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LORRAINE COYLE is a senior partner in the law firm Coyle & Associates, LLP, where her areas of practice include elder law, trusts and estates, real estate, divorce and custody. Mediation is an increasing part of the practice. She is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey and before the U.S. Supreme Court East District and Southern District. Ms. Coyle is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the New York State Bar Association (former member, Board of Directors of Elder Law Section). She earned her B.A. degree from Queens College and her J.D. degree from St. John's University School of Law where she was a member of the Law Review. DAVID C. JACOBSON has nearly two decades of experience in estate planning, taxation and tax-exempt organizations. Prior to establishing The Law Offices of David C. Jacobson, LLC, Mr. Jacobson was a member of the estate planning team at UBS Private Wealth Management in Manhattan, where he provided estate planning services exclusively to the firm's ultra-high net worth clients throughout the United States. Mr. Jacobson was previously a member of the wealth planning group and also trust counsel at Deutsche Bank Trust Company in Manhattan, and a trusts and estate attorney with the law firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn in Manhattan. He lectures and writes frequently on estate planning topics. Mr. Jacobson is an adjunct professor at New York University, New York, New York. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Oklahoma, his J.D. degree from the University of Miami School of Law, and his L.M. degree in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. His bar admissions include Florida and New York. Mr. Jacobson is a member of the Estate Planning Council of New York City, Inc., the American Bar Association, and the New York State Bar Association (member, Estate Planning Committee). He is also a previous member of the New York City Bar Association's Estates and Surrogate Court Committee and Gift and Estate Tax Committee. AVI Z. KESTENBAUM is a partner with the Mineola, New York law firm of Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP, where he practices in the areas of domestic and international trusts and estates, taxation, asset preservation, business planning, charitable planning and tax-exempt organizations. He is also an adjunct tax professor at Hofstra University School of Law and the Baruch College MBA Program, teaching courses in Federal Income Taxes, Gift and Estate Taxes and State and Local Taxes. Mr. Kestenbaum is a well known author and lecturer, and provides tax and estate planning for CEO's of major corporations, high net worth individuals, multinational businesses, and many private foundations and public charities. He has written many articles in leading national estate planning and tax journals, including but not limited to: "Risk Assessment," Trusts and Estates, April 2010; "It's Personal," Trusts and Estates, April 2009; "True Counselors," The New York Law Journal, Special Trusts and Estates Section, January 2009; "Numerous Pension Act Changes Affect Charitable and Estate Planning," Practical Tax Strategies, April 2007; "Know the Differences: A Guide to Charitable Contribution Deductions," Trusts and Estates, May 2006; "The New Age of Corporate Governance for Nonprofit Organizations," Journal of Taxation of Exempts, August 2005; "Use Disclaimers to Add Flexibility and Hindsight to Estate Plans," Practical Tax Strategies, June 2005; "Proposed Revisions to the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act," Estate Planning Journal, February 2005; and "Duties and Liabilities of Nonprofit Directors and Officers," Estate Planning Journal, May 2004. Several additional articles will be published soon in leading national tax and estate planning journals. He has lectured for many prestigious trade, business and nonprofit organizations, including the New York City Estate Planning Council and New York State CPA Society. Mr. Kestenbaum has also previously lectured for National Business Institute on many topics in his field, including, but not limited to: advanced tax and estate planning, asset protection, international tax and estate planning, exempt organizations and charitable planning, business planning, trusts and estates, state and local taxes. He has earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Touro College, his J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School and his LL.M. degree in taxation from the University of Miami School of Law, and he received academic scholarships at each of these universities. Mr. Kestenbaum is a member of the New York State (sections on Taxation, Trusts and Estates) and American (sections on Taxation, Business Entities Committee and Exempt Organizations Committee, and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies and Organizational and Operations Issues of Exempt Organizations) bar associations. ALAN E. RABUNSKI has more than 30 years of experience in the areas of taxation, estate planning, probate, trusts and estates, and corporate and partnership law. He spoke for the New York University School of Continuing Education, where he lectured on law and taxation. Mr. Rabunski is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the New York State (member, Trusts and Estate Law Section, Elder Law Section, Estate Litigation Committee and Tax Section) and the American (member, Tax Section and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) bar associations. He received his B.A. degree from the City College of the City University of New York, his J.D. degree, with honors, from John Marshall Law School and his LL.M. degree in taxation from the New York University School of Law. Mr. Rabunski is an AV rated attorney in Martindale Hubbell. JAMES D. REDDY is a sole practitioner in Lindenhurst, where his main areas of practice are trusts and estates, matrimonial law, family law, bankruptcy and real estate. Mr. Reddy has presented in-house seminars on estate planning. He received his B.S.B.A. degree from Georgetown University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from St. John's University School of Law, where he was editor of the St. John's Law Review. He was a recipient of the CALI Award, Drafting Wills and Trust Instruments. Mr. Reddy is a member of the New York State Bar Association (member, Trust and Estate Section, and Family Law Section) and the Suffolk County Bar Association.
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