SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Hancock Estabrook, LLP recently announced that Ryan M. Hartnett has joined as an associate attorney in the Syracuse law firm’s corporate, tax and startup & emerging business practice areas. Hartnett represents a variety of clients in business activities that include mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, business restructuring, and tax disputes and controversies, according […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Hancock Estabrook, LLP recently announced that Ryan M. Hartnett has joined as an associate attorney in the Syracuse law firm’s corporate, tax and startup & emerging business practice areas.
Hartnett represents a variety of clients in business activities that include mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, business restructuring, and tax disputes and controversies, according to a Hancock Estabrook news release. He often counsels closely-held business entities with succession planning, routinely structuring financially viable and tax advantageous transactions.
Hartnett also works with high-net-worth individuals in developing and implementing comprehensive estate and wealth plans that are customized to minimize gift and estate taxes, while furthering non-tax goals, Hancock Estabrook noted.
He received his J.D. degree from Western New England University School of Law and his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. Hartnett also received an MBA degree from Utica University and a bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College, according to his biography on the Hancock Estabrook website. He is admitted to practice in New York state and Massachusetts.
Hartnett was previously an associate attorney at Mackenzie Hughes LLP in Syracuse. There, he practiced in all areas of federal, state, and local tax law, focusing on corporate tax planning, employee benefits, estate and gift tax, and tax controversy.
