Gary Mazart

• Listed among the Best Lawyers in America® in the field of Trusts and Estates (2004-2025)*
• Selected to the 2005-2024 New Jersey Super Lawyers® list, published by Thomson Reuters
• Selected to Morris County's Top Lawyers list (2018-2024)
• Included among the Best Attorneys in New Jersey as listed in Best Lawyers ® magazine, 2014 New Jersey Edition*
• Listed among the Best Lawyers® in Trusts and Estates in the New York area as published by New York Magazine (2006-2024)*
• Acknowledged as a leader in the trust and estate field and was elected as a Fellow to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel in 2000
• Recognized by the American Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division as one of “Twenty Young Lawyers Who Make a Difference”
• AV® rated, the highest rating conferred by Martindale-Hubbell® for legal ability and professional ethics, based upon a peer review of the Bar and the Judiciary*
• Peer Review Rating™ AV Preeminent Lawyers.com by Martindale-Hubbell®(2010-2024)*
• PRR AV Preeminent™ Attorneys (2010-2024)
• PRR AV Preeminent™ Attorneys Judicial Plaque (2011-2020)
• 10-Year Anniversary (AV® Rated for Ten Years) (1999-2009)
• 20-Year Anniversary (AV® Rated for Twenty Years) (1999-2019)

• Moderator, 2024 Elder and Disability Law Symposium, September 10, 2024
• Co-presenter, "Trust Taxation for the Elder and Special Needs Practitioner", 2024 Elder and Disability Law Symposium, September 10, 2024
• Moderator, NJICLE's 2023 Elder and Disability Law Symposium, December 18, 2023
• Co- presenter, "2022 Top Tax Topics for the Elder and Special Needs Practitioner", December 8, 2022
• Co-presenter, "Elder and Special Needs Transfer and Trust Planning Under Proposed Biden Tax Law Changes," NJICLE’s Elder and Disability Law Symposium, December 17, 2021
• Co-presenter, "Comparing Trusts and Outright Transfers in Long Term Care and Estate Planning," Sophisticated Elder Law Conference, July 14, 2021
• Panelist, "Special Needs Trusts and ABLE Accounts," The New Jersey Law and Disability Conference, co-sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and the Community Health Law Project, May 5, 2021
• .Co-moderator, NJICLE's 22nd Annual Elder Law & Disability Law Symposium, "The COVID Cloud: Pandemic Practice Tips for the Elder Law and Special Needs Practitioner," December 1, 2020
• Co-speaker, "Estate and Gift Tax Planning: 20/20 Vision," NJICLE's 22nd Annual Elder & Disability Law Symposium, December 1, 2020
• Author, "The SECURE Act: Impact on IRAs and Other Retirement Plans and on Estate, Elder Law and Special Needs Planning," January 6, 2020
• Presenter, "Lunch & Learn: Lifetime, Estate and Elder Law Planning Solutions," November 28, 2018
• Moderator and Speaker, NJICLE's 20th Annual Elder and Disability Law Symposium, October 22, 2018
• Contributing author, September 2017 Legal Updates for Businesses
• Co-Author, The Affordable Care Act and Your 2016 Income Tax Return, March 3, 2017
• Presenter, Tax Update: New jersey estate Tax and Selected Special needs Trust Topics," NJICLE Advnaced Special Needs Trust  seminar, December 1, 2016
• Taxation of Special Needs Trusts, Supplemental Benefits Trusts, Grantor Trusts, and Qualified Disability Trusts, 2016
• Moderator, 18th Annual Elder ad Disability Law Symposium, September 29, 2015
• Presenter, "Selected Issues in Succession and Estate Planning for Small Business Owners," Professionals Day Conference, September 17, 2015
• Selected Elder Law and Special Needs Law Update and Related Tax and Planning Issues, 2015
• New Jersey Death Tax Returns and Issues Related to Taxation of Special Needs and Supplemental Benefits Trusts, 2015
• Selected Tax Issues for Elder Law and Special Needs Practitioners, 2015
• “Middle Class” New Jersey Estate Tax Planning: Together with Some Drafting and Related Considerations, 2014
• Taxation of Elder and Disability Law Related Trusts, 2013
• Designating Trusts as Beneficiaries of IRAs and Other Retirement Assets: Drafting Considerations and Traps, 2013
• Designating Trusts as Beneficiary of IRAs and Other Retirement Assets: More of the Same After ATRA 2012 and ACA 2010, 2013
• Estate Planning: Frequently Asked Tax Related Questions from the Elder Law and Special Needs Planning Practitioner, 2012
• Estate Tax Reform: Riding-Off into the Sunset Again - Supplemental Materials - Top 10 Tax Related Questions, 2011
• Federal Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Repeal: Impact on Elder and Disability Law Planning and Drafting, 2010
• Federal Estate Tax Repeal: No Big Deal (For Most Elder and Disability Law Clients), 2010
• New Jersey Elder and Disability Law Update: Selected Topics, 2010
• New Jersey Elder Law: Lifetime and Long Term Custodial Care Planning, 2009-2010
• New Jersey Elder Law Overview: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, 2009
• Co-Author, "Trusts for the Benefit of Disabled Persons: Understanding the Differences Between Special Needs Trusts and Supplemental Benefits Trusts," New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, February 2009
• Co-Author, "Matrimonial Settlements: A Public Benefits Conundrum," published by the New Jersey State Bar Association’s New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, February 2009
• Co-Author, "The Revival of the Income-Only Trust in Medicaid Planning," Estate Planning magazine, Volume 36, January 2009
• An Introduction To Trusts For The Benefit of Disabled Persons: Understanding The Basic Differences Between Special Needs Trusts and Supplemental Benefits Trusts, 2009
• New Jersey Elder and Disability Law Update, 2008-2010
• Co-Author, “Transfer Tax Planning for Incapacitated Persons by Guardians,” published by the New Jersey State Bar Association’s (NJSBA) New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, April 2002
• Author, “Protecting the Home in Government Benefits Planning,” published by the NJSBA’s New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, October 1994
• Author, “Lifetime Planning,” published by the New Jersey State Bar Association’s New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, January/February 1991
• Editor and Contributing Author, New Jersey Elder and Disability Law Practice, published by the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education
• As a regular lecturer, presentation topics for which he has prepared materials have included: “Planning for Parents with Special Needs Children (2001/2002),” “Lifetime Planning and Government Benefits Eligibility for Custodial Care Coverage After the Balanced Budget Act of 1997,” “Private Annuities and Self-Canceling Installment Sales in Medicaid and Estate Planning,” “Tax Considerations in Government Benefits Planning,” “Family Limited Partnerships: Estate and Medicaid Planning Strategies,” “Family Limited Partnerships and Business Valuations: Same As It Ever Was,” “Estate and Gift Tax Provisions of Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001: A Practical Overview for the Elder Law Practitioner,” and “Lifetime and Asset Preservation Planning: A Comparative Approach to Seeking Medicaid Eligibility in New Jersey and New York,” 2011

• Board Member and Treasurer, Mimi Washington Starrett Foundation
• Honorary Trustee, Community Health Law Project
• Former Trustee, Board of Trustees, Daytop NJ
• Co-Founder, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
• Member, Estate Planning Council of Northern New Jersey
• Member, Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc.
• Member, Special Needs Alliance
• Former Member, Board of Directors, Market Street Mission
• Member, Alzheimer’s New Jersey, Advisory Board
• Former Trustee, Elder and Council Member, Community Church of Smoke Rise (Kinnelon, New Jersey)
• Former Vice Chair, NAELA, New Jersey Chapter
• Former Chair, NAELA—Tax Special Interest Group
• Former Consultor, New Jersey State Bar Real Property—Probate and Trust Law Section
• Former Legal Correspondent, News 12, New Jersey’s 24-hour cable news network
• Former Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association—Elder and Disability Law Section
• Former Member, National Board of Alzheimer’s Association
• Former Vice President, Alzheimer’s Association, New Jersey Chapter Board

• Represents middle and high net worth individuals to create and implement federal and state estate tax reduction strategies
• Represents seniors and individuals with disabilities to create and implement elder law and special needs planning
• Represents individual and corporate entities regarding the administration and settlement of various estates and trusts
• Represents middle and high net worth individuals, including seniors and individuals with disabilities, to develop and execute family asset-preservation strategies
• Represents closely held business owners and all publicly and non-publicly traded companies with transition and succession planning

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