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Steven St. L. Cox

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Akron
222 South Main Street
Suite 400
Akron, OH 44308
P: 330.849.6714 330.849.6714
F: 330.376.4577
E: scox@ralaw.com | vCard

Cleveland

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Steve focuses his practice on estate planning, family business succession planning, probate matters, estate and trust administration, charitable planning/nonprofit institutions, trust and estate litigation and business and tax matters. He represents individuals and business clients in a wide range of tax, estate, and succession planning matters.

Experience
  • Developing multi-generational wealth and family business transfer plans
  • Tax and succession planning for closely held businesses and business owners
  • Sophisticated estate tax planning with GRATs, ILITs, QPRTs, grantor trusts, and discounted entities
  • Lifetime wealth preservation planning for individuals and professionals, including planning using domestic asset protections trusts
  • Charitable planning using trusts, private foundations, and public charities
  • Preparation and defense of estate and gift tax returns
  • Drafting and negotiating premarital agreements
  • Representing individual and corporate trustees with respect to trust interpretation, distribution of assets, operations, trust modification and trust litigation
  • Representing trust beneficiaries with respect to distribution of assets, beneficial rights, trust modification, trust litigation and claims of breach of fiduciary duties