New Special Counsel (Private Client) at Stroock

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a national US law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, has named six new Partners and seven new Special Counsel, effective January 1, 2008.

These promotions include:

Deborah M. Olsen (Special Counsel – Personal Client Services, New York) Ms. Olsen, (32), advises clients on a broad range of topics focusing on estate planning, trust and estate administration and litigation, and charitable entities. Ms. Olsen creates and implements comprehensive and fully coordinated estate and gifting plans for her clients utilizing sophisticated techniques, including, trusts such as grantor retained annuity trusts, generation skipping transfer trusts, and irrevocable life insurance trusts. Ms. Olsen also assists clients with estate planning transactions involving family business entities such as family limited partnerships and limited liability companies, including loan and sale transactions, all structured to achieve her client’s personal and family goals with optimal tax results. Ms. Olsen regularly gives advice on tax and fiduciary matters to individual and corporate Trustees and Executors as well as Directors of public charities and private foundations.