Ronni G. Davidowitz

Qualifications and Career Profile

Ronni G. Davidowitz concentrates her practice in trusts and estates law, with a focus in private client services. Ms. Davidowitz has extensive experience in complex estate and trust administration, including estate and gift tax audits and petitions and protests for redetermination of assessed deficiencies, estate litigation, basic to sophisticated estate planning, charitable, non-profit and private foundations representation, contested and uncontested judicial and informal fiduciary accountings and elder law.

Ms. Davidowitz serves as Head of the New York Trusts and Estates Practice.

Ms. Davidowitz is admitted to practice in New York State and before the United States Tax Court. Reported case - Matter of Estate of Othmer, 710 N.Y.S.2d 848, 2000 N.Y. Misc. 263.

Associations and Committees

Ms. Davidowitz is a fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel and serves on the Charitable Organization Committee of ACTEC. Ms. Davidowitz is also a member of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and served as chair of its Estate and Gift Taxation Committee (2004-2007). She is also a member of the Trusts and Estates Section of the New York Bar Association and of its Executive Committee. She serves on the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Estate Administration and on its Charitable Organizations Committee. Ms. Davidowitz served as chair of the New York State Bar Association's Charitable Organizations Committee (January 2008-January 2011).

Lectures and Articles

Ms. Davidowitz is a contributing author to LexisNexis AnswerGuide New York Surrogate’s Court procedure handbook published in 2004 by Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., a member of LexisNexis Group. Ms. Davidowitz’s most recent article, “Representing Charitable Organizations, A Primer in Fundamentals,” was written for the American Bar Association - Real Property Probate & Trust Law Section - “E State” - Vol. No. 2004, Issue No. 1. In addition, Ms. Davidowitz is a frequent lecturer for the Practising Law Institute, the New York State Bar Association and other organizations and groups.

Other Activities

Ms. Davidowitz is a member of the Professional Advisors Council for Calvary Fund Inc. of Calvary Hospital; a member of the Professional Advisory Council of the American Heart Association and of the New York Tolerance Center Advisory Group, of which she serves as Co-Chair. Ms. Davidowitz is currently the Chair, and had served as Vice-Chair (2007-2011), of the Trusts and Estates Committee for the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, as well as Co-Chair of its Dinner Committee (2002, 2003 and 2005).

Honors and Awards

In 2006, Ms. Davidowitz was listed as one of the Top 50 Female New York Super Lawyers in the New York Times and New York Super Lawyers — Metro Edition. Ms. Davidowitz has been named a New York Super Lawyer from 2007 to 2011. In addition, she was listed in Best Lawyers in America from 2007 to 2012. Ms. Davidowitz was honored in 2001 for pro bono legal services provided to the Great Neck Center for the Visual and Performing Arts and in 1999 by South Brooklyn Legal Services for pro bono legal services provided to individuals infected with HIV and their families.

Education

Ms. Davidowitz earned her undergraduate degree (B.A., 1975) from Queens College of the City University of New York and her law degree (J.D., 1978) from St. John’s University School of Law.