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cjenkins@fkks.com
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Christina M. Jenkins is counsel to the Estate Planning & Administration Group. She is recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the 2023 and 2024 editions of “Ones to Watch” for Trusts and Estates and is listed as a “Rising Star” in Estate Planning by Super Lawyers.
Ms. Jenkins' core practice focuses on estate, gift and income tax planning, as well as estate and trust administration, estate tax audits and litigation. She works closely with clients to develop estate plans to achieve their objectives, drafting wills, insurance trusts, GRATs and other forms of trust agreements. Additionally, Ms. Jenkins represents executors and trustees in all aspects of estate and trust administration and in proceedings before the Surrogate’s Courts. She also handles matters involving post-mortem rights of publicity.
Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Ms. Jenkins was a Trusts & Estates associate at Gardner Weiss & Rosenblum LLP, where she focused on estate planning and administration, tax, litigation, and guardianship matters. Ms. Jenkins has also worked with inMotion, Inc. (now Her Justice) and was awarded a Pro Bono Leadership Award for her involvement as Coordinator for the Courtroom Advocates Project, both of which provide services to indigent women and survivors of domestic violence.
Ms. Jenkins has served on the Advisory Council of the American Cancer Society, and is a member of the Trusts & Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and the Women’s Entrepreneurial Plaintiffs Lawyers Network. She is also an active participant on the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Women in Law Section of the State Bar.
She is admitted to practice in New York.
awards & recognition
Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” 2021-2024 (Trusts and Estates)
Super Lawyers New York Metro-area "Rising Star" 2020-2023 (Estate Planning)
education
Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2012)
-Notes and Comments Editor, Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial and Commercial Law
-Certificate in Intellectual Property, Media and Information Law
The George Washington University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2007)
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Past Speaking Engagements
news & press
39 Frankfurt Kurnit Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers New York Metro List for 2023
Super Lawyers magazine lists 39 Frankfurt Kurnit attorneys in its 2023 NY-metro edition. Read more.
The Best Lawyers in America 2024
Best Lawyers in America recognizes 44 Frankfurt Kurnit attorneys in the 2024 edition. Read more.
Thirty-four Frankfurt Kurnit Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers New York Metro List for 2022
The list includes: Christopher R. Chase, Victoria Cook, Lisa E. Davis, Caren Decter, Catherine M.C. Farrelly, Michael P. Frankfurt, Hayden Goldblatt, Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, John B. Harris, Richard B. Heller, Richard Hofstetter, Nicole Hyland, Candice Kersh, Brian E. Maas, Richard Maltz, Jeffrey Marks, Kimberly Maynard, Mark Merriman, Ronald C. Minkoff, Brian G. Murphy, Edward H. Rosenthal, Terri Seligman, Barbara E. Shiers, Wendy Stryker, Hannah Taylor, Linda Wank, S. Jean Ward, and Maura Wogan. Aaron Deitsch, Christina Jenkins, Sasha Levites, Tyler Maulsby, Jordyn Milewski, and Adam Osterweil are listed as “Rising Stars.” Read more.
The Best Lawyers in America 2023
We are pleased to report that Best Lawyers — the oldest and one of the most respected peer reviewed lawyer recommendation services — continues to recommend Frankfurt Kurnit. Read more.
Thirty-four Frankfurt Kurnit Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers New York Metro List for 2021
The list includes: Christopher R. Chase, Victoria Cook, Lisa E. Davis, Caren Decter, Catherine M.C. Farrelly, Michael P. Frankfurt, Hayden Goldblatt, Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, John B. Harris, Richard B. Heller, Richard Hofstetter, Nicole Hyland, Candice Kersh, Rick Kurnit, Brian E. Maas, Richard Maltz, Jeffrey Marks, Kimberly Maynard, Mark Merriman, Ronald C. Minkoff, Brian G. Murphy, Edward H. Rosenthal, Terri Seligman, Thomas D. Selz, Barbara E. Shiers, Wendy Stryker, Linda Wank, S. Jean Ward, and Maura Wogan. Marcie Cleary, Christina Jenkins, Sasha Levites, Tyler Maulsby, and Adam Osterweil are listed as “Rising Stars.” Read more.
The Best Lawyers in America 2022
We are pleased to report that Best Lawyers — the oldest and one of the most respected peer reviewed lawyer recommendation services — continues to recommend Frankfurt Kurnit. Read more.
Thirty-four Frankfurt Kurnit Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers New York Metro List for 2020
The list includes: Christopher R. Chase, Victoria Cook, Lisa E. Davis, Catherine M.C. Farrelly, Michael P. Frankfurt, Hayden Goldblatt, Jeffrey A. Greenbaum, John B. Harris, Richard B. Heller, Richard Hofstetter, Nicole Hyland, Candice Kersh, Rick Kurnit, Brian E. Maas, Richard Maltz, Jeffrey Marks, Kimberly Maynard, Mark Merriman, Ronald C. Minkoff, Brian G. Murphy, Edward H. Rosenthal, Terri Seligman, Thomas D. Selz, Barbara E. Shiers, Wendy Stryker, Linda Wank, S. Jean Ward, and Maura Wogan. Marcie Cleary, Christina Jenkins, Sasha Levites, Tyler Maulsby, Adam Osterweil and Rachel Santori are listed as “Rising Stars.” Read more.
The Best Lawyers in America 2021
We are pleased to report that Best Lawyers — the oldest and one of the most respected peer reviewed lawyer recommendation services — continues to recommend Frankfurt Kurnit. Read more.