Madeline J. Rivlin

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Biography

Madeline J. Rivlin focuses her practice on estate planning for high-net-worth individuals, including will and trust drafting, wealth transfer tax and associated income tax planning, and implementing various estate planning strategies.

Concentrations

•Intentionally defective grantor trusts
•Family partnerships
•Irrevocable life insurance trusts
•Qualified personal residence trusts
•Grantor-retained annuity trusts
•Perpetual trusts
•Marital trusts
•Charitable remainder trusts
•Charitable lead trusts

Judicial Clerkships

•Hon. Edward F. Hennessy, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1982-1983

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Trusts and Estates, 2024-2026

Areas of Practice (6)

  • Private Wealth Services
  • Tax
  • Tax & Business Group
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Charitable Planning & Foundations
  • Estate Planning/Trust & Estate Administration

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Columbia University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, M.A., English and Comparative Literature, 2018; Member, Boston University Law Review; The Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1979
Law School Attended:
Boston University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1982
Year of First Admission:
1985
Admission:
New York
Birth Information:
1957
Reported Cases:
Experience: Noteworthy Experience: Adjunct Professor, Estate Planning and Federal Estate and Gift Tax, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, 2000-Present; Consultant, Cloudlaw, PCB, 2013-2018; Associate, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, 1985-2002
ISLN:
902115796

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