Over more than four decades, Estate Planning Lawyer and Living Trust Lawyer Kenneth Ziskin has been the "Family Wealth Strategist"(sm).  My BIO is on my website, but my greatest honors come from the reviews I get or the hugs clients give my wife (Hinda, who works with me to provide the perspective of a wife, mother and grandmoter) and I after we complete a project. 

Recently, one of my favorite strategies is one that allows clients to get a step-up in income tax basis without dying!  The income tax savings can be dramatic.

I work with individuals and families to design and implement both Living Trusts and advanced estate planning strategies. Ihelp clients understand and put in place strategies to pass family wealth and his clients' deeply held values to their desired beneficiaries. I always focus on the integration of clients' essential non-tax desires for their heirs with estate tax planning, income tax planning and appropriate asset protection planning to facilitate preservation and passing of wealth to benefit future generations.  

My Estate Planning and Living Trust strategies have saved clients millions of dollars of taxes. While typical savings range from a few hundred thousand to a few million dollars, in one case alone, my strategy saved nearly $200,000,000 in taxes (mostly estate taxes, but also income taxes) for the beneficiaries of a deceased parent!  

I also offer caring, personalized probate and trust administration services for those who have lost a loved one.