Best Lawyers in New Jersey, United States for Trusts and Estates
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John Paul D. Dziuba II practices with the firm’s Trusts & Estates Group. He represents and advises moderate to high-net-worth individuals and families on all aspects of estate, tax and business planning – as well as estate and trust administration matters. While in law school, he held a legal fellowship with a nonprofit international human and civil rights organization affiliated with the United Nations. John Paul received a B.A., with honors , in History and Economics from Bo...
Joseph P. Scorese is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Tax, Trusts and Estates Practice Group. Mr. Scorese’s primary area of practice is complex estate planning and estate and trust administration for high net worth individuals and families. Mr. Scorese counsels clients in the New York and New Jersey area and helps them design and realize both appropriate and realistic estate planning goals.
Stephen J. Pagano is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates. Stephen J., who practices law in Madison, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Stephen J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Member Andrew J. DeMaio advises clients in trust and estate planning and administration, and in litigation of related matters. He has written and lectured extensively on trusts and estates subjects and on the use of technology in the practice of law. He is an author/editor for Leimberg Information Services, a national online publication for lawyers, accountants, and other professionals. Andrew and his wife Debby live in Holmdel with their three sons. In his free time, he enjoys sports photogr...
Heidi I. Hansen is a member with the firm’s Trusts & Estates and Tax Groups whose practice focuses on complex estate planning, gift tax planning and estate administration matters. She assists individuals, businesses and estates with tax audits and in the United States Tax Court; collaborates frequently with white collar defense attorneys in defending criminal tax matters; and helps form, and advises, nonprofit organizations. Heidi began her legal career in private practice before jo...
Member Stuart Cox concentrates his practice in all aspects of trust and estate law, including asset analysis and preparation of a full range of estate planning documents. He has extensive experience in the areas of lifetime and post-mortem estate tax planning, federal and state taxation of gifts and estates, fiduciary income taxation, and related real estate, corporate and commercial law. Mr. Cox is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), a graduate of the Univer...
Tara S. Sinha is a Partner of Witman Stadtmauer, P.A., in Florham Park, New Jersey. She concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning and administration, estate and probate litigation, and federal and state taxation. Ms. Sinha is admitted to practice in the States of New Jersey and New York, as well as the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Tax Court. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC&rd...
Frank R. Demmerly, Jr. is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Frank R., who practices law in Voorhees, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2001. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Frank R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Caroline Braga is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment and Trusts and Estates. Caroline, who practices law in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Caroline is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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 ...
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...
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...
Amy M. Van Fossen is Counsel in Brach Eichler’s Tax and Estate Planning & Administration groups. Amy has considerable experience in sophisticated estate planning and administration. She assists clients in developing effective estate planning strategies to minimize transfer taxes, and is well-versed in employing the full range of estate planning tools, such as wills, revocable trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, and other vehicles to protect high net worth individuals and multi-...
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