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01.23.2019
Legal Malpractice Claim Against Scrivener
Mecca v. Levine, No. A-0548-17T3, 2018 WL 6711343 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Dec. 21, 2018). This legal malpractice action arose out of the drafting of a will. The Appellate Division addressed whether a ruling in a prior litigation that established the testator’s intent estopped any claim that the defendant attorney breached his duty in […]
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01.23.2019
New Jersey Appellate Division Outlines Factors for Successful Legal Malpractice Claim
Girard v. Foster, No. A-5190-16T1, 2018 WL 6518667 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Dec. 12, 2018). This case deals with a legal malpractice claim in the probate context. Plaintiff Anthony J. Girard and his siblings were involved in litigation as to land owned by their mother. Girard and his siblings signed a Consent Order that required […]
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01.23.2019
Whether A Transfer Made Within 3 Years of Death Triggers New Jersey Transfer Inheritance Tax
Estate of Chernowitz v. Dir., Div. of Tax’n, No. 004863-2017, 2018 WL 6173591 (N.J. Tax Court Nov. 16, 2018). The New Jersey Tax Court addressed whether the decedent’s $5.1 million transfer was in contemplation of her death, such that it triggered New Jersey transfer inheritance tax due pursuant to N.J.S.A. § 54:34-1. In 2012, at […]
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01.08.2019
Steven Mignogna Appointed to ACTEC Mid-Atlantic Fellows Institute Advisory Committee
Archer Partner, Steven K. Mignogna, a Fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), has been appointed to the Senior Advisory Committee of ACTEC’s Mid-Atlantic Fellows Institute. Created by ACTEC, the mission of the Mid-Atlantic Fellows Institute is to develop the profession’s future trust and estate leaders through a series of in-depth […]
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Donald P. Craig
Don concentrates his practice in the area of estate litigation, including will contests, disputes between fiduciaries and beneficiaries, guardianship matters and accountings.