Best Lawyers Near You in Springfield, New Jersey for Trusts and Estates
Martin L. Lepelstat focuses his practice on tax and trusts and estate planning. He represents individuals, businesses, partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, and special types of entities in connection with strategic planning, structuring and defense of tax transactions. Martin frequently represents clients at both the federal and state levels in tax related matters, including tax audits and appeals. As a skilled practitioner in the tax controversy area, he has dealt with IR...
Susan Holzman focuses primarily on estate planning and administration, estate and gift taxation, and income taxation of individuals and entities. Her experience includes tax and estate planning for business executives, professionals, and high net worth owners of closely-held businesses and their families. She provides customized advice concerning business succession planning, the implementation of lifetime gift programs, and intra-family sales, and she drafts and negotiates premarital agreeme...
Laurel Newman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Laurel concentrates her practice on estate and tax planning, estate and trust administration, charitable planning, and tax-exempt organizations. She assists individuals, families, and fiduciaries with tax and estate planning, estate administration, and charitable planning. As part of her practice, Laurel also advises family offices and closely held businesses on a myriad of tax and planni...
Nicholas J. Dimakos practices in the firm’s Trusts & Estates Group, advising a broad range of clients with their estate planning needs. Before joining CSG Law, Nicholas was a partner at a boutique firm in northern New Jersey, where he practiced fiduciary litigation and estate planning, including preparation of wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, and advance directives for healthcare. Prior to this position, he was a member at a mid-sized regional law firm, w...
Chris Eisenhardt concentrates his practice on estate planning and asset protection for high-net worth individuals. He regularly drafts wills and revocable trusts and forms Limited Liability Companies as part of estate plans. Chris has extensive experience representing beneficiaries and fiduciaries in estate administration and trust administration, including complex estates and international planning, as well as judicial and informal accountings, and the removal, replacement, and resignation o...
Ann Clogan focuses her practice on estate and tax planning ranging from high-net worth individuals to families. She assists clients with succession and legacy planning by providing tax-efficient solutions that meet their goals. Ann also counsels clients in estate and trust administration matters and helps clients with complex estate administration tasks, filing of estate and inheritance tax returns and other probate matters that arise. In addition, Ann’s practice includes pro bono work ...
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