Three Partners at Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP Named New York Metro Super Lawyers for 2010

Sept. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Robert G. Kurzman, Jessica Galligan Goldsmith, and Susan Slater-Jansen have been named to the 2010 edition of New York Metro Super Lawyers, a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained the highest degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers is published as a special supplement in leading newspapers and city and regional magazines across the country. Each year, only five per cent of lawyers in New York State receive this honor.
Mr. Kurzman and Ms. Goldsmith also were named to Super Lawyers’ 2010 Top 25 Attorneys in Westchester.

Selections for this highly regarded list are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of the Thomson Reuters legal division based in Minnesota. Each year, the research team at Super Lawyers undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.

This is the fourth year in a row that Mr. Kurzman has been named as a Super Lawyer in the field of estate planning and probate. A founding partner of Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever and a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney, Mr. Kurzman has represented clients in a number of highly publicized cases, and argued cases in the appellate courts as well as before the United States Supreme Court. A former adjunct professor of law at New York University who also served on the Advisory Board of the Southern Methodist University Law School Estate Planning Institute, he has lectured extensively at leading universities and professional symposiums throughout the United States. In practice for more than 45 years, Mr. Kurzman is a Fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel and an active participant in American Bar Association and New York State Bar Association programs. Mr. Kurzman received both a B.A. and J.D. from Cornell University as well as a B.A. from Hofstra University. He is a resident of Scarsdale, N.Y.

Ms. Goldsmith, who was first named a Super Lawyer in 2009, was honored for her work in the fields of estate planning, probate, tax, and closely held business succession planning. AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Ms. Goldsmith advises clients in the areas of estate and gift planning; estate administration; planning for closely held businesses and charitable planning and administration; and assists in related personal client services.  Throughout her 25-year career, she has employed sophisticated estate and gift tax planning techniques, and has developed creative solutions to meet each client's personal and financial objectives. Ms. Goldsmith obtained her J.D. at Harvard University and her B.A., cum laude, at Bryn Mawr College. She lives in Armonk, N.Y.

Ms. Slater-Jansen is a nationally known expert in trusts and estates law who previously was named a Super Lawyer in 2006 and 2009. She is respected for her knowledge of pension law, and has been recognized for her work in the fields of estate planning, probate, employee benefits/ERISA, and family law. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel, an invitation-only organization of elite T&E lawyers. She works closely with a broad spectrum of individuals and families with modest to very substantial wealth. She is a frequent writer and lecturer on estate planning issues. Ms. Slater-Jansen was educated in a Law Clerkship Pursuant to Section 520.50 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York for admission of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law. She received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Queens College of the City University of New York. Ms. Slater-Jansen is a resident of Somers, N.Y.

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