Jessica Galligan Goldsmith

Partner

Jessica Galligan Goldsmith is co-Managing Partner of Kurzman Eisenberg and Chair of the Trusts & Estates practice group. Jessica is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated attorney and a New York Super Lawyer and has been named as one of the top 25 attorneys in Westchester. Since 2013, Jessica has also been named as one of the top Women Attorneys in the New York Metro area.

An active practitioner for many years, Jessica 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. She works closely with clients to implement individualized and tax efficient gift and estate plans for the transfer of wealth, including business succession planning. Jessica regularly represents clients with closely held real estate businesses and is well versed in the unique aspects of this practice area. She also represents charitable entities and negotiates and implements agreements between individuals or their foundations and public charities. In addition, Jessica has extensive experience representing taxpayers in Federal estate and gift tax audits. 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, Jessica worked at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP before joining a boutique trusts and estates practice in New York City and then founding her own law firm.