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Senior Statespeople
Senior Statespeople
Provided by William D Zabel
Founding partner of the firm and head of the Individual Client Services Group focusing on estate planning, wills, trusts, charitable foundations, income- and gift-tax planning, estate administration and family law. Represents many of the wealthiest individuals in the country on tax planning; succession planning; charitable giving (through the use of private foundations, public charities, split-interest trusts and direct giving); estates and trusts, including representation of individuals and institutions acting as fiduciaries with respect to both general administrative matters and litigated or contested ones; and family law matters, including prenuptial, postnuptial and cohabitation agreements, and the negotiation or mediation of very substantial divorce matters.
Joined the Firm in 1969
• American Bar Association
• Florida Bar Association
• New York City Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
• The Rich Die Richer and You Can Too (John Wiley & Sons Inc.) 1995
• Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude)
• Princeton University (B.A., summa cum laude)
Provided by Chambers
William Zabel has extensive experience advising high net worth and ultra high net worth clients on their estate planning and tax matters.
William Zabel has decades of experience acting for wealthy families on private wealth matters. Zabel is a founding partner of the firm and a hugely influential figure in trusts and estates law.
Provided by Chambers
Although Bill has had inordinate success in his career and is a brilliant intellectual, he is approachable and always puts the client first.
Bill is a legend in the field.
He is a great practitioner and very well respected.
Although Bill has had inordinate success in his career and is a brilliant intellectual, he is approachable and always puts the client first.
Bill is a legend in the field.
He is a great practitioner and very well respected.
Although Bill has had inordinate success in his career and is a brilliant intellectual, he is approachable and always puts the client first.
Bill is a legend in the field.
He is a great practitioner and very well respected.
Although Bill has had inordinate success in his career and is a brilliant intellectual, he is approachable and always puts the client first.
Bill is a legend in the field.
He is a great practitioner and very well respected.
