Kristen M. Lynch,  Partner

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200 East Broward Boulevard
Suite 1500
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301

TEL: 954-527-2488 (Fort Lauderdale)
561-962-6906
FAX: 954-333-4088 (Fort Lauderdale)
561-962-6956

As a Partner in Ruden McClosky's Trusts & Estates Practice Group, Kristen Lynch focuses her practice on estate planning, probate and retirement planning, and IRA matters. An Accredited Estate Planner (AEP), she has over twenty years of experience in trusts and tstates law, working almost exclusively with high net worth IRA clients for the last seventeen years. 

Ms. Lynch worked for SunTrust Bank in the capacity of Vice President and Divisional IRA Manager for the Private Client Services Group, and for Merrill Lynch Trust Company as Vice President and Senior Trust Officer in charge of New Business Acceptance. She is a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor as well as a Certified IRA Services Professional.

Ms. Lynch has been appointed Chair of the Sponsorship Committee of The Florida Bar, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (RPPTL) for the term 2010-2011. In addition, she has been appointed as co-editor of the RPPTL column for The Florida Bar Journal. She has been published numerous times in The Florida Bar Journal, and the Journal of Retirement Planning and has also been quoted in Kiplinger's and Tax Notes. She is also a frequent lecturer for professional groups.

Ms. Lynch is a member of the Planned Giving Advisory Board for the American Lung Association of Florida and has been recently selected by the Association as the recipient of the "Outstanding Board Member of the Year Award." She is Chair and Member of the Board of Directors of the Planned Giving and Endowment Committee for the Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park, Boca Raton, and also is a Member of the Board of Directors of both the Erwin and Barbara Mautner, and the Nicholas Andronicus Charitable Foundations. In addition, Ms. Lynch serves on the Planned Giving Council and Endowment Board for Nova Southeastern University; is a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Miami, Broward County; and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Alvin Sherman Library Circle of Friends.

Ms. Lynch is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is a Legal - Post-mortem IRAs Expert Witness with Westlaw's Round Table Group's expert network - the world's preeminent consortium and leading authority of expert witness professionals.

Publications

• "The Robertson Case: A Beneficiary by Any Other Name Is Still a Beneficiary"
• Corporate Law Advisory Spring 2009
• "The Importance of Creating and Updating Your Estate Plan"
• Trusts & Estates Advisory
• "When Good IRAs Go Bad: Common Pre- and Post-Mortem IRA Problems with Uncommonly Bad Results"
• "How Protected Are Your Clients' Retirement Accounts After the 2005 Bankruptcy Act"
• "The Top Five Things Practitioners Must Know About IRAs Now: A Discussion of State Law, Case Law and Other Considerations"
• "Marriage, Minimum Distributions & Mayhem: A Discussion of IRAs Under Florida's New Elective Share Law"

Speaking Engagements

• South Florida FPA Conference
• Northern Trust's Las Olas Roundtable and Luncheon
• Kristen Lynch Presents to the Society of Financial Service Professionals
• The Florida Bar Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section's 29th Annual RPPTL Legislative and Case Law Update Seminar
• 23rd Annual Accounting Show

News

• Kristen Lynch Appointed Chair of The Florida Bar Sponsorship Committee for Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
• Ruden McClosky Partner Kristen Lynch Named an Accredited Estate Planner