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Provided by Jillian Merns
Jillian E. Merns is a partner in the Private Wealth Group. Jillian’s practice involves all aspects of estate planning and administration, with an emphasis on the development of sophisticated plans for high-net-worth individuals and their families. Jillian’s practice includes the preparation of complex wills, trust agreements and related instruments, general counseling of clients on estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax matters as well as the administration of decedents’ estates and trusts. She works with many single- and multi-family offices to provide comprehensive solutions to the complex issues facing today’s wealthiest families.
Jillian is the chair of the Next Gen Trusts and Estates Group and the former chair of the Young Lawyers Division of the UJA-Federation of New York. She is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and the Alumnae Board of the Spence School, where she formerly chaired the Planned Giving Society.
New York University School of Law, LLM, 2013
Columbia Law School, J.D., 2008
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Provided by Chambers
Jillian Merns regularly advises high net worth clients on tax, succession and trusts. Merns is well regarded for her planning skills and dedication to client service. In July 2025 Merns joined Davis Polk & Wardwell.
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Jillian Merns is an excellent communicator, smart and extremely engaged in getting the client the best result.
Jillian Merns is very intelligent and has a comprehensive understanding of estate planning. She also has the ability to explain complex technical issues with simplicity to make it easy to understand.
Jillian Merns thinks outside the box for new starts, and she understands our business and people at an elemental level.
Jillian Merns has a deep trusts and estates skill set.
Jillian Merns has expertly advised our family on some of the most complex estate planning techniques available today.
Jillian Merns is an excellent communicator, smart and extremely engaged in getting the client the best result.
Jillian Merns is very intelligent and has a comprehensive understanding of estate planning. She also has the ability to explain complex technical issues with simplicity to make it easy to understand.
Jillian Merns thinks outside the box for new starts, and she understands our business and people at an elemental level.
Jillian Merns has a deep trusts and estates skill set.
Jillian Merns has expertly advised our family on some of the most complex estate planning techniques available today.