Susan M. Holzman
101 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 400 Roseland, New Jersey 07068-1097
Firm:
Orloff, Lowenbach, Stifelman & Siegel, P.A.
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Overview
HIGHLIGHTS
Tax and estate planning for business executives, professionals, and high net worth owners of closely-held businesses and their families, including business succession planning, generation-skipping transfer tax planning, the use of life insurance, and the implementation of lifetime gift programs and intrafamily sales.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Drafting Wills, irrevocable insurance trusts, Section 2503(c) trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, dynasty trusts, qualified subchapter S trusts, QTIP/IRA trusts, charitable split interest trusts, trusts for disabled individuals, and revocable grantor trusts
- Representing clients involved in complex Will contests and contested trust matters, including disputes relating to elective share claims, interests in closely-held businesses, and real estate investments
- Estate administration, including preparing estate tax returns and inheritance tax returns, representing estates in connection with federal and state audits, and reviewing fiduciary income tax returns
- Drafting and negotiating premarital agreements, postmarital agreements, and property settlement agreements
- Drafting and negotiating employment agreements, consulting agreements, deferred compensation agreements, stock option agreements, and severance agreements
- Structuring complex commercial transactions in connection with corporate divorces and third party acquisitions, including spin-offs, like-kind exchanges, redemptions, and cross-purchases
- Drafting and negotiating stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, tax indemnification agreements, shareholders agreements, partnership agreements, and limited liability company agreements
- Representing clients involved in IRS disputes, including matters involving valuation issues, pension issues, and tax shelters
- Drafting legislation enacted in New Jersey
- Representing major trade association, including complex life insurance project
- Representing doctors, dentists, lawyers, and accountants in connection with employment arrangements and the purchase and sale of equity interests in practices
- Preparing gift tax returns, including returns that involve sophisticated issues relating to the generation-skipping transfer tax
OTHER EXPERIENCE
- Member of the board of directors and general counsel of a professional employer organization: 1998-2005
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Awards
Trusts and Estates, Newark (2018)
Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Newark (2017)
Trusts and Estates, Newark (2015)
Tax Law, Newark (2014)
Education
Graduated
Swarthmore College, B.A. with honors
Graduated 1977
New York University, LL.M. (in taxation)
Graduated 1985
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (973) 622-6200
101 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 400
Roseland, New Jersey 07068-1097
Roseland, New Jersey 07068-1097
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