Spotlight
Like any kid who grew up in New York, Jeff Eisen was an avid sports fan, specifically the Mets, Jets and Knicks. But once he realized the major leagues weren’t an option, Jeff focused on what made his brain tick—facts and figures. Before he knew how to drive, Jeff knew how to get just about anywhere in the New York area. He started doing the New York Times crossword puzzle every day in high school. He represented the University of Pennsylvania in the “College Bowl” national college trivia competition. And he kept room in his brain for batting averages, standings and statistics of every variety. Something about the challenge of trying to fit all of this information together, and the satisfaction in finding the ways to do so, resonated with how his mind processed information.
This passion for piecing together complex facts and figures in a coherent fashion guided Jeff towards professional pursuits of becoming an accountant. As an accounting major at Penn, Jeff did what many young college kids do; he got himself an internship at a CPA firm. Jeff enjoyed the puzzle solving of debits and credits and where all the raw data fit on tax returns. But he realized that figuring out how to plan transactions, instead of documenting the results after the fact, would fulfill him much more in the long term. So Jeff decided it was time for law school.
During his first years as a lawyer, Jeff quickly realized that dealing with individuals and families on their personal trusts and estates matters was the perfect professional environment for him because of the combination of complexity and human element to the work. Jeff considers the best reward when families view him as "the family's lawyer” and the questions he’s asked and problems he’s expected to solve drift beyond tax or trusts & estates issues.
Practice Areas
Admissions
- California, 1991
- U.S. Tax Court, 1993
Education
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1991; Order of the Coif; magna cum laude
American Jurisprudence Award in Trusts and Estates
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1988; summa cum laude; Beta Gamma Sigma