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Simon Levin

Simon Levin

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Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
The Legal Center, One Riverfront Plaza
Newark, New Jersey  07102-5400
(Essex Co.)

Telephone: 973-643-7000
Fax: 973-643-6500
http://www.sillscummis.com



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Practice AreasFederal and New Jersey Tax practice; Estates and Trust; Entrepreneurial Services; Financial Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions
 
EducationNew York University (J.D., 1967; LL.M. in Taxation, 1974), Lehigh University, B.S., cum laude, 1964
 
Admitted1967, New Jersey; 1971, U.S. Tax Court; 1972, U.S. Claims Court; 1980, New York
 
MembershipsEssex County (Chairman, Section of Taxation, 1974-1976), Monmouth County, New Jersey State (Member: Section of Taxation; Special Committee on New Jersey Tax Reform, 1974; Vice-Chairman, Subcommittee on New Jersey Practice and Procedure, 1974-1975; Vice-Chairman, Subcommittee on Exempt Organizations and Employee Benefits, 1975-1976; Chairman, Commodities Section, 1982-1986) and American Bar Associations.
 
MilitaryCapt., U.S. Army, active duty, 1968-1969
 
BornNewark, New Jersey, 1942
 
BiographyPhi Delta Phi (Exchequer, 1966-1967). Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in America; "Best Lawyers in America." Awarded, American Jurisprudence Prizes in Remedies, New Jersey Practice, 1967. Associate Editor, 1966 Annual Survey of American Law. Co-Author: "Refining the Estate Planning Potential of the Near-Zero CRUT Technique," 84 The Journal of Taxation, No. 6, Page 355, June 1996; "Charitable Remainder Trusts - The New Landscape," RIA Estate Planner's Alert, October 1997; "Charitable Remainder Trusts Still Offer Good Planning Opportunities," RIA Estate Planner's Alert, March 3, 1999, Vol. 24, No. 3; "Market Interest Rate Loans: A Simple and Effective Potential Estate Planning Technique," The Tax Magazine, June 1999, Vol. 77, No. 6 and CCH Financial and Estate Planning Reporter, June, 1999, Vol. 3, Report No. 234 @ 32, 071; "Using Charitable Remainder Trusts in Estate and Financial Planning," 156 New Jersey Law Journal 1020, June 14, 1999; "Estate Planning for Families with Disabled Beneficiaries," RIA Estate Planning Alert, Vol. 24, No. 12, December 7, 1999 and The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Vol. 8, No. 1, p. 4, January 2000; "'Nanny Tax' Compliance Makes Slow Progress: Are State Legislators to Blame?" State Tax Notes, Vol. 20, No. 8, p. 647, February 19, 2001. Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for New Jersey, 1992-1995. Member, New Jersey Department of Treasury Transition Team for Governor Christine Todd Whitman (1993-1994) and New Jersey State Treasurer Tax Advisory Group (1995-2001). Commissioner, N.J. Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Commission. Founding Board Member, Estate Planning Council of Essex County. Member, Accredited Estate Planners, National Association of Estate Planners and Councils. Member, Planned Giving Group of Greater New York. Selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2005 as seen in New Jersey Monthly (May, 2005). Fellow: American College of Tax Counsel; American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel.
 
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