Practice Area

Trusts and Estates

Our firm’s Trusts and Estates Department has been a keystone area of the firm’s practice for many years.

With extensive experience in all aspects of estates and trusts, the attorneys in this department are dedicated to giving clients full, quality and respectful service to address all of their needs.

Our T&E Department specializes in a wide range of estate and trust fields. They have knowledge and experience in assisting U.S. and non-U.S. citizens with all aspects of their estate planning goals, in addition to advising on estate and gift tax issues that may arise. Probate of Wills, estate and trust administration, family succession planning and Surrogate’s Court proceedings are a particular specialty of our skills.

Our Trusts and Estates group works closely with the corporate, real estate, and litigation departments in our firm to provide the fullest spectrum of advice and legal service to all our clients.

Estate and Gift Tax Planning

Wills
Trusts
- - Charitable Remainder Trusts
  - Dynasty Trusts
  - Generation Skipping Trusts
  - Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATS)
  - Insurance Trusts
  - Inter Vivos Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts
  - Private Foundations
  - Qualified Personal Residence Trusts
  - Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts
  - Supplemental Needs Trusts
  - Testamentary Trusts

Durable Powers of Attorney
Health Care Proxies
Living Wills
Family Business Succession Planning
Gift Tax Return Preparation
International Estate Planning

Estate and Trust Administration

Probate of Wills
Estate Administration
Trust Administration
Surrogate’s Court Proceedings
Postmortem Tax Planning
Estate Tax Return Preparation
Fiduciary Income Tax Return Preparation
Estate Tax Audits
Accountings
Litigation

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