In Memoriam

Imaan Moughal is a Trusts & Estates Associate at Manice Budd & Baggett, LLP and Adjunct Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School teaching Estate Administration. In her practice, Imaan specializes in Estate Planning, Probate and Administration, Estate and Trust Litigation and Guardianship Proceedings. She was selected as a 2021-2023 American Bar Association RPTE Trusts & Estates Fellow.

Prior to joining Manice & Budd, LLP, Imaan was an Associate at McLaughlin & Stern LLP, where she focused on estate planning and litigation. Imaan has also worked as an associate at Cullen & Dykman, LLP where she served as a counsel to the Public Administrator of Kings County, and before that she was appointed as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Peter J. Kelly, Queens County Surrogate.

Imaan is a graduate of Hofstra Law, where she served as Business & Communications Editor of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel ACTEC Law Journal and founded Hofstra Law School’s Trusts & Estates Law Society. Throughout law school, she was a member of the Executive Board of the Student Bar Association. Imaan was also a recipient of the 2015 New York State Bar Foundation’s Trusts and Estates Law Section Fellowship and recipient of the 2019 Emerging Leader Women’s Law Award.

Imaan is actively involved in the New York Trusts & Estates Law community.

Education

2012 Hofstra University, B.A.

2016 Hofstra Law School, J.D.

Admissions

New York

New Jersey

Practice Areas

Estate Planning and Administration

Estate Litigation

Involvement & Awards

Member, Committee on Character and Fitness for the Second, Tenth, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts

Emerging Leader, Outstanding Women in Law Award 2019

2021-2023 American Bar Association RPTE Trusts & Estates Fellow

Chair of the New York State Bar Association, Trust & Estates Law Section, Diversity Committee

New York City Bar Association, Trusts, Estates and Surrogates Courts Committee (Class of 2021)

New York City Bar Association, Estate & Gift Taxation Committee (Class of 2024)

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) Foundation Dennis I. Belcher Young Leaders Program, 2023-2025

Speaking Engagements

"AI Integration in Estate Planning - Opportunities, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations” Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium (April 25, 2024)

The Practical Use of AI in Estate Planning” National Association of Estate Planners  & Councils Robert G. Alexander Webinar Series (January 17, 2024)

“The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Future of Estate Planning” Webinar Trusts & Estates Wealthmanagement.com (September 13, 2023)

“Identifying Beneficial Owners under the Corporate Transparency Act” American Bar Association 2023 Real Property Trusts & Estates Section National CLE Conference (May 11, 2023)

"Immediate Pre- and Post-Mortem Administration” e-CLE Series American Bar Association Real Property Trusts & Estates Section (April 25, 2023)

“Basics of Estate and Trust Administration CLE” Real Property Trusts and Estates Section of the American Bar Association Skills Training for Estate Planners (August 12, 2022)

“Completing Probate and Administration Petitions CLE” Trusts, Estates and Surrogate’s Court Committee of The New York City Bar Association (March 8, 2021)

Board Memberships

City Harvest, Generation Harvest