Michael S. Kutzin concentrates in New York Guardianship and Trusts and Estates. Michael is a partner in multiple practice groups, including Trusts & Estates, Guardianship Practice, Surrogate’s Court Litigation, Appellate Practice, Corporate & General Business and Taxation.
Michael joins McCarthy Fingar from Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin LLP, where he had been a partner for 18 years. He started his career in the Tax Department of Thacher Proffitt & Wood and tax boutique firm of Roberts & Holland LLP before segueing into Trusts & Estates and Elder Law. He has also served as an adjunct assistant professor at New York University, where he taught Law of Nonprofit Management for 15 years.
Michael has extensive experience with all forms of Surrogate’s Court and Guardianship proceedings, from the most routine to the most complex and contentious. He has appeared in Westchester matters for years, as well as Surrogate’s Court and Guardianship cases in New York City.
Michael is a skilled and thoughtful Trusts & Estates lawyer who works with clients to meet their planning needs. He works with people with substantial assets and complex tax considerations, as well as people of more modest means and with family members with disabilities.
He is a “lawyer’s lawyer” – a professional looked to by other lawyers for advice and guidance.
In 2003, Michael was invited to testify about abuses in Adult Guardianships before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Michael is also an accomplished writer. In 2005, he won the 2005 New York Law Journal fiction writing contest for his short story, “The Grannysnatchers.”
Michael is a co-author of the prestigious New York Elder Law treatise, published by LexisNexis. It is a leading resource for trusts and estates, elder law and special needs attorneys practicing in New York.
Michael has received a peer review rating of AV Preeminent on Martindale-Hubbell. Michael has also been recognized as a New York Super Lawyer in the areas of Estate Planning & Probate each year since 2015.
