Michael D. Grohman is chair of the Wealth Planning Practice Group and head of the firm's New York office. Mr. Grohman practices in the areas of tax and estate planning and administration, with particular emphasis on estate planning for owners of closely held businesses. In 2007, Mr. Grohman was included in Worth magazine's annual listing of the top 100 attorneys in the U.S. for estate planning.

Mr. Grohman is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey. He is a frequent lecturer for the Practising Law Institute. He is a 1993 graduate of New York University School of Law (LL.M., taxation), a 1983 graduate of Brooklyn Law School and a graduate of Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.

Areas of Practice

· Wealth Planning

· Tax and Estate Planning and Administration; Planning for Closely Held Businesses

Professional Activities

· New York State Bar Association

· American Bar Association

· New Jersey State Bar Association

· Lecturer, Estate Planning and Practicing Law Institute

· Adjunct Professor, Estate Planning, Seton Hall University School of Law, 1994-2000

· New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1994-1996

Experience

· Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 1996-present

· Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, New Jersey
- Associate, 1989-1996

· Shearman & Sterling, New York, New York
- Associate, 1985-1988

· Price Waterhouse, New York, New York
- Tax Staff, 1983-1985

Civic and Charitable Activities

· Member of the Board of Adjustment, South Orange, New Jersey

Honors and Awards

· Recipient of the Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) Male Allies Award for pro bono work representing victims of sex trafficking, 2013

· Listed in Worth Magazine's Top 100 Attorneys, 2007

· AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Selected Publications

· "Federal Estate Tax Equality for Same-Sex Couples," Duane Morris Alert, June 15, 2012

· Featured in "Growin' with Grohman," Legal Bisnow (New York), May 31, 2011

· Co-author, "Estate and Inheritance Taxes Increase as States Seek Revenue," Duane Morris Alert, December 7, 2009

· Co-author, "U.S. House Passes Legislation for Permanent Federal Estate and Gift Tax Relief," Duane Morris Alert, December 4, 2009

· Co-author, "Update on Proposed Changes to Federal Estate Tax Law," Duane Morris Alert, September 16, 2009

Selected Speaking Engagements

· Faculty, "The NFL & NFLPA Present Business Management and Entrepreneurship Program: Transitioning with Success," The Wharton School, Philadelphia, February 11, 2013

· Speaker, "A Taste of Torts," Macaulay Honors College, New York City, March 1, 2012

· Speaker, "Planning for Post-Death Elections," Practising Law Institute's 38th Annual Estate Planning Institute, New York City, September 10-11, 2007

· Speaker, "Advantages of Creating Trusts, Partnerships and Other Entities in Delaware," Neuberger & Berman, May 1997

· Speaker, Practising Law Institute's 39th Annual Estate Planning Institute, New York City, September 8, 2008