Maria Bourdeau is a partner in the Trusts and Estates Practice Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Maria focuses her practice on sophisticated estate and tax planning for high-net-worth individuals and families. She also advises clients on family wealth preservation, business succession planning, estate and trust administration, and charitable planning.
Experience
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial InternHonorable Joseph R. GoekeUnited States Tax Court
Prior Experience
Holland & Knight LLP
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Recognition
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition, Third Place Prize, "The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth with a Stepped-Up Basis"
Memberships & Affiliations
Middlebury Alumni Association, New York City Chapter
Deerfield Club of New York
Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
Member, Texas Bar Association
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2022New York
2021Connecticut
2020Florida
2018Texas
2017Massachusetts
Education
New York University School of LawLL.M., Taxation2020
Dean's Graduate Scholar
Notre Dame Law SchoolJ.D.cum laude2017
Edward J. Kelly Memorial Prize in Elder Law
Middlebury CollegeB.A., American Studiescum laude2012
