Jessica Galligan Goldsmith
Partner

- Phone: (914) 286-6370
- Fax: (914) 993-6013
- Email: jgoldsmith@kelaw.com
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Ms. Goldsmith is a partner and chair of the Trusts and Estates department of Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP. Ms. Goldsmith is a Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated attorney and a New York Super Lawyer. In 2010, Ms. Goldsmith was named as one of the top 25 attorneys in Westchester.
An active practitioner for more than 25 years, Ms. Goldsmith practices in the areas of estate and gift planning, estate administration, planning for closely held businesses, charitable planning and administration, and related private client services. Ms. Goldsmith works closely with clients to implement individualized and tax efficient gift and estate plans for the transfer of wealth, including business succession planning. She employs sophisticated estate and gift tax planning techniques, and strives to find creative solutions for each client's personal and financial objectives.
Prior to joining Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP, Ms. Goldsmith worked at two major New York City law firms before joining a boutique trusts and estates practice in New York City, and then founding her own law firm.
Memberships
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Committee on Trusts, Estates and Surrogate's Courts
Secretary, 1989–91, 1992–93
Member, 1994, 2004–05 - New York State Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Metro New York Philanthropic Advisors Network
- Westchester County Association Board Member
- Westchester Women' s Bar Association
- Estate Planning Council of Westchester
Publications
- The New Portability: A Key Aspect of Estate Planning for Married Couples, (Generations, October 2011)
- The New Portability: What All Surviving Spouses Must Know, Westchester County Business Journal, October 24, 2011
- "Corporate Counseling Monograph: Transfer of Wealth" (co-editor)
- "Proxies and Powers: Key Pieces of an Effective Estate Plan ," Generations, June 2011
- "The Best Way to Make Gifts to Grandchildren," Generations, May 2011
- "Financial Strategies and Future Generations," Westchester County Business Journal, March 11, 2011
- "Consider Making Gifts of Devalued Family Assets," Westchester County Business Journal, March 29, 2010