Mr. Leibell is a partner in the Private Client Services Department and divides his time between the firm's Greenwich and New York offices. He focuses his practice on representing wealthy individuals and families, along with business succession and charitable planning. Mr. Leibell has given several hundred lectures and webinars to lawyer and nonlawyer audiences throughout the United States and has authored over one hundred articles on charitable, estate and tax planning. He has a monthly column on family businesses for Trusts and Estates Magazine, as well as on the web-based e-newsletter Wealth Watch. David has also written for Estate Planning Magazine, the Exempt Organization Tax Review, Registered Representative and Financial Advisor magazine. Mr. Leibell has been quoted in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Business Week, Investment News, and Bloomberg Wealth Manager and has appeared on CNBC's "Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo." He received a B.A. from Trinity College, a J.D. from Fordham Law School and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University.

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Kurt Locher is chief operating office and chief financial officer of One William Street Capital Management, LP, responsible for the firm's non-investment business operations, including accounting, finance, tax, legal/compliance, and administration. He also serves as Chair of the firm's Risk and Valuation Committees and as a member of its Investment Committee. With over 20 years of experience in the financial industry, Mr. Locher was most recently a Managing Director within the Investment Management Division (IMD) at Lehman Brothers. He began his career at Prudential Securities, modeling and structuring mortgage and asset-backed securities and, prior to that, he worked at Raytheon. Mr. Locher received both an S.M. and S.B. from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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