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Jaffe has joined Taft. Now over 800 attorneys strong.

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Overview

Overview

Karen Kushkin is an attorney in Jaffe’s Estate & Wealth Planning practice group. She concentrates her practice in the areas of lifetime and post-mortem financial and tax planning, trust administration, and charitable giving. She implements customized estate plans for high net worth individuals, including the preparation of wills, revocable trusts, and irrevocable trusts. She also assists her clients in forming and funding limited liability companies in order to achieve both their tax planning and business succession planning goals. Karen has extensive experience in preserving wealth while mitigating tax liabilities both now and for the future.

Education & Admissions

Education & Admissions

Education

  • New York University School of Law
    Master of Laws in Taxation
    Tax Law Review, Editor
    Tax Law Review Scholarship
  • Northwestern University School of Law
    J.D.
    Dean’s List
  • University of Michigan Ross School of Business
    B.A. with distinction
    Golden Key National Honor Society
    National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Bar Admission

  • Michigan
  • New York

Significant Matters

Significant Matters

  • Gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning
  • Irrevocable trusts, including intentionally defective irrevocable trusts (IDITs), grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs) and domestic asset protection trusts (DAPTs)
  • Wills and revocable trusts
  • Limited liability company agreements and related sale or gift documentation
  • Powers of attorney and living wills
  • Asset titling and customized beneficiary designations
  • Federal estate and gift tax returns

Affiliations

Affiliations

  • State Bar of Michigan
  • New York State Bar Association

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