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| | Address | | 200 Executive Drive | | West Orange, New Jersey 07052 | | (Essex Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Goldberg, Mufson & Spar,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Federal and State Taxation. Corporate, Probate, Estate Planning, Business Planning, Securities, Real Estate and Land Use Law, Affordable Housing, Matrimonial. Trials and Appeals in Federal and State Courts. | | Year Established: 1979 | Firm Profile:
GOLDBERG, MUFSON & SPAR was established to provide excellence in legal representation primarily to medium-sized businesses and individuals of substantial net worth. A personal lawyer guides each client in defining objectives and finding imaginative and effective solutions, while drawing upon the expertise of other members of the firm's professional team. In a world of increasing specialization, we approach problems from an interdisciplinary point of view. | | Firm Size: 4 | | Leonard M. Goldberg (Member) born Jersey City, New Jersey, March 21, 1937; admitted to bar, 1960, New Jersey; 1964, U.S. Tax Court; 1966, New York. Education: Tufts University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1957); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1960). Tau Kappa Alpha. With Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, 1959-1960. Author: "Trusts to Pay for a College Education," VIII, New Jersey State Bar Journal, page 1337. Co-Author: 6 Taxation For Lawyers 170, Nov., 1977 and 20 Taxation For Accountants 170, March, 1978; "Choosing Between The Tax Benefits Offered by Income Averaging and Those of Maxi-Tax." Trial Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1960-1964. New Jersey Delegate to Lawyers' Liaison Committee, Mid-Atlantic Region Internal Revenue Service, 1973-1976. Member: Essex County (Chairman, Taxation Committee, 1988-1989), New Jersey State (Chairman, Taxation Section, 1973-1975 and Member, Executive Council, 1967—; Member: Corporate and Business Law Section; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) and American (Member, Taxation Section, Committee on Real Estate Tax Problems, 1973—; Chairman, Small Firm Lawyers Committee, Estate and Gift Tax Committee; Continuing Legal Education. Member, Sections of: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Economics of Law Practice; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Litigation Section, Committee on Tax Litigation) Bar Associations; International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Business and Planning Committee). Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Business Planning Law; Estate Planning; Estate Administration. Email: Leonard M. Goldberg | | Michael R. Spar (Shareholder) born Far Rockaway, New York, January 16, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, New York; 1984, New Jersey. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., with honors, 1977); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. Co-Author: "Legislation Widens Options for Professionals to Insulate Themselves from Liability," New Jersey Law Journal, June 24, 1986; "Creating a Stock Appreciation Rights Plan," The Practical Tax Lawyer, Vol. 11 No. 2; "A Simple Mechanism to Restrict Traditional Partner Liability," New Jersey Law Journal, August 14, 1995; "Secondary Mortgage Loan Act Traps Lenders," 122 New Jersey Law Journal 494, August 25, 1988. Author: "Allocating the Burden of Complying with ECRA," 123 New Jersey Law Journal 816, March 30, 1989. Member: Essex County Bar Association (Chairman, Tax Committee, 1993-1995; Vice Chairman, Tax Committee, 1996-2004); District V-B Ethics Committee (Member, 2004—, Vice Chair, 2006-2007; Chair, 2007-2008). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions; Real Estate Law. Email: Michael R. Spar | | Jeffrey L. Kantowitz (Member) born Paterson, New Jersey, February 16, 1959; admitted to bar, 1982, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1983, New York; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yeshiva University (B.A., 1979); Harvard University (J.D., 1982). For EQA Purpose Hyperlink flag retained, still has 2008 Hyperlink product Law Secretary to Justice Alan B. Handler, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1982-1983. Walter Head Foundation, Graduate Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1983-1984. Adjunct Professor of Law, Seton Hall University Law School, 1995-1997. Secretary, Supreme Court of New Jersey, District VA Ethics Committee, 1987-1989. Member, Board of Trustees, Land Use Law Section of New Jersey State Bar Association, 2002-2007. Member, 1989-1995, Vice-Chairman, 1991-1994, Chairman, 1995, Borough of Fair Lawn Planning Board. Attorney, Fair Lawn Planning Board, 1996-1999. Special Counsel, Glen Ridge Planning Board, 1997. Municipal, Public Advocate, West Orange Planning Board, 1997. Co-Author: "Zoning and Land Use Litigation," Chapter 12 in Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., New Jersey Land Use and Environmental Law, 1993; "Developments in Affordable Housing: The Fair Housing Act and COAH in the 1990s," The New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, September 1992. Author: "In Practice: Land Use Law," 139 New Jersey Law Journal, March 13, 1995, 131 New Jersey Law Journal 683, June 29, 1992. Lecturer, Rutgers University Center for Government Services, Winter, 1995. Member: New Jersey State (Member, Sections on Land Use and Local Government Law) and American (Member, Local Government Section) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Frank A. Greek v. South Brunswick p. 257 N.J. Super 9h (App. Div., 1992); Lincoln Heights Assoc. v. Tp. Of Cranford, 314 N.J. Super 366 (Law Div., 1998), aff'd o.b., 321 N.J. Super 355 (App. Div., 1999); Sod Farm Associates v. Tp. of Springfield, 366 N.J. Super 116 (App. Div., 2004); Elon Assoc. v. Tp. of Howell, 370 N.J. Super 475 (App. Div., 2004); In re Petition of Howell Tp., 371 N.J. Super. 167 (App. Div., 2004); In re Petition of Borough of Montvale 399 N.J. Super 119 (App. Div., 2006). Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: Litigation; Land Use Law; Zoning and Planning Law; Affordable Housing; Appeals; Administrative Law. Email: Jeffrey L. Kantowitz | | Denice P. Gilchrist (Member) born Englewood, New Jersey, August 9, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1989, New York. Education: Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.S., 1985); Syracuse University (J.D., 1988); New York University (LL.M., 1993). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Taxation Section; Elder and Disability Law Section Subcommittee; Assisted Living Facilities); New Jersey Inheritance Tax Rules and Regulation Committee; Essex County Bar Association (Chairman, Tax, Trusts and Estates Section, 2004—); New Jersey Ethics Committee, District V-B (Investigator, 2005—). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trust Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Elder Law; Medicaid Planning; Taxation; Surrogates Court Practice; Probate; Estates; Trust Litigation; Fiduciary Litigation; Family Wealth Transfer; Income Tax; Retirement Planning; Gift Tax Planning; Federal Tax Controversies; State Tax Controversies. Email: Denice P. Gilchrist |
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