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LGBTQ+ Family Law and Trusts and Estates Practices

LGBTQ+ Family Law and Trusts and Estates Practices

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Stuart M. Gladstone, Co-Chair
Susan K. Dromsky-Reed, Co-Chair

Brach Eichler’s Trusts and Estates Practice provides state-of-the-art estate planning for clients and their families, as well as estate and trust administration. Our clients include individuals, closely held business owners, charities, trustees, executors, and personal representatives.

Our attorneys have deep experience with the most sophisticated estate planning vehicles and routinely deal with complicated issues associated with intergenerational planning. The practice has implemented estate plans involving:

  • Family limited partnerships and limited liability companies
  • Grantor-retained annuity trusts
  • Personal residence trusts
  • Qualified personal residence trusts
  • Dynasty trusts and other generation-skipping transfers
  • Intentionally defective grantor trusts
  • Irrevocable life insurance trusts (for individual life coverage as well as second-to-die / survivorship coverage)
  • Split dollar life insurance planning
  • Charitable remainder and lead trusts
  • Private charitable foundations
  • Private annuities
  • Asset protection trusts
  • Special needs planning
  • Retirement planning including planning for qualified plans and IRAs
  • Financial powers of attorney
  • Prenuptial agreements
  • Living wills, health care directives, and combined advanced directives

Additionally, the practice represents business owners with business succession planning, preparation of buy-sell agreements, shareholder’s agreements, employment agreements, assistance with pension matters, and general tax planning.

Our attorneys are also actively involved in all aspects of the administration of estates and trusts, including sophisticated postmortem tax planning; gift, estate, and inheritance tax return preparation/audit defense; disclaimer planning; and probate court administration. This includes will challenges, will and trust reformation, contested accountings, and fiduciary litigation. The practice, working in conjunction with our Litigation Practice, provides probate litigation attorneys and guardianship petitions. Through our team of experienced attorneys, paralegals, and support staff we handle:

  • Planning and preparation of gift, estate, and inheritance tax returns, and fiduciary income tax returns
  • Probate court accountings
  • Review and analysis of valuation reports
  • Working closely with certified public accountants
  • Coordination with financial planners
  • All other documents required for administering sophisticated estates
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At Brach Eichler, we are committed to a dynamic and meaningful partnership with our clients. We move forward with a shared vision, one that is carefully crafted and thoughtfully and practically implemented. Together, we achieve success.

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News Icon B|E in the News, February 7, 2024
The Will and Estate Planning Process

News Icon B|E in the News, December 1, 2022
A Time for Legal Trusts.

Alerts Icon Alerts, November 29, 2022
Qualified Charitable Distributions

Alerts Icon Alerts, November 11, 2022
Looking Ahead to 2023

Press Release Icon Firm Announcements & Wins, August 19, 2021
Seventeen Brach Eichler Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022

Six Brach Eichler Attorneys Included in “Ones to Watch” – Two New to the List!

Press Release Icon Firm Announcements & Wins, March 23, 2021
17 Brach Eichler Members Included in 2021 New Jersey Super Lawyers

Twelve Attorneys also Named to New Jersey Rising Stars List This Year

Press Release Icon Firm Announcements & Wins, March 4, 2021
Brach Eichler LLC Promotes Four Attorneys to Counsel

Articles Icon Articles, March 6, 2020
Internet Wills: A Path to Enforceability

By Jonathan D. Bick

Events Icon Events, October 29, 2019
Stuart Gladstone – Realty Transfer Fee, Mansion Tax, and Controlling Interest Tax

Essex County Estate Planning Council Annual Meeting

Events Icon Events, October 29, 2019
2019 Essex County Estate Planning Council Annual Meeting

Crestmont Country Club - West Orange, NJ

Articles Icon Articles, April 16, 2019
Brach Eichler Elects First Woman to Executive Committee

New Jersey Law Journal

Articles Icon Articles, March 5, 2019
Can this unmarried 84-year-old man avoid the inheritance tax?

NJ.com (quoted in)

Books, January 15, 2019
New Jersey Tax Handbook, Published by American Lawyer Media

Chapter on New Jersey Inheritance and Estate Tax, 2006-2019 Editions

Events Icon Events, October 24, 2018
Tax Strategies in the Trump Era: Unique Income and Estate Planning Concepts for Tax Professionals

2018 Essex County Estate Planning Council Annual Meeting

Press Release Icon Firm Announcements & Wins, October 16, 2018
Brach Eichler Adds Five Attorneys in Key Practices

Articles Icon Articles, October 15, 2018
What you need to know about tax-free property exchanges

NJ.com (quoted in)

Events Icon Events, October 2, 2018
Trust Taxation

Passaic County Chapter of NJCPA

Articles Icon Articles, October 1, 2018
Can the state seize my Homestead Rebate and give it to the IRS?

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Articles Icon Articles, April 23, 2018
Estate Planning in the Age of Cryptocurrency

By Jonathan D. Bick

Articles Icon Articles, March 8, 2018
Sharing a bank account with a minor

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Articles Icon Articles, March 2, 2018
Do I owe N.J. taxes on Florida inheritance?

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Articles Icon Articles, February 15, 2018
Inherited IRAs and your tax burden

NJ.com (quoted in)

Articles Icon Articles, February 12, 2018
Understanding codes on tax forms

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Events Icon Events, February 9, 2018
Everyone Needs A Will and Other Simple But Valuable Information to Give Your Clients

Women Inspiring Women Female State Farm Agent Symposium

Events Icon Events, January 24, 2018
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Implications and Considerations

Brach Eichler CPA Series