Susan Dromsky-Reed concentrates her practice in estate planning and estate administration. As part of her practice, she provides individuals and families with advice regarding spousal, intergenerational, business succession, charitable planning and preparation of prenuptial agreements. She has assisted clients in implementing such strategies as marital deduction trusts, credit shelter trusts, life insurance trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, dynasty trusts, split-dollar insurance financing transactions and sales of assets to defective grantor trusts, as well as various charitable giving vehicles.

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES

Susan authored a chapter on the New Jersey inheritance and estate tax for the New Jersey Tax Handbook, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 editions, published by American Lawyer Media. She is the co-author of "Estate Planning & Elder Law: N.J. Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples", published in the New Jersey Law Journal in December 2011; co-author of "The Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Estate Planning for the Charitably Inclined," published in the New Jersey Law Journal in July 2008; "The Grantor Retained Annuity Trust: A Tax-Favored Way of Passing Wealth to the Next Generation," published in the New Jersey Law Journal in July 2007; and of "Life Insurance Has a Price: The Hazards of Nonrecourse Premium Financing in New Jersey," published in the New Jersey Law Journal in November 2006. She is the author of "Planning for Grandchildren: Preserve the GST Exemption," published in New Jersey Lawyer in July 2006.

Susan is a frequent guest speaker on topics relating to estate planning and estate administration. Representative presentations include:

• NJ Basic Estate Administration and Planning Program, Essex County Bar Foundation, January 10, 2012
• NJ Basic Estate Administration and Planning Program, Essex County Bar Foundation, February 22, 2011
• Pulling Back the Curtain: Dealing with Oft-Overlooked State Death Taxes, ABA, September 14, 2010
• State Death Taxes in Uncertain Times, 21st Annual Spring Symposia of the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law, April 2010.
• Current Developments (co-presenter), Essex County Estate Planning Council, May 5, 2009.
• An Overview of Charitable Lead Trusts and Charitable Remainder Trusts (co-presenter); December 2, 2008.
• An Overview of Estate Planning and Asset Protection (co-presenter), New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants, January 16, 2006.
• Asset Protection Planning: The Delware Asset Protection Trust, NJ Statutory Exemptions and Key Provisions of the New Federal Bankruptcy Law (co-presenter), Essex County Estate Planning Council; May 25, 2005of the New Federal Bankruptcy Law (co-presenter); May 25, 2005.
• A Generation Skipping Transfer Tax Update; September 13, 2006. Preparation of Gift and Estate Tax Returns (co-presenter); May 11, 2005.

ADDITIONAL NOTEWORTHY INFORMATION

Susan was a law clerk for the Honorable Robert J. Passero(Ret.), Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County.