Top Rated Nonprofit Organizations Attorney in Syracuse, NY

Christine Woodcock Dettor is an attorney with Bousquet Holstein PLLC law firm and works primarily out of the firm's law office in Syracuse, New York. An accredited estate planner by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils, Ms. Dettor has more than 24 years of total legal experience, and she provides invaluable counsel and support to a diverse range of clients throughout Syracuse and surrounding regions who have legal needs involving any of the following:

• Not-for-profit organization and planning
• Trust and estate planning and administration
• Health care law and professional practices matters
• Elder law
• Family law matters for LGBTQ and nontraditional families
• Tax planning and advocacy

Throughout the course of her legal career, Ms. Dettor has helped her clients protect themselves, their assets and their family members against any future contingencies while assisting them with wealth preservation and optimizing their financial well-being. A highly compassionate and personable attorney, she finds great reward in providing peace of mind to her clients as they make very important and tough decisions regarding their final days and what will happen to their estates as well as to their loved ones.

Moreover, Ms. Dettor has assisted numerous clients with establishing, organizing and planning their not-for-profit organizations, and she serves as legal counsel as well as board member to several such organizations throughout her area. Ms. Dettor also has in-depth knowledge of state and federal tax laws, and she routinely assists her clients with mitigating their overall tax liability while remaining in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Honored for her outstanding professionalism and service, Ms. Dettor has earned recognition from The Best Lawyers in America for nonprofit/charities law and trusts and estates. She has also received many other top rankings and endorsements from her peers along with numerous testimonials and referrals from her satisfied clients.

A leader in her legal community, Ms. Dettor has also served as co-chair of the New York State Bar Association's Charitable Organizations Committee as well as executive committee member of the association's Trusts & Estate Section. She is also a member of the association's Health Law and Elder Law Sections, and she is a member of the Central New York Women’s Bar Association, the Estate Planning Council of Central New York and the Onondaga County Bar Association's Surrogates Court Committee.

Ms. Dettor graduated from Wellesley College in 1992 and obtained her Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law in 1996.

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