Catherine Ray Mannion is an Associate Attorney in the firm's Trust and Estates Group and works in the firm's Syracuse and Ithaca offices. Cathy provides comprehensive support to clients throughout every stage of estate planning, including creating simple and complex wills, irrevocable and revocable trusts, and high-net-worth tax planning. She also advises trustees and executors to ensure a smooth transition of assets during trust and estate administration.Cathy's approach is deeply personalized; she invests time in understanding her clients and their families so she can design an estate plan that reflects their true wishes and unique circumstances. Her educational background in psychology, along with her empathetic approach as an attorney, earns her the complete confidence of her clients as she guides them through an often sensitive and complex period of life.In addition to her trusts and estates practice, Cathy contributes her tax experience to our ERISA Practice Group, specifically in working with clients to prepare qualified domestic relations orders and assisting small businesses with IRS compliance issues related to their employer sponsored retirement plans.