Evan Cowit
Partner @A.Y. Strauss, Llc
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WORK HISTORY
Partner @A.Y. Strauss, Llc
New York, NY, US
Partner in Charge of Trusts & Estates. Practice concentrated in estate planning/administration and corporate/personal taxation. • Counsel clients on tax implications of estate planning, corporate and business succession strategies. • Counsel clients on domestic and off-shore asset protection trusts and strategies.• Prepare and ensure proper funding of buy-sell agreements and other business succession plans.• Counsel clients on tax implications of corporate strategies and business acquisitions, including asset vs stock sales, reorganizations, creation and choice of new entities, issuance and buyback of stock and sales/use tax.• Draft wills, revocable trusts, ILITs, GRATs, QPRTs, Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts and SCINs. Create and implement family limited partnerships.• Responsible for all facets of probate and administration including, but not limited to, the preparation of federal and state estate, gift, fiduciary income tax and partnership returns, and the negotiation of audits. • Develop charitable planning strategies, including creating and receiving IRS approval for 501(c)(3),(c)(4) and (c)(7) charitable foundations and drafting CRATs and CRUTs. • Handle all facets of trust and estate litigation including, but not limited, to litigation regarding breach of fiduciary duty and self-dealing, undue influence, will and trust construction and accountings.
EDUCATION
Brooklyn Law School
J.D., Law
University of Michigan
BA, Political Science
SKILLS
ABOUT EVAN COWIT
I am an attorney with thirty years of experience in estate planning and administration; corporate and business succession planning; and personal and corporate taxation. I am licensed in New York, New Jersey and Florida.
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