New York City, New York 10104
United States
Joel Levin has lectured and written extensively on various estate planning topics. Mr. Levin has practiced for more than 25 years exclusively in the areas of primary concern to individual clients – wills, trusts, personal income taxes, gift, estate and generation-skipping taxes, closely held businesses, charitable dispositions and foundations and matrimonial and family law. He has worked closely with families at times of transition, including advice with respect to transfers of assets between generations, between individuals and charities, shifts in the control of family businesses and the administration of estates and trusts. He has drafted countless wills and trust agreements, including trusts for children with special needs, for grandchildren, for life insurance, for tax advantages and for charitable purposes. He also focuses on pre-nuptial and post-nuptial planning, separation agreements and divorce.
Mr. Levin acts as legal counsel to a number of charitable organizations, both formally and on a voluntary basis. He also has served as trustee of various community and charitable organizations.
Areas of Practice | 1) Private Client, 2) Non Profit Organizations and 3) Tax Exempt and Charitable Planning |
Law School | New York University School of Law, J.D., 1977 |
Education | State University of New York-Stony Brook, B.A., 1974 |
Bar Member / Association | Florida State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association |
Most recent firm | Bryan Cave 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.