Closing Date: 3rd March, 2025
Description:
An East Coast Law Firm's Private Client Department (PCD) is seeking an associate with a minimum of 4 years of trusts and estates experience to join our nationally recognized practice in our New York, NY office.Ideal candidates will have demonstrated experience in high-net-worth trust and estate planning and administration, including knowledge of relevant state and federal tax laws. Experience with domestic estate planning, including succession planning, lifetime giving, estate and income taxation issues, charitable giving; estate planning for retirement assets; and tax-efficient family wealth transfer strategies is a preferred.
Our Private Client team, one of the largest and most sophisticated in the country, advises on all aspects of estate, gift and charitable planning, closely held businesses, administration of estates and trusts, and fiduciary litigation. Our Private Client lawyers collectively have hundreds of years of experience serving the unique needs of our clients, including individuals and their families, fiduciaries, and a broad range of tax-exempt entities. Our team regularly works in collaboration with our corporate, employment, real estate, trial and environmental lawyers to achieve our clients' individual and business objectives. Our Family Office team includes experienced attorneys from multidisciplinary practices, serving the corporate, tax, and transactional needs of high-net-worth clients and their businesses.
An East Coast Law Firm's policies offer a hybrid in-office / remote work schedule to provide our attorneys with greater flexibility. Flexibility on days in the office, part time candidates, and candidates who would prefer to spend any in-office days in one of Day Pitney's other offices outside of New York will also be considered.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 4 years of demonstrated experience in sophisticated private client matters involving trusts and estates, including tax and succession planning
- Excellent technical, professional and client service skills
- Strong written and verbal communication and advocacy skills
- Team-oriented with an emphasis on collaboration
- Effective and efficient problem-solving capabilities with the ability to work independently and proactively, and to develop creative solutions to meet client and team needs
- Member of New York State bar in good standing (required)
PCD Recognitions
- Named "Best Law Firm – Estates and Trusts" by Private Asset Management, 2024
- Named "Law Firm of the Year," in the "Best Law Firms" Trusts and Estates Law category by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, 2021
- Named a Finalist for "Legal Team of the Year," by Family Wealth Report, 2021
