New York City, New York 10005
United States
Mr. Austin Bramwell is a partner in the New York office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a member of the firm's Trusts & Estates Group.
Mr. Bramwell’s practice focuses on advising individuals and families in their domestic and international estate and charitable planning. He also advises nonprofit organizations, including private foundations and public charities, on tax, compliance, organization and strategic matters. Mr. Bramwell represents corporate and individual fiduciaries in trust and estate administration matters, including in litigations. In addition, he represents taxpayers in contested proceedings with the Internal Revenue Service and other taxing authorities.
Mr. Bramwell is an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and a frequent lecturer on estate planning topics. He is the author of numerous articles in tax and estate planning area, including, most recently, LISI Income Tax Planning Newsletter #73 (“How to Allocate ‘Bundled’ Fees”) (with Elisabeth Madden Mullen and Sharon L. Klein), “Not Another Wandry Article: Real Issue with ‘Wandry’ Formulas,” Estate Planning, Vol. 41, No. 5 (May 2014) (with Brad Dillon), "The Paradoxical Computation of New York Estate Tax," New York State Bar Association Trusts and Estates Law Section Newsletter (Winter 2014); LISI Estate Planning Newsletter #2155 ("The ‘Reverse Clawback’ Theory") and #2100 ("Relax, Rev. Proc. 2001-38 Cannot Be Used Against Taxpayers," May 20, 2013); and "Portability or No: The Death of the Credit Shelter Trust?," Journal of Taxation, Vol. 118, No. 5 (May 2013) (with Jonathan Blattmachr and Diana S.C. Zeydel).
Mr. Bramwell earned his J.D. cum laude from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude with distinction in Philosophy, from Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut.
Areas of Practice | 1) Trusts & Estates |
Law School | Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
Admitted Year | 1999 |
Education | Yale University (B.A.) |
Bar Member / Association | New York State Bar Association |
Most recent firm | Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP |
Ellen J. Deringer is of counsel in Morgan Lewis's Personal Law Practice.Ms. Deringer earned her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2000 and her B.A. from Brown University in 1995.