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Avigail Goldglancz is a trusts and estates attorney dedicated to helping families, individuals, and entrepreneurs protect their assets and facilitate the seamless transfer of wealth to future generations. Her practice encompasses the full spectrum of estate and tax planning, including business succession, charitable giving, and a specialized founder’s practice, as well as the comprehensive handling of estate and trust administration and estate litigation.
Working closely with clients, she formulates tailored strategies that minimize capital gains tax, state taxes, and estate taxes while protecting assets. She is equally attuned to the human side of wealth planning, navigating sensitive family dynamics with discretion, while identifying the right vehicles to transfer wealth in ways that benefit families across generations.
Prior to joining the firm, Avigail served as trusts and estates counsel to high-net-worth clients within the New York City office of a prominent international law firm.
Read MoreExperience
- Designing comprehensive wealth transfer frameworks for individuals and multi-generational families, utilizing advanced gifting techniques to mitigate estate and generation-skipping transfer tax exposure.
- Advising tech founders and early-stage investors on the strategic use of trusts to optimize Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock benefits, ensuring maximum capital gains exclusion during high-value liquidity events.
- Developing bespoke structures for business owners and executives to insulate assets from creditors while facilitating the tax-efficient transition of management and ownership to the next generation.
- Guiding fiduciaries and beneficiaries through the complexities of estate and trust administration and post-mortem tax planning, as well as representing clients in sensitive estate litigation and Surrogate’s Court proceedings.
Community Work
- Toys for Hospitalized Children, Board of Directors
- Israel Tech Mission, Board Member
Recognition
- Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch for Trusts & Estates, 2021-present
- Super Lawyers, New York Metro Rising Star, 2024
- Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) Pro Bono Dean’s List Award, Senior Law Project, 2022
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in New York Practice, Real Estate Transactions and Postmortem Estate Planning
Additional Information
Practice Areas
Education
Affiliations and Appointments
New York City Bar Association, Member
New York State Bar Association, Member
New York City Bar Association, Trusts, Estates & Surrogate’s Court Committee, Member
New York State Bar Association, Trusts & Estates Law, Estate Planning Committee, Chair
New York State Bar Association, Trusts & Estates Law Section Journal and Publications Committee, Vice Chair
Admissions
New York
New Jersey
Texas
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