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Practice Area
Trusts and Estates
Hume R. Steyer is a partner in Seward & Kissel's Trusts & Estates group. Mr. Steyer has practiced law since 1978. He joined Seward & Kissel as a partner in 1997.
Mr. Steyer specializes in Trusts & Estates matters. His practice is focused primarily in the field of sophisticated estate and trust planning and administration, as well as in the establishment and administration of private and public charitable entities. The planning aspect of his practice includes advising on and implementing a broad range of family and business arrangements designed to promote financial stability and to minimize taxation. Additionally, Mr. Steyer handles tax and probate litigation and works with clients to realize their philanthropic objectives.
Mr. Steyer received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975, and a J.D. from Harvard University in 1978. He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and of the New York State and American Bar Associations. Mr. Steyer is a member of the boards of the Sharonsteel Foundation, the Open Space Institute, North Country School/Treetops and Tuxedo Park School, the American Federation for Aging Research and he serves as the Town Justice of Tuxedo, New York. | 