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Trusts & Estates Magazine: Know Your Clients Better

Avi Z. Kestenbaum, Co-Chair of Meltzer Lippe’s Trusts & Estates practice group discusses how important it is to take the extra time to know your ...
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Trusts & Estates Magazine Special Report: “Bringing the Dead back to Life”

Avi Z. Kestenbaum, Co-Chair of Meltzer Lippe’s Trusts & Estates practice group reviews the article, “Bringing the Dead Back to Life: Preparing the Estate for ...
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WealthManagement.com: Holograms and Post-Mortem Rights

WealthManagement’s Anna Sulkin interviews Avi Z. Kestenbaum, Co-Chair of Meltzer Lippe’s Trusts & Estates practice group to discuss the ethics of exploiting the likenesses of ...
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Wall Street Journal: How to Buy a Home Together When You’re Not Married

Wall Street Journal’s Veronica Dagher interviews Avi Z. Kestenbaum, Co-Chair of Meltzer Lippe’s Trusts & Estates practice group to discuss how to purchase a home ...
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Get a GRIP! How to Lock in the Exemption and Still Benefit from It with the Grantor Retained Interest Partnership Steve Leimberg’s Estate Planning Newsletter

“With the November elections looming and uncertainty as to the future of the current levels of Federal transfer tax exemptions if the Democrats obtain control, ...
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Wall Street Journal: How to Get Your Finances in Order Before Returning to Work

Wall Street Journal’s Veronica Dagher interviews Avi Z. Kestenbaum, Co-Chair of Meltzer Lippe’s Trusts & Estates practice group to discuses how to get your finances ...
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Beneficiary Deemed Owner Trusts: BDOT OUTLINE

Avi Z. Kestenbaum and Co-Author Elliot Dison    
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WealthManagement.com: When is Equal Inheritance the Wrong Answer?

Avi Z. Kestenbaum discusses when clients must decide whether it’s wise to split their estates equally among their children. Read more: WealthManagement.com
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Wall Street Journal: How to Help Your Parents with their Finances Amid Coronavirus

Wall Street Journal’s Veronica Dagher interviews Avi Kestenbaum to discuses how to help your parents with their finances amid Coronavirus.
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ABA Probate & Property: “Benefit of the Beneficiary Rule”

Mary P. O’Reilly, co-chair of Meltzer Lippe’s Trust & Estates practice group, co-authors this article with Lee-ford Tritt. The Benefit-of-the-Beneficiary Rule narrowly defines “benefit” to ...
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