Partner, Co-Chair, Tax, Trusts & Estates Department Practice Focus Mr. Lepelstat has a practice concentration in tax and estate planning for individuals and businesses. Mr. Lepelstat also handles the administration of trusts and estates. Representative Matters Mr. Lepelstat has represented partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, individuals and special types of entities in connection with the planning, structuring and defense of tax transactions, and he has handled all types of audits and has appeared at appellate conferences, at both the federal and state levels. He has also participated in matters arising in the U.S. Tax Court. Professional Activities / Honors · Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel. · Member of the Tax, Real Property and Probate Sections of the Florida State Bar. · Past chair of both the Taxation and Probate Committees of the Middlesex County Bar Association. · Former trustee of the Middlesex County Bar Association. · Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Tax Law, Trusts & Estates and Litigation & Controversy- Tax categories. · Selected for Super Lawyers - New Jersey Edition in the Estate Planning & Probate practice area since 2008. · Elected to Who's Who in America. · Elected to Who's Who in American Law. · Mr. Lepelstat has been appointed to several committees of the New Jersey State and Middlesex County Bar Associations. · He has lectured before various bar groups and committees, including the Institute of Continuing Legal Education. · He has been published in several national and local tax publications Publications / Articles / Presentations · Co-Author, "Estate Planning - Before It's Too Late!" Exhibit A, Summer 2000, Vol. 4 No. 2. · Author, "Qualified Personal Residence Trust," Exhibit A, Fall 1996, Vol. 1 No. 2. · Co-Author, "The Small Business Job Protection Act May Render the S Election Appropriate for Larger and More Complex Corporations," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, February 1997. · Author, "Salient Tax Considerations for Condominium Conversions." Fellow: American College of Trust & Estate Counsel. |