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Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP I Attorneys I William D. Zabel
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Partner
Schulte Rothelabel LLP
WILLIAM D. ZABEL
New York. New York 10022
United States of America
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William D. Zabel is a founding partner of the firm and head of the Individual Client Services Group.
Based in New York. he practices in the areas of estate planning, wills, trusts, charitable
foundations. income- and gift-tax planning. estate administration and famiy law. Bill represents
many of the wealthiest individuals in the country on lax planning: succession planning: charitable
giving (through the use of private foundations. public charities. split-interest trusts and direct
giving): estates and trusts, including representation of individuals and institutions acting as
fiduciaries with respect to both general administrative matters and litigated or contested ones: and
family law matters, including prenuptial. postnuptial and cohabitation agreements- and the
negotiation or mediation of substantial divorce matters.
Bill graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University and aim laude
from Harvard Law School. In 2006. he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from The American
Lawyer. and has also been honored to receive an Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Award. Brandeis
University Distinguished Community Service Award. Distinguished Service Award (conferred by
The New School) and the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights Extraordinary Leader Award. Bill
is a member ol the American Law Institute and the Council on Foreign Relations, a Fellow of
Brandeis University. American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel and the American Bar
Foundation. and an Academician ol the International Academy ol Estate and Trust Law. His civic
and philanthropic activities have included, among many others, chair of Human Rights
First, trustee or Sector ol New York University. The New School, Doctors of the World. Princeton
University Planned Giving Committee. Sakharov Archives. Lincoln Center Theater and The
Academy of American Poets.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
The Rich Die Richer and You Can Too (John Wiley & Sons Inc.) 1995
MEMBERSHIPS
Professional
American Bar Association
Florida Bar Association
New York City Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Civic and Philanthropic
The Academy of American Poets (Director)
American Friends of the Israel Museum (Director)
amfAR (Director. 1998-2008)
Doctors of the World (Director. 1997-2004)
Harmorie Club. (President. 1989-1992)
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust (Trustee)
Human Rights First (Chairman)
PRACTICES
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Individual Client
Services
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The JPB Foundation
Lincoln Center Theater (Director)
The Lymphoma Foundation (Director)
New York University (Trustee)
The New School (Trustee)
Mailman School ol Public Health. Columbia University
Princeton University Planned Giving Committee (Chairman)
Project on Death in America (Advisory Board. 1994-1999)
Sakharov Archives
Soros Foundations: Legal adviser to Open Society Institute and to Soros Foundations Network
OTHER DISTINCTIONS
Lifetime Achievement Award. The American Lawyer(2006)
Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Award (2005)
Brandeis University Distinguished Community Service Award
Distinguished Service Award. The New School
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights 2003 Extraordinary Leader Award
Member. American Law Institute
Fellow. Brandeis University
Fellow. American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel (ACTEC)
Academician. International Academy of Estate and Trust Law
Fellow. American Bar Foundation
Member. Council on Foreign Relations
New York City Litigation - Trusts & Estates Lawyer ol the Year. Best Lawyers' 2012 Lawyers of the
Year
BAR ADMISSIONS
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New York
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Florida
COURT ADMISSIONS
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U.S. Supreme Court
EDUCATION
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Harvard Law School. J.D.. man laude
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Princeton University. B.A.. sigma cum lauds
O Phi Beta Kappa
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