Susan B. Slater-Jansen | White Plains Estate Lawyer

Susan B. Slater-Jansen

Susan B. Slater-Jansen

Estate, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills & Probate, General Practice, Retirement Distribution Planning

All areas of estate planning; estate administration, supplemental needs trusts, prenuptials, SNTs

Experience: 44 years
Language(s): English

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About Susan

Susan B. Slater-Jansen is the sole attorney at the law firm she founded in White Plains, New York. Ms. Slater-Jansen diligently assists clients throughout Westchester County and New York City with estate planning and family law matters. She helps clients determine their estate planning needs, resolve estate tax issues, and design and implement vital estate planning documents.

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Experience

Owner

Slater-Jansen Law

2012-present

White Plains, NY

Partner

Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever LLP

February 2007 – October 2012

White Plains, NY

Partner

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

2001-2007

White Plains, NY

Partner

Rosen & Reade

1998 – 2001

New York, NY

Partner

Danziger & Markhoff, LLP

1994 – 1997

White Plains, NY

Partner

Danziger & Markhoff, LLP

1994 – 1997

White Plains, NY

Admission

Verified New York

1981

Education

City University of New York - Queens College

B.A.

1972

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (–)
    2000 / present
  • Member, New York State Bar Association, Estate and Trust Administration Committee (–)
    1987 / present
  • Westchester Women's Bar Association (–)
    2007 / present
  • Past Chair, New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Law Section, Life Insurance and Employee Benefits Committee
Honors / Awards
  • AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell ()
    2013
  • Top Attorney in New York Metro Area, New York Magazine ()
    2012
  • Top Attorney in Westchester Area, Westchester Magazine ()
    2012
  • Super Lawyer, New York Super Lawyers ()
    2012
  • Super Lawyer, New York Super Lawyers ()
    2011
  • Super Lawyer, New York Super Lawyers ()
    2010
  • Super Lawyer, New York Super Lawyers ()
    2009

Notable Work

Publications

“Domestic Abuse by Marriage, a Call to Legislative Action, Domestic Law Review,  July,

2010


“A Golden Opportunity”, Trusts & Estates Magazine,  January .

2006


“Final Regulations Set Rules For Distributions from IRAs and Retirement Plans’, Co-Author with Avery E. Neumark, New York State Bar Journal, February .

2003


“Easing the Burden on IRA Estate Taxes”, Co-Author with Ronald Finkelstein, New York Law Journal, April 1, .

2002


“New Rules Offer Greater Flexibility and Simpler Distribution Patterns for IRAs and Pension Plans”, Co-Author with Avery E. Neumark, New York State Bar Journal, March/April .

2001


“I.R.S. Simplifies Minimum Distribution Rules for IRA’s”, Co-Author with Avery E. Neumark, The Practical Tax Lawyer, NYSBA Elder Law Attorney, Spring .

2001


“I.R.S. Simplifies Minimum Distribution Rules”, Co-Author with Avery E. Neumark, NYSBA Elder Law Attorney, Spring .

2001


“Creating and Administering Trusts involving Real Estate”, Practice Guide, Co-Author with Sanford J. Schlesinger,  Powell on Real Property, Matthew Bender & Co., New York, New York, edition.

1997


“Estate and Gift Tax Issues Involving Retirement Plans and Planning”, New University’s Fifty-Fourth Institute on Federal Taxation, Matthew Bender & Co., New York, New York, .

1996


“Fiduciary Income Tax Planning” chapter, Co-Author,  Probate and Administration of New York Estates, NYSBA, and update.

1995 / 1997


Founded 2012

Slater-Jansen Law Highlights

Estate Planning, Trusts, Estate Administration

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Languages: English