Louis Nostro Jr

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Taxation

Shutts & Bowen's tax attorneys work closely with our real estate, corporate, international and probate lawyers so that the tax aspects of our clients' transactions may be considered.

We have attorneys familiar with virtually every facet of state and federal taxation, including:
* Planning for individuals, partnerships and corporations.
* Deferred compensation plans, including pension and profit sharing plans.
* Sales, acquisitions, mergers, redemptions and liquidations.
* Real estate ventures, including syndications and limited partnerships.
* Business planning for charitable and exempt organizations.
* International estate planning.
* Foreign investments in the United States.
* Foreign businesses structuring their United States operations.
* Representing individuals, partnerships and corporations in disputes with the United States, the Internal Revenue Service, the Florida Department of Revenue and all local taxing authorities.

Certified Tax Law Attorney - Florida Bar

Louis Nostro Jr
Shutts & Bowen LLP
201 S Biscayne Blvd #1500
Miami FL 33131-4328
Tel: 305 379-9164
Fax: 305 347-7864
E-mail: lnostro@shutts.com

Practice Areas
* Trusts and Estates
* Equine Law

Louis Nostro is the Chairman of the Trusts and Estates Practice Group. Mr. Nostro specializes in estate planning, with primary emphasis on valuation planning (designed to transfer assets to younger generations with minimal or no transfer tax liability) and charitable planning. He is certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in two areas: Taxation and Wills, Trusts and Estates.

Mr. Nostro lectures frequently at estate planning seminars sponsored by various professional groups, including the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the NYU Tax Institute, the Washington and Oregon Tax Institute and regional estate planning and planned giving councils. Mr. Nostro has also written extensively in the fields of estate and charitable planning.

Mr. Nostro serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami Law School Graduate Estate Planning Program (2003 – present), teaching Federal Wealth Transfer Tax Planning to LL.M. students. He has been named as one of the top 100 estate planning attorneys in the nation by Worth Magazine. Recognized as an expert by his peers, Mr. Nostro is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Florida Super Lawyers.

Mr. Nostro is a Fellow of the American College of Trusts & Estates Counsel and a member of the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar Association. He is Treasurer and a member of the Board of Trustees of Plymouth Congregational Church, Coconut Grove, Florida, and serves as the pro bono legal counsel to The Miami Lighthouse for the Blind.