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Overview

Trusted counsel is essential to administering benefactors’ wishes for wealth transfer. Our experienced attorneys help executors and trustees carry out the terms of trusts and estates of all sizes, seeing to it that stated goals and objectives are achieved. We represent individuals and corporate entities in the administration and settlement of estates, including probate proceedings and distribution of assets. We assist with asset valuation and with fiduciary income and estate tax returns and counsel trustees on funding and administering revocable and irrevocable trusts, consistent with federal and state laws. When questions arise regarding interpretation of a trust or when trustees and beneficiaries seek changes — even to a trust that is irrevocable — we advise on options under laws of various jurisdictions. We also counsel trust and estate beneficiaries on inherited assets and advocate on their behalf during disputes with fellow beneficiaries or fiduciaries.

Insights & Events

Insights
Published Articles May 2025

Estate Planning Lessons From the Oracle of Omaha

New Jersey Law Journal
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Updates April 2025

Your Pennsylvania Entity’s Report May Be Due Sooner Than You Think in 2025 and Beyond

Change From 10-Year to Annual Reporting Requirements
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Published Articles March 2025

Charitable Remainder Unitrusts Offer Potentially Valuable Income Tax Deferral Strategies for Some Designated Beneficiaries

The Legal Intelligencer
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Published Articles March 2025

Tax-Efficient Distribution Strategies Needed Now for Certain Inherited Retirement Plans

Pennsylvania CPA Journal
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Published Articles January 2025

Ideas We Should Borrow: A Legislative Wishlist for NJ Trusts and Estates

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Published Articles January 2025

Government, May I Fix My GST Mistake? Regulations Offer Guidance on Generation-Skipping Tax Exemption Allocation Relief

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Media Mentions December 2024

Angela Fogt Discusses Nonprofit DEI Efforts Post-Students for Fair Admissions With Minnesota Lawyer

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Published Articles October 2024

Falling Back in Love With Certain Estate Planning Strategies in a Falling Interest Rate Environment

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Published Articles July 2024

Key to Transferring the Garden: Review of NY’s 2024 Transfer-on-Death Deed Law Provides Model for Pa., NJ

The Legal Intelligencer
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Published Articles June 2024

Converting Trust Elections for S Corporation Stock

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