Bilzin Sumberg Named as Finalist for STEP Private Client Legal Team of the Year Award
Miami, FL - Bilzin Sumberg has been selected as a finalist for the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) 2025 Private Client Legal Team of the Year award in the midsize firm category. The STEP Private Client Awards represent the most prestigious recognition in the global private client industry, celebrating firms that demonstrate excellence and innovation in complex, cross-border wealth and estate planning matters. This year's competition was exceptionally competitive, with more than 300 submissions from 25 countries undergoing rigorous evaluation, making finalist status particularly significant.
To qualify as a finalist, firms must demonstrate excellence in handling complex and cross-border matters, outstanding client service delivery, industry leadership through publications and lectures, and professional advancement through education and thought leadership. Being named a finalist represents both technical mastery and peer recognition on a global scale.
Bilzin Sumberg's nomination is reinforced by the exceptional accomplishments of its attorneys, who have earned some of STEP's highest honors. Jennifer J. Wioncek, Tax & Private Wealth Practice Group Leader, received the 2022 Geoffrey Shindler Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession, recognizing her exceptional leadership in the private client community, including her contributions to IRS comment projects related to the Corporate Transparency Act. Hal J. Webb was honored with STEP's 2023 Founder's Award for Outstanding Achievement, recognizing his extraordinary long-term contributions to both STEP and the broader private client advisor community through more than 17 years of leadership with STEP Miami, where he served as Director and later as Chair. Tax Partner Shawn P. Wolf is also a frequent STEP speaker and active leader within the Miami Branch, where he served as a Branch Committee Member before his installation to the Board of Directors in 2025.
This consistent recognition by STEP at both the firm and individual level reinforces Bilzin Sumberg's reputation as a trusted advisor to high-net-worth individuals and families navigating complex, cross-border wealth and succession planning challenges.
About STEP
STEP is the global professional association for practitioners who specialize in family inheritance and succession planning. STEP works to improve public understanding of the issues families face in this area and promotes education and high professional standards among its members. Full STEP members, known as TEPs, are internationally recognized as experts in their field, with proven qualifications and experience. The STEP Private Client Awards are seen as the hallmark of quality within the private client industry. Open globally to both STEP members and non-members, these prestigious Awards recognize and celebrate excellence among private client solicitors, lawyers, accountants, barristers, bankers, trust managers and financial advisors.
About Bilzin Sumberg
At Bilzin Sumberg, we empower our clients to achieve extraordinary results through our expertise and creative solutions. Our dedication to providing practical and personalized attention spans a broad spectrum of practices, focusing on complex matters that require a high level of expertise and sophistication.
Guided by our guiding principles of integrity, trust, and empathy, we build strong, enduring relationships with our clients and partners. By leveraging relationships, we deliver tailored solutions that make a lasting impact. Our competencies include antitrust, trial and litigation, construction law, corporate and securities, environmental law, CMBS, restructuring and finance, government relations, joint ventures, private wealth planning, public-private partnerships, and real estate. For more information, please visit bilzin.com.
