Marla G. Franzese

Counsel

New York

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Qualifications and Career Profile

Marla G. Franzese concentrates her practice in estate planning and administration.

Associations and Committees

Ms. Franzese is a member of the New York State Bar Association and its Committee on Life Insurance and Employee Benefits. She is also a member of the American Bar Association.

Education

Ms. Franzese earned her undergraduate degree (B.A., 1984) from the University of Chicago and her law degree (J.D., 1988) from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

News & Publications

November 23, 2011	2011 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory Advisories
December 17, 2010	House Votes 277-148 to Approve Senate Tax Cut Extension Bill Advisories
November 2010	2010 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory Advisories
October 14, 2010	Important Changes to New York Not-For-Profit Corporation Law Advisories
September 21, 2010	2010 Estate Tax Planning Strategies—Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunities vs. Potential Traps for the Unwary Advisories
March 24, 2010	HIRE Act Affects Foreign Trusts and Imposes Additional Requirements on U.S. Persons with Foreign Accounts Advisories
February 2, 2010	U.S. Government Acts Quickly to Help Haiti with Tax Benefits for Donors Advisories
January 7, 2010	Hooray, There's No Estate Tax: Now What Do I Do? Advisories
December 23, 2009	Possible One-Year Elimination of Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax in 2010: Going, Going, Gone? Advisories
December 2009	2009 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory Advisories
July 28, 2009	Changes to New York Powers of Attorney Effective September 1 Advisories
December 2008	2008 Year-End Estate Planning Advisory Advisories
June 2008	New Expatriation Legislation Passed Unanimously by Congress and Signed by President Advisories

Related Practices

Private Client Services

Trusts and Estates

Education

J.D., Columbia Law School, 1988
B.A., University of Chicago, 1984

Bar Admissions

New York, 1989

Memberships

American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association, Committee on Life Insurance and Employee Benefits