Attorney Profile

Jessica Galligan Goldsmith

Jessica Goldsmith

Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP
One North Broadway, 10th Floor
White Plains, NY 10601

White Plains

New York (NY)

Contact Contact Jessica Galligan Goldsmith
T: 914-286-6370
F: 914-993-6013

Visit: www.kelaw.com
Practice Areas: Estate Planning & Probate (50%), Tax (20%), Closely Held Business (30%)

Estate Planning & Probate

Tax

Closely Held Business

Law School: Harvard Law School

Profile

Ms. Goldsmith is a Partner and the Chair of the Trusts and Estates department of Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP. Ms. Goldsmith is also a Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated attorney, a New York Metro Super Lawyer, and one of the top 25 attorneys in Westchester.

Ms. Goldsmith is admitted to the Bar in New York and Connecticut and also admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court.

An active practitioner for more than 25 years, Ms. Goldsmith practices in the areas of estate and gift planning, estate administration, planning for closely held businesses, charitable planning and administration, and related private client services. Ms. Goldsmith works closely with clients to implement individualized and tax efficient gift and estate plans for the transfer of wealth, including business succession planning. She employs sophisticated estate and gift tax planning techniques, and strives to find creative solutions to address financial, tax and personal concerns in the context of each client’s individual needs.

Ms. Goldsmith is committed to providing every client with the highest quality of legal work as well as the highest level of personal service. Clients include high net worth individuals, families, closely held businesses, fiduciaries and charitable organizations.

Ms. Goldsmith is a contributing author of “Corporate Counseling Monograph: Transfer of Wealth” and frequently writes articles on new opportunities in estate planning for the Westchester County Business Journal ("Consider Making Gifts of Devalued Family Assets" "The New Portability: What All Surviving Spouses Must Know," and "Financial Strategies and Future Generations"), the Fairfield County Business Journal ("Financial Strategies and Future Generations"), and Generations magazine ("The Best Way to Make Gifts to Grandchildren," "Proxies and Powers: Key Pieces of an Effective Estate Plan," and "The New Portability: A Key Aspect of Estate Planning for Married Couples"). She has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal on new ways that grandparents can fund their grandchildren’s education. In addition, Ms. Goldsmith has been invited to speak on complex estate planning issues and business succession planning at programs sponsored by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and other organizations.

Prior to joining Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP, in 2010, Ms. Goldsmith worked at two major New York City law firms before joining a boutique trusts and estates practice in New York City and then founding her own law firm.

Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP, with offices in White Plains, NY and Manhattan, was founded in 1985 to provide superior, sophisticated and cost-effective legal services to a broad range of individuals and corporate clients. The firm’s size and multi-discipline expertise allows its lawyers to handle complex legal matters and provide a full range of legal services in various practice areas, including corporate, litigation, real estate, matrimonial, tax, elder law and trusts and estates.

 

 

Selected To

New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro

About Jessica Goldsmith

Admitted: 1986, New York

Professional Webpage: www.kelaw.com/attorneys-goldsmith-jessica.html

Honors and Awards:

  • AV Rating, Martindale

Special Licenses/Certifications:

  • Admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • MEMBER: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee on Trusts, Estates and Surrogate's Courts - Secretary, 1989-91, 1992-93, and Member, 1994, 2004-05); New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Connecticut Bar Association, Metro New York Philanthropic Advisors Network, Westchester Women’s Bar Association.   COURT ADMISSIONS: United States Tax Court.   PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Goldsmith & Soloff LLP, 2004-2010, Founding Partner; Stein Shiers & Goldsmith LLP, 1993–2004, Founding Partner; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP 1991–1993; Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP 1985–1991.

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Westchester County Association - Board Member

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Contributing Author: "Corporate Counseling Monograph: Transfer of Wealth," (1990)

Educational Background:

  • 1982 - Bryn Mawr College A.B. Cum Laude; 1985 - Harvard Law School J.D.
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