Best Lawyers in New York, United States for Trusts and Estates
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Myles Fischer, a dedicated member of the Trusts and Estates practice group at Harris Beach Murtha, brings a depth of knowledge in estate planning, administration, and tax matters across New York and Florida. His services include estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, asset protection, vacation home planning, and complex strategies such as grantor-retained interest trusts and split-interest charitable trusts. Myles collaborates with high net-worth families, ensuring effec...
Barbara E. Shiers is a partner in our Estate Planning & Administration Group. Ms. Shiers previously served as co-chair of the group, and as a member of the firm’s management committee, for many years. Ms. Shiers represents high net-worth individuals, professionals, and entrepreneurs in domestic and international estate , gift, and income tax planning, estate and trust administration, IRS audits, and probate and tax litigation. She has extensive experience advising individuals and fi...
Karen Martino Valle is Of Counsel to our firm and focuses her practice on the organization and operation of business and not-for-profit corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, as well as estate planning and administration, contested estate and trust matters and business succession planning. She advises clients on a wide range of business matters, including transactional matters, mergers and acquisitions, tax planning and commercial leasing and financing, with a specific fo...
Anita S. Rosenbloom concentrates in the areas of estate planning, business succession planning and estate and trust administration and litigation. She has particular expertise concerning estate, gift, generation-skipping and fiduciary income taxes and the use of life insurance and other trust vehicles in estate plans to reduce tax liability. Since joining Stroock in 1980, Ms. Rosenbloom has represented individuals, corporations, closely held businesses and other entities in transactions invol...
Wendy Hoey Sheinberg is a partner at Rivkin Radler LLP in Uniondale, New York and a member of the firm’s Elder Law and Trusts & Estates Practice Groups. Her practice focuses on elder law, guardianship, special needs planning, trust and estate planning, and trust and estate administration. Wendy advises individuals and families on planning strategies that address long-term care considerations, asset protection, and the orderly administration of estates. She regularly assists clients ...
Louis Vlahos is an attorney at Rivkin Radler LLP in Uniondale, New York whose practice focuses on Tax Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Litigation and Controversy - Tax, and Trusts and Estates. He advises businesses, individuals, and tax-exempt organizations on a wide range of federal and state tax matters, including corporate, individual, and partnership income taxation, as well as estate and gift taxation. His work includes tax planning, ruling requests, and rep...
John Barnosky is a trusts and estates lawyer advising families, individuals, banks, foundations, and other institutions. Jack handles the full range of estate planning, probate and administration, as well as taxation matters. John also represents clients in litigated trusts and estates matters, including will contests, disputes over the validity of trusts, contested accounting proceedings, and tax disputes before the Surrogate’s Courts and other courts throughout New York. A longtime le...
Michael W. Galligan is a partner in the Trusts & Estates Department at Phillips Nizer LLP, where he practices primarily in the areas of domestic and international estates and trusts, U.S. and cross-border estate and income tax planning, private international law, and immigration. Mr. Galligan concentrates his practice in complex U.S. and international estate planning and the administration of U.S. and non-U.S. trusts, estates and other wealth transfer and wealth preservation vehicles. In ...
Jonathan Rikoon practices in the areas of trust and estate planning, administration and litigation. He engages in sophisticated estate and tax planning for wealthy individuals and families, preparation of wills and trusts and the administration of trusts and estates. He helps to establish various tax-efficient multi-tier family, business and investment vehicles, such as partnerships, limited liability companies and closely held corporations with trust ownership, and he structures third-party ...
Ronni Davidowitz helps clients sort out the legal, business, tax and personal issues that can arise when planning their estates or managing their wealth. As the head of Katten's New York Private Wealth practice, she understands that listening and being responsive are two of the most important services she can bring to her client relationships. Changes in tax laws, the economic climate, and family and business situations may require adjustments to clients' estate and wealth plans. Ronni is a r...
Jerry Levine concentrates his practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and income and estate taxation. He represents closely held businesses, real estate owners and developers, entertainment and media clients, private investors and entrepreneurs, and executives of publicly held companies. Jerry’s experience encompasses wills and trusts, estate and gift tax audits, valuation of closely held businesses, estate and trust accountings, domicile disputes, Tax Court procee...
John F. Leone has practiced almost 30 years in the areas of wills, estate planning, estate and trust administration, qualified retirement plans and residential and commercial real estate. He received both his J.D. and B.S. degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo.In connection with his wills and estates practice, John has successfully defended proponents of wills subject to will contests, contested wills on behalf of beneficiaries, and has filed claims relating to breaches of ...
Jonathan D. Schechter’s practice and experience includes business counseling and corporate law, commercial real estate and financing, estates, trusts, taxation and cross-border and business tax planning. Using his in-depth knowledge of tax law, he assists owners of both publicly traded and closely held businesses with their legal needs as well as their personal estate planning. Jonathan provides day-to-day counsel and representation to publicly traded companies, small business enterpris...
Ty represents individuals, banks and trust companies in estate and trust matters. His work involves sophisticated tax planning in the estate and gift tax and fiduciary income tax areas, including litigating those issues on behalf of his clients. Before joining Sullivan, Ty was a partner with Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Harris E. Markhoff is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Trusts and Estates. Harris E., who practices law in White Plains, New York, has been recognized since 1989. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Harris E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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