Laurie has years of experience in the practice areas of complicated estate and retirement planning, asset protection, and estate administration. Her work has focused on client representation to achieve efficient tax planning and preservation of wealth. In her practice Laurie’s service to her clients concentrates on thoughtful and careful planning of the estate to protect her client’s assets from estate tax exposure.
Federal and New York State Estate tax laws are constantly changing and evolving. Laurie creates her client’s estate plan in compliance with the changing laws while utilizing tax saving strategies to benefit her client’s loved ones or special charities rather than the government, creditors, predators, or unintended beneficiaries by virtue of divorce. A well-constructed estate plan benefits her clients in many ways. In Laurie’s practice she often creates peace of mind for her clients by establishing their confidence knowing that their life’s savings will ultimately be passed to their intended beneficiaries.
Laurie is a former part-time faculty member of the State University of New York at Albany, School of Business. Before joining Cioffi • Slezak • Wildgrube P.C., Laurie was a partner in two successful Capital District law firms and was a staff attorney for Goldman Sachs Ayco (a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.). At Ayco, Laurie obtained her Series 7 license (registered broker), and her insurance license (life and long-term care).
Laurie is an active member and has lectured for the New York State Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Section and the Schenectady County Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Committee on Estate Planning topics. She currently serves as a member of the Committee on Character and Fitness for the Fourth Judicial District, a Fellow of The New York Bar Foundation, and has contributed her leadership and expertise to numerous board committees. She is a past President of the Friends of the Arts at the Academy of the Holy Names in Albany, New York, and a former Chairwoman of the College of Saint Rose Planned Giving Committee. Laurie has also served as a board member of Soroptimist International of Saratoga and has devoted nearly a decade of volunteer service to the Saratoga Rowing Association.
Laurie is married to William J. Keniry, Esq. and they have two daughters, Grace who is a graduate of Trinity College, Hartford CT and Mary who is a freshman at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
