Joanne R. Sternlieb advises clients on estate planning and trust and estate administration. She has extensive experience representing high-net worth individuals, as well as those individuals who are growing their wealth. Joanne is accustomed to dealing with the sometimes contentious issues that arise and need to be settled through negotiation or in Surrogate's Court.Before starting her own practice in 2002, Joanne spent over 10 years at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in the Personal Planning (Trusts & Estates) Department. As an associate, and then Counsel, in the Personal Planning Department at Simpson Thacher, Joanne advised clients on all aspects of estate planning including gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, charitable giving techniques, and the administration of trusts and estates. In 1999 she moved from Simpson Thacher to Neuberger Berman Trust Company, N.A. as a Vice President and Senior Estate Planner.Joanne is a member of the Committee on Trusts, Estates & Surrogate’s Courts of the New York City Bar Association and a past member of the Committee on Estate and Gift Taxation of the New York City Bar Association. She is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association. Joanne participated as a lecturer at an American Law Institute-American Bar Association basic Estate and Gift Taxation and Planning program and a New York State Bar Association program on Practical Skills: Estate Planning and Will Drafting.Specialties: Estate and Gift Tax Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Beneficiary Representation, Executor/Trustee Representation, Surrogate’s Court Proceedings, Guardianship, Healthcare Proxies/Living Wills, Durable Powers of Attorney