Archer partner Melissa Osorio Dibble was recently reappointed as a member of the Leadership and Mentoring Committee and Co-Chair of the Professional Responsibility Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law for the 2025-2026 bar year. A long-term active member of the Section, she has also served as Co-Chair of the […]

Archer partner Steven K. Mignogna has led a team of Archer attorneys and contributing editors from other firms in publishing Estate and Trust Litigation, the fully updated fourth edition of the authoritative text on New Jersey probate litigation. Published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE), the treatise has long been a trusted resource for […]

Archer is proud to announce that partner Steven K. Mignogna, Co-Chair of the firm’s Private Wealth, Estates & Trusts Group and Chair of the Estate and Trust Litigation Group, has been recognized in the prestigious 2025 Chambers High Net Worth Guide for Private Wealth Disputes. Steve is ranked in New Jersey for Estate and Trust Litigation. The Chambers High […]

Melissa Dibble will be presenting the program “Bullying in the Legal Profession,” at the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estates Law Annual RPTE National CLE Conference. To learn more click here. Date & Time: Thursday, May 1 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Location: Aria Resort & Casino Las Vegas, NV

Archer attorneys Steven Mignogna and Melissa Osorio Dibble will present “Seven Deadly Claims” at the Estate Planning Council of Delaware January Meeting. “Seven Deadly Claims” focuses on the seven most significant causes of action stemming from the growing number of estate and trust litigation matters around the country. When: Wednesday, January 8 | 5:00pm – 7:30pm […]

In many jurisdictions, the law dictates that people cannot benefit from their crimes.  In the realm of the administration of decedent’s estates, this principle takes the form of “slayer statutes” which state that a killer cannot inherit from their victim.  Where these statutes traditionally disinherit beneficiaries who kill the testator, some states have expanded their […]

New PA Directed Trust Act The Directed Trust Act (“DTA”), which goes into effect on October 13, 2024, is found in the new Subchapter H.1 of the PA Uniform Trust Act.  See, 20 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 7780.11-7780.27.  Directed trusts are defined, for purposes of the DTA, as “trust[s] for which the terms of the trust grant […]

On December 14, 2023, Pennsylvania amended certain sections of its guardianship statutes, effective June 11, 2024. Act of Dec. 14, 2023, P.L. 446, No. 61, Cl. 20.  Among the changes is the addition of a requirement that counsel for the alleged incapacitated person be appointed by the court in all matters in which counsel has […]

In re Estate of Seto, 2024 WL 537811 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. February 12, 2024) This case involved an assortment of claims between siblings as to undue influence and other impropriety in both a lifetime transfer of real estate and a last will of their mother. Ngan Lau Kwan Seto (“decedent”) had four children: Peter; […]

Steven Mignogna and Anthony LaRatta will present “Hot Trends in Estate Litigation” at the Mercer County Bar Association’s 2023 Xtreme CLE on November 28 at 10 AM. The Xtreme CLE is a two-day virtual program designed to meet the continuing educational requirements of attorneys and features outstanding local and regional speakers. To learn more and […]