
Stephen J. Putnoki-Higgins is an attorney in the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the Trusts & Estates Practice Group. Stephen regularly represents individuals and families and helps them manage their wealth in a tax-efficient manner. He advises clients in the areas of estate and tax planning, primarily in income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxation. Stephen is admitted to practice in Florida, Connecticut and New York.
Stephen assists clients on all aspects of wealth transmission, including lifetime gifting strategies, estate and trust administration, charitable giving, and the management and succession of closely-held businesses. In addition, he advises tax-exempt organizations regarding compliance, structuring, operations and governance.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES:
- The Connecticut Bar Association
- Estates and Probate Section
- Tax Section
- The Florida Bar Association
- Tax Section
- Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section
- The New York Bar Association
- Trusts & Estates Law Section
- American Bar Association
- Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section
- Tax Section
- Hillsborough County Bar Association
- Volunteer, Wills for Heroes pro bono project
- Tax Law Section
- Real Property, Probate & Trust Section
EDUCATION:
- New York University School of Law, LL.M. Taxation, 2011
- University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., with honors, 2010
- Tax Certificate
- CALI Award for Excellence
- University of Connecticut, B.A., History and Political Science, 2007
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