Estate, Trust and Taxation
Advising private clients.
Our priority is comprehensive service in estate, gift, and elder law planning, estate and trust administration, estate and trust litigation, guardianships, domestic partnership rights and taxation.
We focus on the needs of our clients and their families in all stages of life and we also provide advice to businesses and business owners. We develop a strong partnership with our clients because we believe it is a necessity to effective representation. Our approach fosters an open and continual dialog with each client so as to better serve our clients and exceed their expectations.
We:
- Prepare Wills, trust agreements, powers of attorney, living wills, health care directives, and sophisticated estate planning documents to ensure our clients’ planning wishes are met.
- Advise and assist clients interested in charitable legacies through the use of charitable trusts, private foundations, conservation easements and other charitable dispositions.
- Advise individual and corporate fiduciaries in the administration of estates and trusts and assist them throughout the life of the administration of such estates and trusts.
- Advise and assist clients regarding long-term care, disability, asset protection, Medicaid, and other governmental and private benefit issues. We assist clients in addressing the unique requirements of individuals with special needs or who require extended care.
- Represent and counsel clients in all phases of guardianship proceedings.
- Represent and counsel clients in all phases of estate and trust litigation in the most cost-efficient manner possible.
- Assist and counsel clients as to business succession planning, choice of business entity, corporate agreements, stockholders’ agreements, partnership agreements, limited liability agreements, employment agreements and other corporate documents.
- Advise domestic partners regarding legal protection of property, assets and minor children.
A Belief in Long Term Relationships
The Estate, Trust, and Taxation Group was formed to serve the clients of Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP on an ongoing, long-term basis, on projects both large and small. We believe in specialized attention to our clients that foster long-term relationships built on knowledge, experience, passion and compassion.
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August 20, 2024
16 CMG Attorneys Selected for Inclusion - Best Lawyers in America©
Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP is pleased to announce that 16 of the Firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the…
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March 25, 2024
2024 Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP is pleased to share that 11 of the Firm’s attorneys have been selected to the…
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October 13, 2022
Legal Seminar for Special Needs Families
James B. Garland, Partner and Co-Practice Group Leader at Coughlin Midlige & Garland will speak on guardianship and trust issues…
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August 29, 2022
12 Coughlin Midlige & Garland Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP is pleased to announce that 12 of the Firm’s attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the…
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July 27, 2022
Jill Lebowitz to Speak on New Jersey Inheritance Tax at NJICLE 2022 Estate Planning Summer Institute
Morristown, NJ (July 27, 2022) – Jill Lebowitz, a Partner at Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP, and Co-Chair of the…
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April 13, 2022
Coughlin Midlige & Garland Attorneys Selected to 2022 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP congratulates nine of our attorneys who have been selected to the 2022 Super Lawyers and…
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January 3, 2022
Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP Expands Its Estate, Trust and Taxation Group
Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP (CMG) is pleased to announce the expansion of our Estate, Trust and Taxation (ETT) Group…
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November 19, 2021
Maria Cestone to Present at New Jersey State Bar Association Webinar
Maria A. Cestone will be a speaker at a NJSBA/NJICLE webinar – “Estate Planning for Special Situations” on November 30, 2021. Maria’s topic…
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March 22, 2021
Exciting Firm News!
March 22, 2021 – Morristown, New Jersey – Coughlin Duffy LLP announced today it has changed its name to Coughlin…
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July 6, 2020
Morris County's Top Lawyers 2020
Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP warmly congratulates Jason A. Meisner and Pandora J. Thompson for their inclusion in Morris County’s…