Overview

Shaina Kamen is a private wealth services attorney. Ms. Kamen serves as general counsel to high-net-worth individuals and multigenerational families throughout New York and Florida.

Ms. Kamen advises clients on all aspects of estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning to create plans consistent with client goals, with an emphasis on coordinating the overlay of business succession planning on estate planning for family-owned business structures.

In addition to developing comprehensive wealth transfer plans for clients, Ms. Kamen often acts as a resource to family offices, including trustees and other advisors, to coordinate the implementation of estate plans across multigenerational family groups. She also works with family members and advisors to evaluate family office structures and needs, including restructuring existing family offices or creating new family offices as objectives evolve over time.

Ms. Kamen's practice encompasses all aspects of estate and trust administration in New York and Florida, including post-mortem estate planning, and federal and state estate tax matters.

Ms. Kamen frequently writes and speaks on estate planning topics relating to high-net-worth individuals and families. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law, Graduate Program in Taxation.

Credentials

Education
  • Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Tax
  • Syracuse University College of Law, J.D.
  • The George Washington University, B.A.
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Florida
  • New York
Memberships
  • Emerging Leadership Program, Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Fellow; Business Planning Committee, Member, 2023-2026; Fiduciary Administration Task Force, Member, 2023-2024
  • New York State Bar Association, Trusts & Estates Law Section Newsletter, Associate Editor, 2017-2023
  • New York City Bar Association, Trusts, Estates, & Surrogate's Court Committee, 2018-2019
  • New York City Bar Association, Estate & Gift Taxation Committee, 2015-2018, 2023-2026
Honors & Awards
  • Holland & Knight Rising Star, Class of 2025
  • Rising Star, Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2021-2023
  • Rising Star, New York Super Lawyers magazine, 2015-2019

Publications

Speaking Engagements

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

2025 Spring Meeting, New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Trusts & Estates Law Section / May 3, 2025

Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Trusts and Estates Practice and Family Offices

New York State Society of CPAs (NYCPA) Private Wealth Conference / December 12, 2024

More Estate Planning Misfires of the Rich and Famous 2023

Panelist / New York City Bar CLE Programs / July 12, 2023

Live Like a Rock Star (But Don’t Die Like One)

40th Annual Attorney/Trust Officer Liaison Conference / August 19, 2022

Estate Planning During COVID-19: CARES Act Relief, Key Issues and Planning Opportunities for Trusts and Estates

Strafford Publications Inc. / June 9, 2020

Domicile Planning for Individuals, Trusts and Estates

Strafford Publications Inc. / February 20, 2020
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