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Robert J. Shanahan Jr.
Flemington, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
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Temple University
Since becoming an attorney in 1985, I have experienced the area of Elder Law grow from what was an occasional question about powers of attorney and guardianships, to a full-blown specialized practice area. It hit home when I saw the practical effects of poor planning when my wife became executor of her uncle's estate. The estate left a large sum of money to a severely disabled person, who was then in danger of losing all of his benefits--including his apartment in a specialized home. Lawyers have to spend time finding out, not only about the...
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Elizabeth Engert Manzo
Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Elder, Employment and Estate Planning
Seton Hall University School of Law
Elizabeth Manzo is a shareholder of the firm of Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. She concentrates her practice in ERISA and employee benefits law, elder law, trust and estate planning, and estate litigation. In 2016 Elizabeth became a Certified Elder Law Attorney, recognized by the National Elder Law Foundation which is the only organization approved by the American Bar Association to offer this designation. Only 400 attorneys nationally have achieved the designation of CELA approved.
Elizabeth received a B.A. from Rutgers College in New Jersey where she graduated as a Henry Rutgers Scholar with high honors. She received a...
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Gary B. Cornick
Somerville, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfElder, Estate Planning and Probate
University of Baltimore School of Law
The Law Offices of Gary Cornick, LLC, is a New Jersey law firm dedicated to assisting families and individuals with all their Elder Law and Estate Planning needs.
We empathize with the fact that individuals meeting with an attorney are frequently facing stressful circumstances, particularly when dealing with an ill spouse or parent, or families with special needs children. Such challenges require a caring and understanding approach, and we are dedicated to being that source of support for our clients. Our commitment goes beyond delivering high-quality legal services; we also prioritize providing our clients with the assurance and attention they rightfully...
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Tina M James
South Amboy, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Attorney at Tina James Law PA
Tina M. James, Esq., is an experienced advocate and litigator. Her legal work focuses on estate planning and administration, guardianship and surrogate decision making, disability discrimination, and special needs planning for individuals with disabilities and their families.
She previously worked as a litigator with a national law firm and served as a judicial law clerk in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division. She has successfully argued before the Florida Supreme Court as well as other state and federal courts. Tina was selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2015 and...
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Donald Vanarelli
Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfElder and Estate Planning
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
I have been practicing law since 1983, admitted in NJ and NY. A graduate of Rutger's Law School, I practice in the areas of elder law, estate planning and administration, special needs planning, probate and guardianship litigation, Social Security and SSI disability appeals. Before attending law school, I worked for the Social Security Administration adjudicating claims for benefits under the Social Security, SSI, Medicare and Medicaid programs. I served as law clerk to Hon. Herbert S. Alterman, J.S.C. I am board-certified as an elder law attorney. I am also accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to prepare, present...
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Jaclyn Healey
Metuchen, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Rutgers School of Law-Newark and Ramapo College
Jaclyn Healey earned her Bachelors degree at Ramapo College in just two and a half years before moving on to Law School. While at Ramapo she served as an officer for many organizations on campus and competed in Moot Court. Mrs. Healey earned her J.D. from Rutgers Law School where she also received her Certification in Corporate and Business Law. Mrs. Healey is a member Phi Delta Phi, she served as Vice-Magister during her time at Rutgers. She also served in the Rutgers Community and Transactional Lawyering Clinic where she helped to represent incapacitated persons in guardianship matters, and acted...
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John Ryan Jr
Haworth, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Elder, Business and Real Estate
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
The Law Office of John J. Ryan, Jr. will handle your real estate closing or other legal matter in a quick, efficient and economical manner. Mr. Ryan has been practicing law in the State of New Jersey since 1984 and has successfully handled and closed thousands of legal matters and real estate transactions. All legal matters are handled by Mr. Ryan, personally and your telephone call or email message will be promptly returned. You rights will be carefully explained to you in a comfortable and understandable way.
Mr. Ryan is experienced in successfully working with real estate...
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Jesse Robert Hynes
Cranford, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Estate Planning and Probate
Wake Forest University School of Law
I concentrate my practice in Elder Law, which encompasses, but is not limited to, Estate and Trust Planning, Estate Administration, Asset Preservation and Protection, Disability and Special Needs Planning, Guardianship, and Medicaid.
My firm is completely client focused, and I do everything that I possibly can to give my clients the best experience possible. At Hynes Law Group, we are focused on creating lasting relationships by helping our clients to plan for all stages and ages. We are dedicated to serving our clients, providing them sound legal advice, empathizing with their needs, and working with their loved ones and...
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Elizabeth Candido Petite
Westfield, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning and Tax
New York Law School and New York Law School
Elizabeth Candido Petite is a member of Lindabury’s Wills, Trusts and Estates practice group where she concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning and administration and tax law. Elizabeth is experienced in preparing estate planning documents including wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, durable powers of attorney and advance directives for health care.
Elizabeth also has experience creating and funding family limited liability companies and other corporate structures to transfer personal wealth and family businesses to the next generations. She offers practical solutions to problems, large and small, so that her clients have confidence that their assets are...
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Daniel S. Swinton
Cranford, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder and Estate Planning
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
Daniel S. Swinton, Esq.
Mr. Swinton received his J.D. at Pace University School of Law from which he graduated Cum Laude, as a Ranking Scholar and winner of the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellent Achievement in the Study of Wills and Trusts. Mr. Swinton is a contributing author of "Generations - Planning Your Legacy" (Esperti Peterson Institute 1999) and "Strictly Business" (Quantum Press 2002). In addition to his membership in the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Mr. Swinton is a member of the American Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association, and the Union County Bar Association.
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Lawrence Friedman
Bridgewater, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning and Tax
New York University
For over 25 years, Lawrence Friedman has helped families navigate complex laws and government programs to protect savings against long term care costs, minimize taxes, provide for individuals with special needs, qualify for Medicaid and other programs, evaluate long term care insurance, obtain guardianships, and draw special needs and other trusts, wills, and powers of attorney. Mr. Friedman has a Master of Laws in Taxation and has been Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. He also has received the New Jersey State Bar Association's Distinguished Legislative Service Award and is a former...
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Ellen M. Gillespie
Somerville, NJ Elder Law Lawyer
Elder, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Rutgers University Law School
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Mr. Richard Albert Luthmann Jr.
Iselin, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Elder, Business, Estate Planning and Securities
University of Miami School of Law and New York Law School
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Elga Amalia Goodman
Morristown, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Elder, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
New York University School of Law and Seton Hall University School of Law
Elga Goodman is the owner of E.A. Goodman Law where she specializes in business and personal taxation issues, including domestic and international estate planning, the administration of trusts and estates, closely held business planning, and issues affecting the elderly.
As a trust and estate attorney she advises clients on estate planning techniques aimed at ensuring that assets pass to the intended beneficiaries, while minimizing the state and federal tax burdens by creating charitable trusts and foundations, planned gifting programs, and drafting wills, trusts, powers of attorney and living wills.
Elga handles general estate planning issues and counsel clients about planning for...
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John Robert Merlino JR
East Brunswick, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
New York Law School and New York Law School
John is a seasoned real estate attorney with expertise in residential and commercial real estate transactions, mortgage loan transactions, commercial real estate finance transactions and title clearance. Recognized as an authority in New York and New Jersey real estate law, John frequently counsels lending institutions and other attorneys in complex real estate transactions and his firm was selected by the State of New York to serve as settlement agent for the State’s purchase of hundreds of properties damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
John is a fierce advocate and the office guru for problem solving and brainstorming. He guides clients through every stage...
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Staci Allison Cosner
East Brunswick, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Divorce, Estate Planning and Probate
Columbia Law School
Staci A. Cosner graduated from Cornell University with distinction and received a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science in 1992. She then received a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1995. Formerly, she was an associate with Skadden Arps in New York City. Staci is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York courts. She is a member of the Elder Law Committee for the Middlesex County Bar Association and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Staci lectures frequently on Elder Law, and has appeared on local New Jersey television to discuss Elder...
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Mark D Lurie
Montclair, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Elder, Appeals, Business and Civil Rights
Boston College Law School
Mark Lurie has over 20 years as a practicing attorney. The firm represents individuals in employment disputes, including litigating discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, compensation/bonus/wage claims, and other employment-related disputes. We also represent employers in proactive measures to mitigate litigation risk, including preparation of policies and procedures, training and investigations.
Mark also mediates employment disputes, and is included on the roster of New Jersey civil court-approved mediators as a R.1:40 qualified mediator.
The firms also represents pharmaceutical, medical device and other healthcare entities on compliance-related issues. We help to identify risk, set up compliance programs, prepare policies, provide training, monitor...
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John Blasi
Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 49 years of experience
Elder, Business, Estate Planning and Tax
Georgetown University Law Center and Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
In the course of providing legal services to clients, John often assists them in defining, planning, and meeting their personal and business needs in areas including individual and corporate tax planning, business transactions, estate planning and probate administration, and employee benefits. In addition, he provides legal representation to charitable nonprofit corporations, including private foundations and hospitals.
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Shawn Robert McClelland
Morristown, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Elder, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Case Western Reserve University
My areas of practice include asset protection and preservation, business formations and succession planning, corporate governance, estate planning, real estate and commercial transactions, and tax planning.
My experience encompasses counseling business owners in matters pertaining to entity formation and initial start-up strategies, and the structuring of sales and acquisitions. I prepare and advise business owners on matters pertaining to buy-sell agreements, operating agreements and shareholder agreements, asset transfers, and succession planning issues. In addition, I counsel clients in matters involving estate and tax planning, including tax audits and related issues, working together with them and their financial advisors on structuring and...
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Mr Frank P Marciano
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Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfHoboken, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Family and Probate
Seton Hall University
Frank attended Franklin Marshall College and went on to study law at Seton Hall University Law School. After law school, Frank returned to his roots in Hoboken. Frank has an extensive range of experience and expertise handling the many different legal matters affecting the people and businesses in Hoboken and its vicinity.
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John William Callinan
Middletown, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Elder
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
John Callinan is a Certified Elder Law Attorney, certified by the National Elder Law Foundation as accredited by the American Bar Association. John was graduated from Rutgers University in 1990 with a B.A. in psychology. In 1993, John was graduated from Rutgers School of Law-Camden from which he received his Juris Doctor with Honors. John is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He is also admitted to practice before the New Jersey federal district courts and the United States Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit. John clerked for the Honorable Patricia Del Bueno Cleary, P.J.Ch. He...
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Joe Strauss
Flemington, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, DWI and Family
Seton Hall University School of Law
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Amie Gartenberg
Hackensack, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
(201) 488-4644
2 University Plaza Drive
Suite 400
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Elder, Business, Estate Planning and Health Care
For over 30 years, Amie has concentrated her practice in estate and succession planning, as well as complex probate and estate administration. Amie advises high net worth (oftenmultigenerational) clients regarding sophisticated estate planning with an emphasis on estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer and income tax planning. Amie is a sought-after speaker on a variety of estate planning topics, and she has spoken to attorneys on ethical issues confronting Trusts and Estate Practitioners at New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) as well as the National Business Institute, as well as to attorneys and accountants at the UJA Federation Endowment Foundation...
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Melissa Maria Gencarelli
Lyndhurst, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Elder, Business, Construction and Estate Planning
New York Law School
The Gencarelli Law Firm, LLC, is located in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and is at your service. We offer reliable advice and representation in legal matters concerning a variety of disciplines. Melissa M. Gencarelli provides dedicated legal representation to individuals, businesses and organizations with a high degree of specialized knowledge. Years of experience as a practicing attorney in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area, combined with her in-depth knowledge in a wide range of legal practice areas, helps to ensure that her clients receive tailor-made, targeted solutions to their real-world legal concerns in a highly competent and effective manner....
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Crystal West Edwards
Morristown, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Probate and Tax
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
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Jake Causing Santos
Mount Olive, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
(973) 347-3347
500 International Drive North
Suite 125
Mount Olive, NJ 07828
Elder, Administrative, Appeals and Estate Planning
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Jake C. Santos is a Senior Associate Attorney at NOrrie & Associates located in Northern New Jersey. His primary practice areas include estate and trust administration, accountings, audits and litigation, elder care and disability law, Social Security and Medicaid law, estate, trust and tax planning, and immigration. As an associate with the firm, Mr. Santos has also assisted clients in the areas of real estate transactions, property tax appeals, guardianship law, and business and employment law.
In addition to his legal experience, Mr. Santos has several years experience as an analyst and consultant in human resource management in...
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Renata A. Mizak
Budd Lake, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Probate and Social Security Disability
New York Law School
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Terry Richard Zuckerman
Kenilworth, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Elder, Appeals, Business and Estate Planning
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David Norrie
Mount Olive, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
(973) 347-3347
500 International Drive North
Suite 125
Mount Olive, NJ 07828
Elder, Estate Planning, Health Care and Social Security Disability
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John S Avery
Ridgefield, NJ Elder Law Attorney
Free ConsultationElder, Criminal, DWI and Estate Planning
Seton Hall University School of Law
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Michael Willis
Morristown, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Probate and Traffic Tickets
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Evan Mason Harris
Watchung, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Elder, Criminal, Employment and Personal Injury
Seton Hall University School of Law
Mr. Harris received his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1984 and his B.A. in Political Science from Fairleigh Dickenson University in 1981. He is admitted to the New Jersey State Bar and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Mr. Harris is an active member of the New Jersey Chapter of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Mr. Harris has handled complex civil litigation matters including construction cases and personal injury cases that resulted in multi-million dollar settlements. He also practices extensively in the New Jersey Family Courts.
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Donna Russo
Hackensack, NJ Elder Law Attorney
Elder, Employment and Personal Injury
Villanova University School of Law
ISLN: 901921671
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Donna Russo graduated in 1981 from Villanova University School of Law and has been actively engaged in the practice of law since her admission to the Bar in 1981. She is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney.
Ms. Russo has extensive experience in civil litigation having been a civil litigator for over 25 years. She presently devotes her practice to litigation of corporate disputes, denial of disability or health insurance benefits, employment discrimination, insurance coverage issues, nursing home and assisted living abuse and neglect, personal injury and property claims.
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William Torre
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
George Mason University School of Law
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Michael T Thompson
Morristown, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Probate and Tax
I am an Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney at Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP. My practice concentrates in the areas of taxation, trusts and estates, disability law, elder law, special needs trusts, formation and governance of non-profit entities, charitable planning, and advice to closely held businesses. I have over twenty years of experience in taxation, trusts and estates. Before joining Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP, I was a shareholder with Cestone & Thompson, P.C. from 2010 to 2021. I was an associate in the Tax, Trusts and Estates Practice Group at Coughlin Duffy LLP from 2008 to 2010. I...
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Shiohban Royster
Newark, NJ Elder Law Lawyer
Elder, Landlord Tenant, Real Estate and Social Security Disability
Seton Hall University School of Law
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Alan Dixler
Westfield, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Elder, DWI, Domestic Violence and Employment
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George Lordi
West Orange, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 47 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
Seton Hall University School of Law
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Sharon Ann Quinn
Maplewood, NJ Elder Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Elder, Criminal, Estate Planning and Family
Seton Hall University School of Law
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Alan G Cosner
East Brunswick, NJ Elder Law Attorney with 53 years of experience
Elder, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Estate Planning