Mr. Ralph Engel

Council Member Biography

Ralph Engel is a Partner and heads the New York Trusts and Estates Practice Group at the national law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in New York City. Mr. Engel specializes in the planning and administration of estates and trusts, as well as business succession planning, fiduciary accounting, estate and trust-related litigation, contested accountings and tax planning. His practice includes counseling clients with respect to and then implementing estate plans involving Wills, all types of trusts, pre- and post-marital, shareholders' and other agreements, as well as other documents used in sophisticated estate planning. He is also involved with creating and administering charitable entities, including private foundations. Mr. Engel represents individuals and families of moderate to very substantial wealth, as well as major banks in the New York Area. He was listed among the nation's 100 best T&E lawyers in the 2007 and 2008 issues of Worth Magazine. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2001 - Unspecified

Partner, Head of New York Trusts & Estates Practic, SONNENSCHEIN, NATH & ROSENTHAL, LLP

1991 - 2001

Chair, Trusts & Estates Department, Rosen & Reade LLP