Scott E. Adams
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 1 : Private Wealth Law
Band 1
About
Provided by Scott E. Adams
Practice Areas
Tax
Trusts & Estates
Private Companies
Career
Scott Adams is a member of the Firm’s Trusts and Estates and Tax Practice Groups. Part of Scott’s practice focuses on estate planning strategies designed to minimize estate and other taxes, as well as ensure that assets left under a decedent’s will or trust for family members can be effectively and efficiently managed. In addition, Scott has significant experience in advising clients with respect to the administration of trusts and estates, and handling trust and estate litigation matters.
Scott has advised and assisted clients on various estate planning opportunities, including drafting wills and trusts designed to achieve significant tax savings. Some of the trusts that Scott has advised on and drafted include grantor trusts, generation-skipping transfer (GST) trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), revocable trusts used as either lifetime management tools or will substitutes at a client’s death, and various charitable trusts. He has experience in advising clients regarding family limited partnerships and limited liability companies, which are designed to enable clients to manage family assets and achieve other estate planning goals.
In addition to assisting clients with and drafting various estate planning documents, Scott has represented clients in trust and estate litigation matters, estate administration and return preparation. Scott also has experience in representing clients in estate and gift tax audits before the Internal Revenue Service.
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Scott Adams is a highly esteemed attorney who focuses his practice on estate planning and tax matters. Adams is particularly praised by sources for his wealth planning expertise and client service.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Scott is an excellent attorney who is proactive for his clients. He is easy to work with and is always inclined to help."
"Scott is our key contact with regard to private wealth planning and estates. He really knows his stuff and I couldn't imagine anyone being more thorough than he is."
"Scott is very mild-mannered, thoughtful, capable and astute."
"Scott is an excellent attorney who is proactive for his clients. He is easy to work with and is always inclined to help."
"Scott is our key contact with regard to private wealth planning and estates. He really knows his stuff and I couldn't imagine anyone being more thorough than he is."
"Scott is very mild-mannered, thoughtful, capable and astute."
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