Senior Statespeople
Senior Statespeople
About
Provided by William D Zabel
Practice Areas
Founding partner of the firm and head of the Individual Client Services Group focusing on estate planning, wills, trusts, charitable foundations, income- and gift-tax planning, estate administration and family law. Represents many of the wealthiest individuals in the country on tax planning; succession planning; charitable giving (through the use of private foundations, public charities, split-interest trusts and direct giving); estates and trusts, including representation of individuals and institutions acting as fiduciaries with respect to both general administrative matters and litigated or contested ones; and family law matters, including prenuptial, postnuptial and cohabitation agreements, and the negotiation or mediation of very substantial divorce matters.
Career
Joined the Firm in 1969
Professional Memberships
• American Bar Association
• Florida Bar Association
• New York City Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
Publications
• The Rich Die Richer and You Can Too (John Wiley & Sons Inc.) 1995
Personal
• Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude)
• Princeton University (B.A., summa cum laude)
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