Judy B. Brownstein

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Biography

Ms. Brownstein is a member of our Trusts and Estates Practice Group. Prior to joining the Firm, she was a partner in a midsize Manhattan law firm and also was of counsel for many years to a Westchester law firm. Ms. Brownstein concentrates her practice in the areas of trusts, estates, estate planning, taxation and estate administration.

Ms. Brownstein has extensive experience in drafting of wills, trusts and other estate planning documents and in estate and trust administration and related tax issues. She regularly drafts complex wills, revocable trusts, life insurance trusts, generation-skipping trusts, grantor annuity trusts, and qualified personal residence trusts. Ms. Brownstein represents families and individuals in estate planning, and estate and trust administration matters. She was the author of the 1985-1988 revision and supplement of Klipstein and Brownstein, “Drafting New York Wills,” published by Matthew Bender, Inc. and has lectured on estate planning and estate administration.

Education

• Columbia Law School (J.D., 1974)
• City College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1970) (magna cum laude)

Memberships

Mrs. Brownstein is a member of the Trusts and Estates and Elder Law Sections of the New York State Bar Association. She is also a member of the Estate Planning Council of Westchester.

Admissions

• New York
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York