(Main Office)

Herdeg, du Pont & Dalle Pazze, LLP, specializes in helping individuals implement tax-advantaged estate plans, create private foundations and administer trusts and decedents' estates and in helping closely-held and family-held businesses implement succession plans. Attention is given to gift programs, asset realignments and federal and state transfer taxes, drawing on over ninety-five years of combined experience of the principals.

Statement of Practice

Estate and Tax Planning, Business Succession Planning, Trusts and Estates, Fiduciary Counseling, Wills and Probate, Estate Administration, Private Foundations, Asset Protection.

References:

Christiana Bank and Trust Co.
Wachovia Bank.

Address

15 Center Meeting Road
Wilmington, DE 19807-1301, (New Castle Co.)

Phone

Phone: 302-655-6500
Fax: 302-655-8500

Website

http://www.lawyers.com/dellaw

PARTNERS

John A. Herdeg (Member) born Buffalo, New York, September 15, 1937; admitted to bar, 1963, Connecticut; 1964, Delaware. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1959); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1962). Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1995; Who's Who in America, 1996—. Co-Author: "Delaware Total Return Unitrust Statute," 2001. Member: Delaware Bar Association (Member, Estates and Trusts Section). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate and Gift Taxation; Trust Planning; Trust Administration; Estate Administration; Asset Protection.Email: John A. Herdeg

William B. du Pont, Jr. (Member) born Johnstown, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1946; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania; 1989, Delaware. Education: Bethany College (B.S., 1971); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1982). Faculty: Pennsylvania Bar Institute Seminar, "How to Draft Estate Planning Documents" and "Drafting for the Marital Deduction". Member: Pennsylvania (Member, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) and Delaware (Member, Estates and Trusts Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Private Foundations; Estate Administration; Asset Protection.Email: William B. du Pont, Jr.

James P. Dalle Pazze (Member) born Princeton, New Jersey, August 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, New Jersey; 1979, District of Columbia; 1980, Delaware. Education: Rider College (B.A., cum laude, 1975); Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., cum laude, 1978); Georgetown University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1981). Member, 1976-1977 and Editor-in-Chief, 1977-1978, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Adjunct Professor of Law, Delaware Law School, 1982-1995. Founder and Director, Attorneys for Family-Held Enterprises. Member: Delaware and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Tax Counsel. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate and Gift Taxation; Business Succession Planning; Estate Administration; Federal and State Taxation Law; Asset Protection.Email: James P. Dalle Pazze