Attorney Biography
Lisa Ayn Padilla concentrates on estate planning for families (however "family" is defined by the client or the US Census Bureau) and estate litigation, representing executors and trustees ("fiduciaries"), charitable organizations, and beneficiaries of estates and trusts.
Lisa has been in practice for over 25 years, and in that time has amassed a wide array of corporate, financial and estate litigation experience that enables her to provide the very best in legal and financial solutions for her clients.
With an extensive background in financial planning techniques, coupled with an advanced law degree in Taxation, Lisa has a unique perspective on legal and financial issues, allowing for a holistic approach to her clients’ financial and estate planning situations.
Lisa uses sophisticated estate-planning and financial and tax techniques designed to facilitate the transfer of wealth between domestic partners, (starter and trophy) spouses and to younger generations in a tax-efficient manner, including a variety of trusts, business succession plans, family limited partnerships, charitable giving plans and domestic partnership and pre- and post-marital agreements. The trust and estate administration portion of her practice includes post-mortem tax planning and providing counsel to beneficiaries and fiduciaries in order to preserve inherited wealth.
With a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School and an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law, Lisa is admitted to practice law in the state and federal courts of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, the First and Second U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, the United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court.
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