William D Zabel

Practice Areas

Founding partner of the firm and head of the Individual Client Services Group focusing on estate planning, wills, trusts, charitable foundations, income- and gift-tax planning, estate administration and family law. Represents many of the wealthiest individuals in the country on tax planning; succession planning; charitable giving (through the use of private foundations, public charities, split-interest trusts and direct giving); estates and trusts, including representation of individuals and institutions acting as fiduciaries with respect to both general administrative matters and litigated or contested ones; and family law matters, including prenuptial, postnuptial and cohabitation agreements, and the negotiation or mediation of very substantial divorce matters.

Career

Joined the Firm in 1969

Professional Memberships

• American Bar Association

• Florida Bar Association

• New York City Bar Association

• New York State Bar Association

Publications

• The Rich Die Richer and You Can Too (John Wiley & Sons Inc.) 1995

Personal

• Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude)

• Princeton University (B.A., summa cum laude)