91st Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum
Date: Jun 5, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, and Online
Member Price: $195
Non-Member Price: $244
Areas of Law: Estate Law, Taxation
Earn up to 8.1 credits, including 1.2 in Ethics! (More Information)
Keynote
- Andrew J. DeMaio, Esq.
- of Counsel, Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., Red Bank
Moderator
- John J. Miesowitz, Esq.
- Ventura Miesowitz Keough & Warner PC, Summit
- John L. Pritchard, Esq.
- Law Offices of John L. Pritchard, Esq., Union
Presenters
- Dana A. Bennett, Esq.
- Bennett Law LLC, Red Bank
- Eric A. Carosia, Esq.
- Berkowitz Lichtstein Kuritsky Giasullo & Gross LLC, Roseland
- Richard H. Greenberg, Esq.
- Past Chair, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, New JerseySBA
Greenberg & Schulman, Monroe - Glenn A. Henkel, Esq., LL.M., CPA
- Kulzer & DiPadova PA, Haddonfield
- Jack F. Meola, Esq.
- EisnerAmper LLP, Iselin
- Gary A. Prince, Jr., Esq.
- Mantell Prince & Reynolds PC, Basking Ridge
- Frederick K. Schoenbrodt, II, Esq.
- Bressler Amery & Ross PC, Florham Park
- Sheryl J. Seiden, Esq.
- Seiden Family Law, LLC, Cranfordis the founding Partner of Seiden Family Law, LLC in Cranford, New Jersey. She is a seasoned matrimonial lawyer, having practiced family law exclusively since January 2000. Prior to forming Seiden Family Law, Ms. Seiden was a Partner at a boutique law firm in Summit, where she practiced family law for thirteen years.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, Ms. Seiden is Past Chair of the Family Law Section Executive Committee (“FLEC”) of the New Jersey State Bar Association and a Trustee of the Association. She is a past Co-Chair of the Young Lawyer Family Law Subcommittee for FLEC, and has been a member of FLEC since 2008. An officer and Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers– New Jersey Chapter (“AAML-NJ”), Ms. Seiden has served on the Board of Managers for several years and is slated to be sworn in as the President of AAML-NJ in June 2024. She is also a member of the Union and Essex County Bar Associations. In November 2014 Ms. Seiden argued as amicus curiae for AAML in Gnall v Gnall before the Supreme Court of New Jersey. She has been an Early Settlement Panelist for the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Union County, and has been asked to serve as a blue-ribbon panelist on several occasions by the Early Settlement Panel for the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Essex County.
Ms. Seiden has moderated and spoken on many panels for the Family Law Symposium on topics involving creative support awards, child support, emancipation and special needs trusts, alimony issues, legislative issues affecting family law, and reexamining relocation laws. She has also been a speaker at the Friday night program for the Family Law Symposium on several occasions. Ms. Seiden is co-author of Marriage, Divorce and Dissolution (Gann Publishing, 2019, now in its 3rd Edition). She often lectures and educates junior lawyers and paralegals on how to prepare Case Information Statements, and has also lectured on the relocation laws in New Jersey as well as parental alienation.
Ms. Seiden received her B.A., cum laude, from American University and is a magna cum laude graduate of New York Law School, where she served as the Managing Editor of the New York Law School Law Review. - Stacey M. Valentine, Esq.
- Avelino Law, LLP, Morristownis a Partner in Avelino Law, LLP with offices in Summit, New Jersey, and New York City, and co-leads the Trusts and Estates Practice Group. With a practice encompassing all aspects of trusts and estates law, she handles income, estate, inheritance, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax issues, and helps clients maximize the benefits of charitable giving. Ms. Valentine assists estate and trust beneficiaries and fiduciaries in enforcing their rights and adhering to their obligations in the event of a dispute, and serves as legal counsel to numerous financial institutions and corporate trustees, assisting those entities in the implementation of their fiduciary duty while addressing the risks inherent to the role of executor or trustee. She also advises clients in general corporate matters arising in closely-held family businesses and has experience working with individuals with special needs.
Ms. Valentine is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York. She is a member of the New Jersey State, New York State and Morris County Bar Associations, and the Board of the Estate Planning Council of Northern New Jersey. She has also sat on the Board of the Women’s Association for the Morristown Medical Center and the Young Professionals Board of Eva’s Village.
Ms. Valentine received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Colgate University and her J.D., cum laude, from Washington & Lee University School of Law. - Leonard J. Witman, Esq.
- Witman Stadtmauer PA, Florham Park
The 91st Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum is a definite can’t-miss program for all Tax and Estate Planning practitioners. The program is packed full of unique and interesting topics presented by some of New Jersey’s top lawyers in the field. Spend a day with your colleagues learning and networking, without getting bored. You’ll get the latest info and practice tips to better represent clients. You’ll walk away from this ever-popular program at the top of your Tax and Estate Planning game.
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Topics include:
- Featured Presentation: Beyond Paper: Remote Notarization and Electronic Estate Planning Documents - Andrew J. DeMaio, Esq.
- Ethics: The Common Representation of Spouses in Estate Planning: From A. v. B. v. Hill Wallack to the Inapplicability of a Presumption of Undue Influence and More - Stacey M. Valentine, Esq.
- The Death of a Spouse During the Pendency of a Divorce Action, and the Resolution of the Problems in Carr v. Carr via the New N.J.S.A. 3B:5-3(d), N.J.S.A. 3B:8-1 and N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23(h)(2) - Sheryl J. Seiden, Esq.
- Why Doesn’t Your 14-Year-Old Have a Roth IRA? And Other Retirement Issues - Leonard J. Witman, Esq.
- Recent Estate Tax Developments - Richard H. Greenberg, Esq. and Glenn A. Henkel, Esq.
- Tax Issues in the Representation of the Buyers and Sellers of a Small Business: Real Estate, Equipment, Intangibles, and Consulting Fees - Gary A. Prince, Jr., Esq.
- Declaratory Judgment Actions in Probate Part of Superior Court per N.J.S.A. 2A:16-55, and Requests for Court Instructions to the Fiduciary per Court Rule 4:95-2 - John L. Pritchard, Esq.
- An Overview of the Tax Benefits of Various Charitable Gift Options - Dana A. Bennett, Esq.
- Ethics: Attorney Malpractice Issues in Estate Planning - Eric A. Carosia, Esq.
- Landmines in the Joint Ownership of Property by Transnational Couples - Frederick K. Schoenbrodt, II, Esq.
- And more!
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