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Edward C. Robinson is a member of the firm’s Estate Planning Department. Mr. Robinson has over 20 years of experience advising clients in the full range of Estate Planning, Estate Administration and Elder Law issues.
With respect to his Estate Planning practice, Mr. Robinson has extensive experience completing estate plans for clients from modest means to those with significant wealth. Specifically, he has implemented estate plans utilizing simple and complex wills, living wills, health care proxies, powers of attorney, both revocable and irrevocable living trusts, irrevocable insurance trusts, charitable remainder trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, family limited partnerships, limited liability companies and supplemental needs trusts.
Mr. Robinson has overseen the probate and administration of over 100 estates and trusts, from uncontested matters through complex contested matters. As a result, he has gained expertise in the preparation of federal and state estate tax returns and fiduciary income tax returns.
Mr. Robinson also has significant experience in Medicaid and long term care pre-planning. He has helped many clients in developing plans designed to protect their assets, utilizing trusts, real property transfers and gifting strategies. He has also aided clients in submitting Medicaid applications and through representation in Medicaid Fair Hearings.
He has lectured extensively on estate planning, estate administration and elder law topics in numerous seminars directed toward consumers, attorneys, financial planners and accountants.
Mr. Robinson was formerly a partner at the Williamsville-based law firm of Holland & Robinson.
Mr. Robinson is a cum laude graduate of Hobart College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He then earned his Juris Doctor degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law in 1983.
He is a member of the New York and Erie County Bar Associations. He serves as a member of the Practice and Procedure Surrogate’s Court Committee as well as the Elder Law Committee of the Erie County Bar Association. In addition, he is a member of the Elder Law and Estates and Trusts sections of the New York State Bar Association.
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