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John M. Cornish

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John M. Cornish

Partner
 
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Two International Place
Boston, Massachusetts  02110
(Suffolk Co.)

Telephone: 617-248-5000
Fax: 617-248-4000
http://www.choate.com



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Practice AreasWealth Management; Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Business
 
EducationGeorgetown University, J.D., 1973; Boston University, LL.M. in Taxation, 1977, Harvard University, A.B., 1969
 
Admitted1973, Massachusetts
 
Born1947
 
BiographyFamily-Owned Businesses: general corporate, business and tax advice, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and structuring arrangements to transfer equity interests to younger generations in a tax-efficient manner. Complex Gift & Estate Planning: advice on all aspects of gift and estate planning, including life insurance planning, family limited partnerships, sales to grantor trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts and charitable planning. Estate & Trust Administration: fiduciary services as executor and trustee of clients' estates and trusts, including administration of large private foundations.
 
ISLN908185014
 
TransactionsHelped several families transfer equity interests in family-owned companies to younger generation members at little or no gift and estate tax expense. Successfully settled numerous income, gift and estate tax audits, including one case that reduced proposed tax deficiency from $50 million to $0. Managing Trustee of numerous family trusts and foundations with total assets in excess of $500 million.
 


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