Replay – 92nd Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum

Date: May 16, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Location: Online

Member Price: $225.00

Non-Member Price: $275.00

Section Price: $0.00

Event Code: I012725R

Areas of Law: Real Property, Trust, & Estate

Earn up to 7.9 credits! (More Information)

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The 92nd Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum is back with the timely information you need. This is a can’t-miss program for all tax and estate planning practitioners to enhance their practice. The program is packed with 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 on what you need to know 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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Program Agenda:

  • 9:00 | Introduction

  • 9:05 | Keynote Presentation: Some experiences with the Uniform Trust Code and changes being discussed - Jordan S. Weitberg, Esq.

  • 9:35 | Will drafting – 20 fine points - John L. Pritchard, Esq.

  • 10:05 | Recent developments in special needs trusts and long-term care - Lauren S. Marinaro, Esq.

  • 10:35 | Break

  • 10:50 | The details of the 10-year distribution requirements for inherited retirement accounts and other surprises in the final regulations for SECURE Act 1.0 - Leonard J. Witman, Esq.

  • 11:20 | Looking out over the 2025 federal estate tax cliff and other recent estate tax developments - Glenn A. Henkel, Esq., LL.M., CPA and Allison Clayton, Esq.

  • 12:20 | Lunch

  • 1:00 | The disability of an owner or partner: The often-neglected issue in buy-sell agreements and other succession planning - Linda S. Ershow-Levenberg, Esq., CELA

  • 1:30 | Ethics one: Attorney ethics in the context of an estate planner’s joint representation of divorcing spouses - Stacey M. Valentine, Esq.

  • 2:00 | Last second planning for the exemption drop - John J. Miesowitz, Esq.

  • 2:30 | Break

  • 2:45 | Estate planning with business entities and the consequences under the Corporate Transparency Act - Gary A. Prince, Jr., Esq.

  • 3:15 | The issues in the drafting of a possible Electronic Wills Act for New Jersey - Susan K. Dromsky-Reed, Esq.

  • 3:45 | The Corporate Transparency Act: Application to small businesses and the upcoming Jan. 1, 2025 filing deadline - Jack F. Meola, Esq.

  • 4:15 | Ethics two: The responsibilities of the attorney for the alleged incapacitated person in a guardianship proceeding - Christopher Kozlowski, Esq.

  • 5:00 | 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 7.9 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: CPE Taxation: 7.5, NJ General: 7.9).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 7.5
PA CLE:PA Substantive Credit: 6.5
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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