Clifford Cohen has broad experience in trust law and estate planning and administration for estates with complex assets, distribution schemes, and tax issues. Cliff counsels individuals, couples, and families on structuring their assets for use during their lives and for their beneficiaries in the future. He has supervised and served as a fiduciary on many substantial estates and continuing trusts.
Cliff also advises professional and non-professional fiduciaries alike on all aspects of trust and estate administration. Cliff’s clients often face a host of concerns involving family disputes, finances, taxes, creditors, aging loved ones, disability, inheritance issues, and more. In his role, he serves as a trusted counsel to families and fiduciaries seeking guidance, clarity, and results. Trusts and estate law is very complex, and Cliff works diligently to ensure his clients have a plan customized to their needs. “I take care to make sure my clients understand the concepts as it applies to their individual circumstances, which vary dramatically from one case to another,” he says. “I do very little ‘plain vanilla’ work, even on the planning side, because everyone’s household, life, and intent are different.” Cliff sees his specialty as one that has intriguing challenges. He has always been interested in this area of the law and the “combination of substance, family dynamics, and helping people to cope with life and death,” he says. “Untangling the knots caused by family circumstances and legal intricacies is intellectually and emotionally satisfying work.”
