He focuses his practice in the areas of domestic and international estate planning and asset protection, including the use of sophisticated estate planning techniques in the representation of high net worth individuals. Mr. Rothschild is a nationally recognized authority on the use of offshore trusts and other planning techniques for wealth preservation. His clients include professionals, real estate developers and owners, closely-held business owners and directors of publicly-held companies. His practice also includes estate administration and the representation of clients in taxpayer disputes at the federal, state and local levels.

Mr. Rothschild is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estates Counsel and listed in Best Lawyers in America. He is the co-author of the BNA Tax Management portfolio on Asset Protection Planning and is a member of the Advisory Boards of BNA’s Tax Management and Trusts and Estates.

He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami School of Law and New York Law School Graduate Programs and has lectured frequently on asset protection and advanced estate planning strategies to professional groups including the University of Miami’s Philip Heckerling Institute, the New York University Federal Tax Institute, the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Southern Federal Tax Institute and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Rothschild is also licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.

He is Chair of the American Bar Association Committee on Asset Protection, is on the board of advisors for The Journal of Asset Protection and The Practical Accountant in addition to serving as an editorial consultant for Offshore Press, Inc.

He's a contributing author to The Practical Accountant,West's New York Practice and the New York Law Journal. He has written dozens of articles for numerous publications on the subjects of asset protection, estate planning and elder law. He is also a frequent speaker at professional conferences. 

Mr. Rothschild is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami Law School Graduate Program and has lectured frequently on asset protection and estate planning to professional groups including the American Bar Association (program chair), the New York University Federal Tax Institute, Southern Federal Tax Institute, the New York State Bar Association, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is the co-author of the forthcoming BNA Tax Management Portfolio on Asset Protection.

PRESENTATIONS

• ALI-ABA CLE Video (Chair) 1998 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1995, 1998, 2001 
• American Bar Association, 1995, 1997-2001
• Estate Planning Councils - New York, New Jersey, Northeast Michigan, Fairfield County, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, 1995-2001 
• Foundation for Accounting Education, 1995-1998,2000-2001 
• Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1994-1996, 2001 
• National Law Foundation, 1999-2001 
• National Tax Institute, 1996-2000 
• New York City Bar Association, 1997-2000 
• New York County Lawyers Association, 1997-1999 
• New York State Bar Association, 1997
• New York University Institute of Federal Taxation, 1994-1995, 1999-2001
• Practicing Law Institute, 1997, 2000, 2001 
• Security Mutual Life Insurance, 1999 
• Southern Federal Tax Institute, 2000 
• SunAmerica Securities, 2000
• University of Miami, Philip Heckerling Estate Planning Institute, 2001
• Vanderbilt University Law School, 1999 
• William & Mary Law School, 2000;
• Massuchusetts CLE Institute 2001; 
• Pennsylvania Bar Association 2001

• Forbes, 
• Money Magazine, 
• The Wall Street Journal, 
• Bloomberg Personal, 
• Smart Money, 
• Financial Planning, 
• Medical Economics, 
• Kiplinger's Retirment Report, 
• CFP Today and 
• Tax HOTline, . 

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