ekokot@katskykorins.com
direct telephone number: 212-716-3284
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EDUCATION
Columbia Law School, J.D. 1974; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Union College, B.A. 1970, summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
BAR ADMISSION
1975, New York
AV Peer Review Rated
BIOGRAPHY
Eugene V. Kokot joined the firm in 1997 and heads the trusts and estates department. He has extensive experience in all aspects of estate planning, trust and estate administration, transfer taxation, and fiduciary taxation, including representing fiduciaries and beneficiaries in litigated cases.
In addition to representing a broad spectrum of business and entrepreneurial clients, Eugene has many clients who are prominent in entertainment, the arts, and the literary world. He also serves corporate fiduciary clients in the administration of estates and trusts and in fiduciary accounting matters.
He has been very active in the New York State Bar Association, having served for twelve years on the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the State Bar’s Trusts and Estates Section. He also served on the Committee on Trusts, Estates and Surrogates’ Courts of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Eugene lectures frequently on topics of estate planning and administration to Bar groups and non-lawyers.
Eugene is legal counsel to several charitable organizations, some of which he serves as a board member, trustee, and/or officer.
COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. District Court, Southern District of N.Y.
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of N.Y.
BAR AFFILIATIONS
New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Section
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
PUBLICATIONS
“Retirement Benefits: Why You Should Use Them to Benefit Your Favorite Charities,” The Alert, Newsletter of the Federal Bar Association’s Corporate and Association Counsels’ Division, 1998
“Spousal Remainder Trusts: The Ultimate Income-Shifting Device?,” co-author, CCH Financial and Estate Planning and Taxes — The Tax Magazine, 1985
Living and Dying with QTIP Trusts, Successful Estate Planning Ideas and Methods Service (Prentice Hall), 1984
Planning for the Income of an Estate, J.K. Lasser's Estate Tax Techniques, 1981
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation, Trustee, Secretary
Nancy Graves Foundation, Director, Secretary
American-Scandinavian Foundation, Executive Trustee
Scandinavian Seminar, Director
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