Meltzer Lippe’s Trusts and Estates Group Adds New Associate

March 18, 2010 - PRLog -- Huntington resident Christine K. Knox has joined Long Island’s business law firm, Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP (Meltzer Lippe), as an associate. Lew Meltzer, managing partner of the Mineola law firm, made the announcement.  Ms. Knox is the third experienced trusts and estates practitioner the firm has added in the last three months in response to the increased demand for its expertise in trusts and estates practice.

“Our reputation for trusts & estates work and the current economic environment have elicited a surge of trusts & estates business for the firm. We’ve been actively recruiting outstanding attorneys from New York City and Long Island for our trusts and estates and litigation departments,” stated Meltzer. “Christine Knox has an accomplished record earned in both law practice and in the banking industry.  She is a welcome addition to our team.”

Ms. Knox comes to Meltzer Lippe from Humes & Wagner, LLP, a Locust Valley, New York firm where she had served as trusts and estates associate, conducting estate administration and estate planning for high net worth individuals.  Prior to that, she was a senior trust administrator for Investors Bank and Trust Company in Boston, where she oversaw daily activity for numerous trusts and high profile custody client relationships.

A cum laude dean’s list graduate of Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Ms. Knox was a member of and served on the Editorial Board for the Suffolk Transnational Law Review.  At Middlebury College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and English, Ms. Knox was co-captain of her varsity volleyball team.  She is admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts and is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Nassau County Bar Association.

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Meltzer Lippe, known as Long Island’s Business Law Firm, is one of the largest law firms on Long Island. The firm’s practice encompasses all aspects of corporate and business law, tax law, employment and labor law, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint ventures, litigation, real estate, tax-exempt organizations, wills & trusts, estate planning & administration, bankruptcy, construction law, employee benefits and executive compensation and government relations and regulatory affairs. For more information on the firm, visit www.meltzerlippe.com.