the donor and client wishes are met, while distributing their gifts in a timely manner.