About Kevin Matz

Kevin Matz is a tax attorney and certified public accountant. He currently serves as a partner at the trusts and estates department of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, a New York-based law firm focusing on transactional legal services and litigation.

Attorneys at Stroock focus their practice on capital markets, investment management, finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring, real estate, insurance and tax. Stroock’s clientele includes financial institutions, international companies, investment funds, business owners and high net worth individuals. The firm also handles cases in employment law, environmental law and entertainment law.

With extensive experience in estate and tax planning, Matz advises high net worth individuals in the U.S. and abroad on wealth transfer strategies, establishing trust funds, gift- and inheritance-related tax planning, and estate administration. He is also conversant with estate- and tax-related litigation, as well as general corporate counseling. His clients include entrepreneurs, investment fund managers and high-profile professionals.

Matz managed his own legal practice before joining Stroock. He also worked as an associate for multiple law firms, including McDermott Will & Emery, an international law firm, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, a New York-based legal consultancy.

Matz currently serves as a fellow at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is also the president of the board of trustees at the Foundation for Accounting Education of the New York State Society of CPAs. Matz is a frequent speaker and writer on estate planning and wealth transfer strategies.

Matz obtained a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the City University of New York, a master’s of law in taxation from New York University, and a juris doctor from Fordham University.