St. John's University School of Law,
J.D., 1978
New York University,
M.A., 1970
Brooklyn College,
B.A., 1967
New York
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Fellow
New York Women’s Bar Association
Trusts and Estates Committee
Past Chair
American Bar Association
Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Taxation Sections
New York City Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Committee on Legislation of the Trusts & Estates Section
Listed in New York Metro Area Super Lawyers (by Thomson Reuters)
2006-2020
Thompson Coburn;
Partner, 2021-Present
Hahn & Hessen;
Partner, 2002-2021
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Professional Advisory Council
UJA-Federation of NY
Lawyers’ Division Estates and Trusts Group
A fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Ninette works closely with clients and their families to create comprehensive multi-generational estate plans and provide for effective business succession planning.
Ninette has extensive experience in estate administration, will contests, probate and Surrogate's Court litigation, as well as guardianship and conservatorship proceedings. She advises individual clients as well as major corporations and financial institutions, principals of closely-held and start-up businesses, art collectors and charitable organizations on all aspects of will and trust preparation, estate and gift tax planning and pre-marital planning.
In addition to being a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Ninette has served in leadership positions for the trust and estate committees of several regional and national bar associations. Ninette has lectured on estate and tax planning and estate administration at the New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, bar association seminars, major financial institutions, alumni associations, auction houses and charitable organizations.
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