Beth Shapiro Kaufman is a Partner in Lowenstein Sandler's Washington, D.C., office and National Chair of the firm's Private Client Services Group. Ms. Kaufman assists wealthy individuals with their estate planning, with a focus on minimizing taxes. She also advises lawyers and other professionals on complex issues regarding estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Ms. Kaufman is member of the adjunct faculty teaching generation-skipping transfer tax at Georgetown Law School. From 1995 to 2001, Ms. Kaufman worked in the Treasury Department's Office of Tax Policy, where she had principal responsibility for all tax policy matters affecting trusts and estates. Ms. Kaufman is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and currently chairs its Estate and Gift Tax Committee. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where she was Notes Editor of the Harvard Law Review, and Pomona College.