Our Focus Is Your Advantage
Our Practice Areas
We help clients with their legal matters in the following practice areas:
Estates And Trusts
We make sure that each piece of your estate plan meets the needs of you and your family as well as your goals. In the area of estate planning, we address:
- Property distribution planning through the coordination of wills and trusts with other legal documents
- Tax minimization strategies
- Lifetime management strategies addressing unexpected illness or disability through the use of living wills, powers of attorney, advance health care directives and living trusts
- Lifetime strategies to preserve your assets at the time of death, including gifting, succession planning and irrevocable trusts
- Executor responsibilities or administration of an estate
- Elder law issues
In the area of estate administration, we:
- Assist in the marshalling of assets prior to their distribution
- File necessary federal and state tax filings – including for the federal and New Jersey death tax – and help support individuals through all other steps needed to settle an estate
Business Law
We can assist you with business law and tax issues and strategies, including:
- Establishing an appropriate business entity
- Taking on or splitting from a partner
- Developing succession planning strategies
- Conducting business transactions such as mergers, acquisitions or the sale or purchase of property
- Preparing, reviewing and enforcing contracts, including buy-sell agreements
- Addressing business disputes through negotiations or litigation
- Addressing issues around closely held businesses
Asset Protection
We provide customized asset protection solutions using a variety of tools, including:
- Prenuptial agreements
- Other marital protection strategies
- Business entity formations
- Insurance options
- Trust options
- Elder law strategies to preserve government benefits
Tax Services
In addition to preparing estate and gift tax returns, our firm offers tax advice and strategies related to:
- Choosing the most appropriate business entity for tax benefits and protection
- Resolving tax disputes and litigation
- Using estate planning strategies to avoid excessive taxation
- Minimizing estate taxes and helping heirs complete appropriate tax filings
Litigation
Our firm represents and advises clients facing legal challenges in these areas:
- Tax litigation, including state and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax audits and tax audit appeals
- Estate litigation, including will contests and disputes among heirs
- Commercial litigation related to business transactions, contracts and partnership disputes
Contact An Asset Protection Lawyer
Contact our New Jersey law office online or call 973-834-3820 to speak with one of our skilled attorneys today. We look forward to listening to your situation and discussing how our focused law firm can serve your estate-, tax- and business-related needs.