Sanford J. Schlesinger, Founding Partner of Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP to Speak at KC’s Estate Planning Explored in 2010

New York, NY, August 29, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Sanford J. Schlesinger, Founding Partner of Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP has come aboard the distinguished panel of speakers on KC’s Estate Planning Explored in 2010: The New Model webcast scheduled on September 07, 2010 at 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET.

About Sanford ("Sandy") J. Schlesinger

Mr. Schlesinger is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and its former Downstate New York Chair and a former member of its Charitable Planning and Exempt Organizations Committee. His other memberships include the Editorial Board of the New York State Bar Journal (Emeritus in 2006), Board of Directors of the New York State Bar Foundation, the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Estate Planning Advisory Committee of the Practicing Law Institute, and the Financial and Estate Planning Advisory Board of the Commerce Clearing House (CCH).

He is a former chair of the New York State Bar Association's Trusts and Estates Law Section, a former chair of the Advisory Board of the New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, and a former member of the American Bar Association’s Probate and Trust Committee – Estate Planning and Drafting: Charitable Giving. He is also a former Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School, where he taught estate and gift taxation, an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Miami Law School and a former adjunct faculty member at Columbia University School of Law.

Mr. Schlesinger received a B.S. (with honors) in 1963 from Columbia University and a J.D. in 1966 from Fordham University School of Law. In addition to being a frequent lecturer, Mr. Schlesinger has authored three books and numerous publications on trusts, estates, taxation, closely held business and family succession planning, charitable giving and related matters. In 2009, he was elected to The National Association of Estate Planners and Councils Estate Planning Hall of Fame. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World, "The New York Area's Best Lawyers," New York Magazine and New York Times (through 2009) "New York Super Lawyers," New York Times, for over 20 years as one of "The Best Lawyers in America".

About Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP

Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP was established in 2004 and is led by Sanford J. Schlesinger, a nationally-recognized authority in matters relating to Trusts and Estates.

Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP represents a variety of clients, from individuals to not-for-profit organizations, and provides a depth of knowledge and experience in the following areas:

- Estate and Tax Planning
- Estate and Trust Administration
- Estate, Fiduciary, Tax and Related Litigation
- Charitable Planning
- Closely Held Business and Family Succession Planning
- International Estate and Tax Planning for Multinational and International Clients
- Intellectual Property Asset Planning
- Disability Planning
- Artists/Art Collectors and their Estates

Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP prepares estate plans including wills, trust instruments, intra-family agreements and related documents. It provides advice regarding gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer taxation and the income taxation of estates and trusts. It also structures estate and other valuation freezes.

Being familiar with all aspects of non-U.S. citizen estate and tax planning including off-shore and on-shore planning techniques, Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP has the significant experience in handling the daily administration of complex estates and trusts, as well as all aspects of contested and litigated estate and trust matters.

Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP is dedicated to providing legal services to clients of the highest quality and, as a result, all matters receive the personal attention of its partners.

For more information about Sanford J. Schlesinger and Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP, please visit: http://www.sglllp.com/

About the Event

Estate Planning Explored in 2010: The New Model
Date: September 7, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (ET)
Type: Live webcast

The expiration of many Bush-Era tax cuts at the end of 2010 will force many estate planners to rethink their strategies for their clients. The Knowledge Group has assembled a panel of key experts in estate planning to help walk its audience through the fundamentals of estate planning in the 2010 paradigm.

Topics to be covered:

- Updating of estate plans in 2010
- Dealing with the tax cut expirations including the “death tax”
- Tax reduction planning
- Tax free transfers
- Generation skipping tax
- Gift tax and other exclusions
- Bypass trusts
- Up-to-the-minute regulatory updates

For the rest of the event details, please visit:
http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2010_Estate_Model.html

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