Qualifications and Career Profile
Jasmine M. Hanif concentrates her practice in all areas of trusts and estates law, including personal and tax driven estate planning, probate and complex estate and trust administration. In addition, Ms. Hanif's practice includes a focus on charitable, non-profit and private foundation representation with specific experience in the formation, administration and dissolution of private foundations.
Associations and Committees
Ms. Hanif is a member of the Trusts and Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and serves on its Charitable Organizations Committee. She is also a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and previously served as Assistant Secretary to its Trusts and Estates Surrogate's Court Committee (2001-2003).
Lectures and Articles
In the fall of 2006, Ms. Hanif lectured for the New York State Bar Association on "Dissolving the New York Not-for-Profit Organization."
Ms. Hanif is the author of the following:
- "New York’s Power of Attorney Law Undergoes Change," Trusts & Estates magazine (September 27, 2010).
- "What Clients Should Know Before You Set Up Their Private Foundation," NYSBA Trusts and Estates Law Section Newsletter (Fall 2010).
- "New York's New 'Power of Attorney' Law Is Effective September 1, 2009," Insurance Advocate magazine (August 17, 2009).
Education and Bar Admissions
Ms. Hanif received her Bachelor of Arts degree,
summa cum laude, from Queens College in 1996, and her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 1999, where she was Editor of the
Moot Court Casebook (1998-1999). She is admitted to practice in New York.