Irene Steiner heads New York’s private client services section of the tax practice.
Ms. Steiner’s practice focuses on advising wealthy individuals, professional fiduciaries and family offices on matters involving comprehensive wealth management, tax planning, the planning and administration of complex trusts and estates, business succession planning, charitable giving, the creation and administration of charitable entities, and planning for wealth creation and realization events and for concentrated stock positions. She has advised U.S. clients residing in the United Kingdom regarding complex individual and trust tax issues.
Ms. Steiner earned her B.A. cum laude from Goucher College in 1970 and her J.D. magna cum laude from Fordham Law School in 1981. She earned an M.Music in 1973 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a Fulbright grant for opera study in Rome.
Ms. Steiner is a member of the New York State Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Westchester Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center. Ms. Steiner has been recognized in a survey of her peers as a New York “Super Lawyer” in estate planning and probate (2009-2011).
Ms. Steiner frequently lectures to trust and estate administrators at major banks and trust companies regarding generation-skipping transfer tax issues.