The addition of the group is part of the law firm's drive into areas such as around wealth preservation, it said.

Financial sector-focused law firm Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner  has added a trusts and estates practices group that is made up of Robert Birnbaum, Todd Manister and Jodi Zimmerman, as well as paralegal, Jodie Shapiro-Shahar.

The new group is designed to help the firm push into the area around wealth and estate structuring, it said.

Birnbaum, a veteran of the industry with a career of over five decades, comes to SRFK LLP after a decades-long career at Kantor, Davidoff, Mandelker, Twomey, Gallanty & Kokhba, PC.

Manister will concentrate on Surrogate’s Court litigation handling all aspects of trusts, estates and guardianships, including trials and appeals. Zimmerman focuses on estate planning and elder law, including the preparation of wills, various types of trusts, advance directives, probate and administration petitions and guardianships. Zimmerman is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Nassau County Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Committee and Elder Law Committee. Shapiro-Shahar has worked alongside Robert Birnbaum for over 30 years.