Kenneth Brier

Needham, Massachusetts tax and estate planning lawyer, Attorney Brier was admitted to the Bars of Massachusetts in 1980, the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts in 1980, and the U.S. Tax Court in 1986. He was also licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts in 1981. Website: http://www.brierganz.com Professional Affiliations * Member, American Bar Association * Member, Boston Bar Association (Past co-chair of Trusts & Estates Section and of Estate Planning Committee) * Member, Massachusetts Bar Association * Member, Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants * Member, Boston Estate Planning Council * Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a national elective organization of distinguished trust and estate attorneys (Member of International Estate Planning Committee) * Earned listing in the selective and highly regarded publications, The Best Lawyers in America® and Massachusetts Super Lawyers® Selected Speaking Engagements * Qualified and Nonqualified Plan Distributions: Massachusetts Taxation of Nonresidents, presented for the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants * "Massachusetts Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates," presented at the Bentley Annual State Tax Forum * "What Happens at Date of Death: The Role of an Executor and Others in Administering an Estate," presented for the Boston Security Analysts Society * "Asset Protection Planning-Selected Issues," presented for the CPE Institute for Accountants * "Recent Developments in U.S Tax Planning for the Multinational Family," presented at the Fourth Annual International Forum on Offshore Trusts for Private Clients in New York City, sponsored by the Institute for International Research; "Transferring the Business: Succession Planning," presented at a program for the Choice of Business Entity, sponsored by Professional Education Systems, Incorporated * "Family Limited Partner

Columbia Law School

J.D. (1979)

1976 - 1979

Princeton University

A.B. (1975) | Economics

1971 - 1975

Honors: cum laude

Partner

Brier, Marandett & Rossetti LLP

Current

State, Federal estate tax planning in a world reshaped

Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly

February, 2010

Estate Taxes and Carryover Basis

SumNews

January, 2010

Certified Public Accountant

Massachusetts

1981

Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants

Member

Current

American Bar Association

Member

Current

Boston Bar Association

Past co-chair of Trusts & Estates Section

Current

Massachusetts Bar Association

Member

Current

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)

Fellow

Current

Massachusetts

Since 1980