Our People

Deana Love, JD, CPA

Director of Tax Services

For more than 25 years Deana Love has worked exclusively with high-net-worth families and their closely held businesses and family offices. She designs trusts and creates advanced income tax, financial and estate plans

Love holds experience from a Big Four accounting firm and is an expert in navigating complex landscapes. She is adept in integrating income tax and wealth-transfer tax planning to provide an all-inclusive solution. An attorney and CPA, she brings a meticulous approach and attention to detail to her client work.

Areas of Focus

  • Advanced individual income tax strategies
  • Charitable planning, including philanthropy, tax mitigation and private foundations
  • Closely held businesses
  • Family offices
  • Investment partnerships
  • Luxury assets - private aircraft, yachts, horses and collectibles
  • Wealth transfer planning - trust, estate and gift tax matters

Education

  • Hofstra University School of Law – Juris Doctorate
  • Binghamton State University of New York – Bachelor of Science in Accounting

Industries Served

  • Entrepreneurs and business owners
  • Equine tax matters and farms
  • Executives, including compensation matters
  • Family offices – single and multi-family
  • High-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families
  • Investors, including private equity and real estate