Our firm offers legal services primarily in the following areas:
Estate, gift, and general tax planning for individuals and families; trust and estate administration; all aspects of Surrogate's Court practice, including probate, accounting, and construction proceedings; and planning for charitable giving and philanthropy.
Exempt organization regulation and policy; exempt status and charitable giving issues; governance and corporate structure; grantmaking; transactional matters; and international matters. The firm's lawyers serve as counsel, directors, and executive officers of several tax exempt organizations. In addition, we provide exempt organization clients with advice in other areas, including litigation, real estate, tax, and corporate.
Mediation, arbitration and international arbitration. The firm's Of Counsel lawyers regularly serve on panels of neutrals of various professional domestic and international organizations.
Advice relating to day-to-day operations, strategic corporate initiatives, corporate governance issues, acquisition and sales of assets, compliance standards, and reporting requirements. Our services are provided with an emphasis on family-owned businesses.