Avi Z. Kestenbaum
516-747-0300 x237
akestenbaum@meltzerlippe.com

		Avi Z. Kestenbaum Partner of the Firm Areas of Practice: Taxation Trust and Estates Estate and Charitable Planning Tax-Exempt Organizations Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies and Joint Ventures Elder Law Education: Touro College, B.S. in Political Science, summa cum laude Brooklyn Law School, Juris Doctor University of Miami School of Law, Masters of Laws in Taxation Admitted to the New York and New Jersey State Bars

Listed in "Ones to Watch", Long Island Business News, September 2006.

Author of numerous articles in leading national tax, estate planning and tax-exempt organization publications and noted lecturer to professional organizations and nonprofit institutions.

Adjunct Tax Professor at Hofstra University School of Law and the Baruch College MBA Program.

Former Trust Administrator for Smith Barney/Citigroup Private Trust Company and attorney with prestigious law firms in New York City, New Jersey and Florida.

Founder and former Chair of the Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey Bar Association.

Avi is a Partner in the Tax, Trusts & Estates and Tax-Exempt Organizations groups of Meltzer Lippe.  Avi received his Bachelors of Science from Touro College, summa cum laude, Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School and Masters of Law in Taxation from the University of Miami School of Law.  Avi received academic scholarships for his high achievement at each of these universities and is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Prior to joining Meltzer Lippe, Avi obtained complex tax and estate planning experience through his association with prestigious law firms in New York City, New Jersey and Florida and as a Trust Administrator for Smith Barney/Citigroup Private Trust Company.  At Meltzer Lippe, Avi’s practice includes sophisticated tax and estate planning for individuals, partnerships, corporations, charities and tax-exempt organizations.  Avi has provided tax and estate planning for CEO’s of major corporations, ultra-high net worth individuals, multi-national businesses and large charitable organizations.

Avi has also published numerous articles in leading national tax, estate planning and tax-exempt organization publications, including, among others, Estate Planning Journal, Trusts and Estates, Practical Tax Strategies and Journal of Taxation of Exempts.  He is a frequent and well-known lecturer for professional organizations and nonprofit institutions on a variety of topics relating to tax, estate and charitable planning, tax-exempt organizations and special needs planning.  One of his articles also appears on the Planned Giving Design Center website and has been republished nationally by many foundations and charitable organizations.

Avi enjoys spending time with his wife, Miriam, who is a kindergarten teacher with the New York City Board of Education and their two sons, Eli Jonah and Joseph Tyler.  Avi has also authored a children’s story, which he is currently seeking to publish and is an Adjunct Tax Professor at Hofstra University School of Law and the Baruch College MBA Program.