Maria L. Bourdeau
Partner Trusts & Estates
Overview
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., Taxation2020Dean's Graduate Scholar
- Notre Dame Law SchoolJ.D.cum laude2017Edward J. Kelly Memorial Prize in Elder Law
- Middlebury CollegeB.A., American Studiescum laude2012
Departmental Honors
Captain, Women's Ice Hockey Team