Louis Nostro is the Chairman of the Trusts and Estates Practice Group. Mr. Nostro specializes in estate planning, with primary emphasis on valuation planning (designed to transfer assets to younger generations with minimal or no transfer tax liability) and charitable planning. He is certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in two areas: Taxation and Wills, Trusts and Estates.
Mr. Nostro lectures frequently at estate planning seminars sponsored by various professional groups, including the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the NYU Tax Institute, the Washington and Oregon Tax Institute and regional estate planning and planned giving councils. Mr. Nostro has also written extensively in the fields of estate and charitable planning.
Mr. Nostro serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami Law School Graduate Estate Planning Program (2003 – present), teaching Federal Wealth Transfer Tax Planning to LL.M. students.
Mr. Nostro is a Fellow of the American College of Trusts & Estates Counsel and a member of the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar Association. He is Treasurer and a member of the Board of Trustees of Plymouth Congregational Church, Coconut Grove, Florida, and serves as the pro bono legal counsel to The Miami Lighthouse for the Blind.
Recognition
- Martindale Hubbell A-V rated
- Worth Magazine, selected for inclusion as One of Top 100 Estate Planning Attorneys in 2005
- The Best Lawyers in America®, selected for inclusion in Tax Law and Trusts & Estates in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Florida Trend's Legal Elite, selected for inclusing in 2004
- Florida Super Lawyers, selected for inclusion in Estate Planning in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Education
- University of Florida, LL.M., Taxation, 1987
- University of Florida, J.D., with honors, 1982
- University of Florida, B.S., with honors, Business Administration, 1978
Bar Admissions
- The Florida Bar
