Jillian Merns
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 5 : Private Wealth Law
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About
Provided by Jillian Merns
Practice Areas
Jillian E. Merns is a partner in the Private Wealth Group. Jillian’s practice involves all aspects of estate planning and administration, with an emphasis on the development of sophisticated plans for high-net-worth individuals and their families. Jillian’s practice includes the preparation of complex wills, trust agreements and related instruments, general counseling of clients on estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax matters as well as the administration of decedents’ estates and trusts. She works with many single- and multi-family offices to provide comprehensive solutions to the complex issues facing today’s wealthiest families.
Jillian is the chair of the Next Gen Trusts and Estates Group and the former chair of the Young Lawyers Division of the UJA-Federation of New York. She is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and the Alumnae Board of the Spence School, where she formerly chaired the Planned Giving Society.
Personal
New York University School of Law, LLM, 2013
Columbia Law School, J.D., 2008
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Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Jillian Merns regularly advises high net worth clients on tax, succession and trusts. Merns is well regarded for her planning skills and dedication to client service.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jillian is an outstanding professional with exceptional client service skills. She is extremely intelligent and is able to present complex concepts to clients of all levels."
"She's extremely intelligent. Once she does work for a client they stay with her for many years because of the attention, the creativity and brilliance of her planning."
"Jillian is an outstanding professional with exceptional client service skills. She is extremely intelligent and is able to present complex concepts to clients of all levels."
"She's extremely intelligent. Once she does work for a client they stay with her for many years because of the attention, the creativity and brilliance of her planning."
