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Harold N. Richmond

Private Practice Lawyer
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Practice Areas

Estate Planning and Administration(60%); Federal and State Tax Planning(20%); Tax Court Litigation(5%); Corporate Law(15%)



Admitted 1963, New Jersey; 1975, U.S. Tax Court
Law School New York University School of Law: L.L.B. Degree
New York University School of Law: L.L.M. Degree (in taxation)
Member Essex County (Chairman, Tax Committee, 1987-1988), New Jersey State (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) and American (Member, Tax Section, Committee on Small Businesses) Bar Associations; Estate Planning Council of Northern New Jersey (President, 1993-1994).
Biography Author: "Multiple Party Real Estate Exchanges," New Jersey Bar Journal, June 22, 1989; "GRATS and GRUNTS are in, GRITS are out after RRA '90," Journal of Taxation of Investments, Autumn 1991. Associate Editor, New Jersey Will and Trust Forms. Lecturer: Taxation and Estate Planning before New Jersey Bar, 1971; Essex County Bar, 1987; Estate Planning Council of Northern New Jersey, 1982 and 1989; New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1991-1995; Kean College Continuing Professional Education Curriculum, Spring, 1995. Estate Tax Examiner, Internal Revenue Service, 1963-1965.
Born Elizabeth, New Jersey, April 5, 1935
Reported Cases Levy vs. Commissioner 70 T.C.873 (1978).
ISLN 902153897

History

Expertise:

  • Estate and Tax Planning for Individuals
  • Tax Planning for Corporations and Other Entities Tax Court Litigation
  • Tax Collection Proceedings
  • Tax Planning for Real Estate Investors
Routine Accomplishments:

Continually reduce estate taxes substantially through:

  • design and implementation of trusts on the leading edge of sophisticated tax planning
  • use of innovative asset valuation techniques
  • use of timely disclaimers for heirs and legatees favorable resolution of tax controversies
Articles:

  • "Multiple Party Real Estate Exchanges," New Jersey Law Journal, June 22, 1989
  • "GRATS and GRUNTS are in, GRITS are out after RRA '90," Journal of Taxation of Investments, Autumn 1991
Lectures:

  • Frequent tax lecturer for Institute of Continuing Legal Education
  • Speaker for New Jersey State Bar Foundation
Extraordinary Effort:

  • Developed tax legislation currently in effect which creates substantial savings for industry association members.
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  Monday ~ Friday
9:00 AM ~ 5:30 PM

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  • Estate Planning and Administration
  • Wills and Trusts
  • ERISA
  • Pension Planning and Administration
  • Business Succession Planning
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