Anderson Kill is pleased to announce that Susan Rothwell has joined the firm as a shareholder in the New York office and as a member of the Wills, Trusts and Estates practice group.

Susan advises clients on estate and tax planning for wealth preservation and prepares wills, trusts and other vehicles to achieve client goals. She works with clients on strategies to protect assets, minimize taxes and transfer wealth to future generations. For clients who wish to make charitable donations, she suggests strategies that benefit the charity while maximizing tax benefits to the donor. To avoid the expense and emotional trauma of litigation, she works with clients to avoid and manage conflict among family members. She also counsels trustees and executors on tax, fiduciary and estate administration matters and assists small business owners with estate and succession planning.

Susan’s clients include foreign nationals owning property in New York as well as New York residents owning property in other countries.  She assists in planning to minimize transfer taxes and ensures that property will be transferred to beneficiaries with a minimum of cost and delay.  She is also a volunteer Mediator/Arbitrator with NYCLA’s Part 137 Attorney Fee Dispute Program.

Susan is a frequent lecturer and writer on estate planning topics.  She is also a member of STEP, an international organization of estate and financial planners. She holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law, as well as an M.B.A. and B.A. from Columbia University.

Christopher Gerard, chair of Anderson Kill’s Wills, Trusts and Estates practice group, said, “Susan has built a thriving practice serving the full panoply of clients’ needs with regard to managing, protecting and passing on their wealth. We are delighted to welcome her into our growing T&E practice.”

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