Gordon Litt routinely represents high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices and privately held businesses on a variety of sensitive and complex estate and business planning matters.
In providing holistic and confidential counsel to privately held businesses, business owners and families, he works cooperatively with their other financial advisers in designing comprehensive yet practical and understandable business succession plans, tax strategies and estate plans. Gordon is especially skilled at finding solutions designed to address the often complex business and family goals and dynamics involved with privately owned companies. He also represents individuals and executives in connection with all aspects of personal estate planning and related estate, gift and generation-skipping tax planning, as well as charitable giving. In addition, Gordon routinely advises clients on a broad range of business and tax planning matters involving the structure, formation, operation, reorganization and disposition of S corporations, C corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and ESOPs in a variety of industries. Gordon is a trusted adviser and counselor to clients, providing them with the information they need to make informed decisions in a tax-efficient manner.
Gordon is the Columbus Tax Leader, as well as the leader of the Columbus Private Wealth and Employee Benefits teams. Gordon is listed in The Best Lawyers in America© in the areas of tax law and trusts and estates. He was named the 2016 Columbus “Lawyer of the Year” in Tax Law and the 2017 and 2021 Columbus “Lawyer of the Year” in Trusts & Estates by The Best Lawyers in America©. Gordon is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) with experience in the tax and audit areas of the international accounting firm Ernst & Whinney (predecessor to EY).