Constance Tromble Eyster
Practice Areas
Estate Planning
Marital & Premarital Agreements
Probate & Estate Administration
Trust Administration
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
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Member, Advisory Board for Boulder County Senior Law Day, 2024-Present
Member, Board of Lyons Regional Library District Foundation, 2016-Present
Member, Board of the Colorado Bar Foundation, 2016-2019
Chair and Member, Board of Adjustments for Town of Lyons, 2009-Present
Co-chair of the founding advisory board for the Lyons Community Foundation, 2007-2009
Founding coordinator, Boulder County Pro Se Probate Assistance Program, 2004-2009
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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
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