2025 Estate Planning and Administration Summer Institute

Date: Jul 9, 2025 9:00 a.m. – Aug 6, 2025 3:35 p.m.

Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online

Member Price: $264.00

Non-Member Price: $299.00

Section Price: $191.00

Event Code: I028225MD

Areas of Law: Real Property, Trust, & Estate

Earn up to 14.1 credits, including 1.0 in Ethics! (More Information)

Faculty

Keynote

Moderator

Robert D. Borteck, Esq.
Borteck & Czapek, Florham Park
Jill Lebowitz, Esq.
Partner, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark

Presenters

Adam M. Grenker, Esq.
Fox Rothschild, LLP, Morristown
Abbey Horwitz, Esq.
McCarter & English, LLP, Newark
Gary A. Prince, Jr., Esq.
Mantell Prince & Reynolds PC, Basking Ridge
Frederick K. Schoenbrodt, II, Esq.
Bressler Amery & Ross PC, Florham Park
Anita J. Siegel
Siegel & Berman LLC
Tara S. Sinha, Esq.
Witman Stadtmauer PA, Florham Park
Laura N. Wilensky, Esq.
Orloff Lowenbach Stifelman & Siegel P.A., Morristown

Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law Section

The summer wouldn’t be complete without this popular institute! This program provides an in-depth look at estate planning and features advanced analysis of the most pressing topics and updates in 2025 estate planning, presented by an extraordinary panel of seasoned faculty. You will come away with a deeper understanding of the law and procedure, essential drafting techniques, and information that will elevate your practice immediately. 

Following last year’s success, we have split the Estate Planning Summer Institute into two separate sessions. This first session will focus primarily on estate planning considerations in a host of tax and non-tax scenarios, providing a broad overview of the considerations that are relevant to any lawyer who is practicing in the estate planning field. The second session – Estate Planning and Estate Administration Institute - Day 2 – will be on Aug. 6. It will focus on the issues that arise after death in the administration of estates, including steps to deal with tax challenges or disputes, agreements among beneficiaries and potential litigation or disputed matters. Attend either session to enhance your practice, or receive a discount when you attend both to be fully apprised of all things estate planning and administration!  

Day 1 Program Agenda:

  • 9:00 | Ethics issues lawyers confront in estate planning and administration matters - Laura N. Wilensky, Esq.

  • 9:50 | Planning for federal tax issues – including related income tax considerations – given high exemptions and the prospect of changes in the federal tax structure at the end of 2025, or earlier - Frederick K. Schoenbrodt, II, Esq.

  • 10:40 | Break

  • 10:50 | Planning for the New Jersey inheritance tax - Jill Lebowitz, Esq.

  • 11:40 | Planning considerations for retirement assets under the SECURE Acts (a second part on administering such assets will be featured in the estate administration session) - Tara S. Sinha, Esq.

  • 12:30 | Lunch

  • 1:30 | Tax issues to consider when a business partner dies - Gary A. Prince, Jr., Esq.

  • 2:20 | Charitable planning considerations - Anita J. Siegel

  • 3:10 | Premarital planning and planning for divorcing couples - Adam M. Grenker, Esq.

  • 4:00 | Adjourn

Day 2 Program Agenda:

  • 9:00 | Elder Law Planning and Administration: Implementation of Elder Law Planning Through the Benefits Qualification Process - Crystal West Edwards, Esq., CELA

  • 9:50 | Initial Probate and Confronting Challenges in Probate Such as Defectively Executed Wills or Writings Intended as Wills - Andrew C. Egan, Esq.

  • 10:35 | Break 

  • 10: 45 | Creditor Claims in the Administration of Estates - Timothy M. Ferges, Esq.

  • 11:30 | Post-Death Retirement Benefit Decisions and Elections after the SECURE Acts - Leonard J. Witman, Esq. Tara S. Sinha, Esq.

  • 12:15 | Lunch

  • 1:00 | Estate Litigation Update - Christine Socha Czapek, Esq.

  • 1:45 | Update on Trends and Developments in the Uniform Trust Code - Angela Titus McEwan, Esq.

  • 2:40 | Break

  • 2:50 | Implementation of GST Transfers and 9100 Relief - Laura A. Kelly, Esq.

  • 3:35 | Adjourn

CLE Credits
NJ CLE:NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 14.1 hours of total CLE credit, including 1.0 in Ethics (Full Credits Available: NJ Ethics: 1.0, NJ General: 13.1).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Ethics Non-Transitional: 1.0, NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 13.0
PA CLE:PA Ethics Credit: 0.5, PA Substantive Credit: 10.5
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program.

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