About
Jeffrey M. Johnstone is a Partner in Tully Rinckey PLLC’s Rochester office, wherein his exercise is concentrated in property planning, trusts, estate administration, corporations and commercial enterprise, not-for-income entities, and federal and New York tax.
He is admitted to practice in New York and Florida, further to the U.S. Court for the Western District of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. Tax Court.
Prior to becoming a member of Tully Rinckey, Jeffrey was an fairness Partner with Harris, Chesworth, O’Brien, Johnstone & Welch, LLP.
Upon graduating from regulation faculty, Jeffrey became associated with the Rochester, New York, corporation of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle (now the countrywide law office of Nixon Peabody LLP), in which he received a solid grounding in business litigation, actual estate, administrative law, labor regulation and tax law. He based Jeffrey M. Johnstone, P.C. in 1981, concentrating in enterprise regulation, tax law and property planning. He remained in solo and small firm exercise until joining Harris, Chesworth & O’Brien, the predecessor of Harris, Chesworth, O’Brien, Johnstone & Welch, LLP, in 1994.
Jeffrey is a member of the Monroe County Bar Association, wherein he has served as head of the Tax Section, and in which he is a member of the Trusts and Estates, Business Law and Tax Law sections. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Florida Bar Association.
Throughout his career, Jeffrey has been actively concerned in community affairs, such as the Board of Trustees of the Ontario County Museum and Historical Society, the Finger Lakes Museum, the Planning Board of the Town of Brighton, the Lewis Street Center, the Feadan Or Pipe Band, and The Cupola Restoration Project of Penn Yan, Inc.
Jeffrey has been AV rated, the best feasible peer score, from Martindale Hubbell, for many years.
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Legal Issues
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
Costs
- Payment With Credit Card
Certificates
Colgate University
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Partner
Tully Rinckey PLLC
2018
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