Bill Haas has extensive experience in tax planning to minimize the impact of estate and gift taxes on families, and in the administration of complex estates.
G. William Haas
Partner & Chair, Individual Client ServicesProfessional Activities
Professional/Committees
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (“STEP”), Member
Legislation/Trusts and Estates Section, New York State Bar Association, Member
Continuing Legal Education/Trusts and Estates Section, New York State Bar Association, Member
Estate Litigation/Trust and Estates Section, New York State Bar Association, Member
Trusts, Estates and Surrogates’ Court, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Former Member
Charitable
Bertha & Isaac Liberman Foundation, Director
Metropolitan Opera Guild, Director
William Brown Foundation, Director
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University, Former Trustee
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Former Trustee
Metropolitan Opera Club, New York, Former President, Director and Treasurer
Recognition
- Ranked in Chambers USA High Net Worth Guide as a Band 3 practitioner for Private Wealth Law: Mid-Market New York, 2022-2024
- Ranked in Chambers USA Private Wealth Law NY Guide as a Band 4 practitioner, 2018-2020
- Martindale-Hubbell® – AV Rated
- Servant of Justice Award
Speaking Engagements
New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates
Law Section, Committee on Continuing Legal Education
Program on Probate and Administration of Estates:
Chairman, State Program
Chairman, New York City Program
Lecturer, New York City Program
Program on Will Drafting:
Lecturer, New York City Program
Lecturer, New York City Program
Lecturer, New York City Program
Practicing Law Institute
Program on Will Drafting:
Lecturer, New York City Program
Fordham Law School
Continuing Legal Education Program in Estate Planning
Lecturer
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("AICPA")
Family Office Committee
Lecturer
Practices
Education
- Columbia University School of Law, J.D.
- Yale University, B.A.
Bar Admissions
- New York
- Connecticut
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Supreme Court