John S. Kiely focuses his practice on advising high-net-worth individuals and families on a full range of estate planning and gift planning issues, including the preparation of wills, revocable trusts, spousal lifetime access trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, life insurance trusts and qualified personal residence trusts.

John frequently lectures on diverse estate planning topics, such as gift planning for qualified small business stock under Section 1202, the income tax aspects of estate planning, international estate planning, options for illiquid estates with significant estate tax liabilities, and proposed legislative and regulatory actions that could affect wealthy individuals and families.

An avid art collector and patron, John advises artists and other collectors on estate planning and is well versed in the nuances of the art market. He also focuses his pro bono work on preparing estate planning documents for low-income artists.