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Gary Mazart contributes more than 40 years of experience to both Schenck Price’s Estate, Gift and Charitable Planning Practice Group, of which he is co-chair, and the Elder and Special Needs Law Practice Group. In addition, he has taken a leadership role in a wide variety of professional, business, civic and charitable organizations, including the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA); American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC); the Alzheimer’s Association; Market Street Mission, dedicated to helping people overcome homelessness, addictions, and disabilities; and Daytop NJ, an evidence-based, trauma-informed residential and out-patient substance and alcohol treatment program for adolescents, young adults and single mothers.
His professional commitment extends to his regular lectures to professional and civic groups on estate, gift and charitable tax planning, elder law and special needs planning.
Some recent presentation topics for which he has prepared materials include "Designating Trusts as Beneficiaries of IRAs and other Retirement Assets: More of the Same After ATRA 2012 and ACA 2010," “Grantor Trusts: Utilization in the Estate, Elder and Disability Law Practice,” “Federal Estate Tax Repeal: No Big Deal (For Most Elder and Disability Law Clients),” “Federal Estate and Generation Skipping Tax Repeal: Impact on Elder and Disability Law Planning and Drafting,” “Estate Tax Reform 2011-Riding Off Into the Sunset-Again!!,” and “New Jersey Estate Tax and Related Changes: Doing the Hokey-Pokey—Drafting and Other Considerations” and "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA 2017) Impact on Seniors and Persons with Disabilities."
In addition to his leadership roles in diverse professional, business, and charitable organizations, Gary is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Northern New Jersey, the Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc., and the Special Needs Alliance. Gary is also an honorary trustee and former chairperson for Community Health Law Project, a not-for-profit legal services corporation serving the indigent, those with disabilities and the frail elderly.
*Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
- December 18, 2023Gary Mazart, Shirley B. Whitenack, and Lauren I. Mechaly Presented at NJICLE's 2023 Elder and Disability Law Symposium
- December 8, 2022Gary Mazart, Shirley Whitenack, and Jordan Wassel Present at the 24th Annual Elder and Disability Law Symposium
- Dec 17, 2021Mazart and Wassel Present on Elder and Special Needs Transfer and Trust Planning
- May 5, 2021Special Needs Trusts and ABLE Accounts
- Dec 1, 202022nd Annual Elder & Disability Law Symposium
- Nov 28, 2018Lifetime, Estate, and Elder Law Planning Solutions
- Nov 28, 2018Ethical Considerations – Undue Influence and Incapacity
- Oct 22, 201820th Annual Elder and Disability Law Symposium
- Dec 1, 2016Advanced Special Needs Trust Seminar
- Sep 29, 20158th Annual Elder and Disability Law Symposium
- Sep 17, 2015Professionals Day Conference
- Jul 24, 2015Estate Planning Summer Institute for New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Jul 14, 2015New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Nov 4, 2014Elder Law in a Day
- Sep 17, 201417th Annual Elder & Disability Law Symposium
- Sep 30, 2013NJCILE's 16th Annual Elder & Disability Law Symposium
- Jul 24, 2013Elder Law In A Day-2013
- Jun 25, 2013Designating Trusts as Beneficiary of Retirement Assets after ATRA 2012 and ACA 2010
- Oct 3, 2012New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education's 14th Annual Elder and Disability Law Symposium
- Jun 6, 2012Maximizing the Value of Your Business: Trends, Tips and Transactions
- September 10, 20242024 Elder and Disability Law Symposium
- August 15, 2024Seventeen Schenck Price Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
- March 25, 2024Twenty-Seven Schenck Price Attorneys Named to 2024 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- August 17, 2023Nineteen Schenck Price Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
- May 11, 20232023 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include 30 Schenck Price Attorneys
- Aug 18, 202110 Schenck Price Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers List; 4 to the List of "Ones to Watch"
- Mar 17, 20222022 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers Includes 34 Schenck Price Attorneys
- Aug 19, 20219 Schenck Price Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers List; 5 to the List of "Ones to Watch"
- March 23, 20212021 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers Includes 32 Schenck Price Attorneys
- Aug 20, 2020The Best Lawyers in America 2021
- Mar 13, 20202020 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers
- Aug 16, 2019Four Schenck Price Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America
- Oct 22, 2018NJICLE 20th Annual Elder & Disability Law Symposium
- Aug 31, 2018Three SPSK Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America
- Sep 17, 2017Legal Updates for Businesses - September 2017
- Aug 15, 2017Three SPSK Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®
- Aug 26, 20163 SPSK Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®
- Jun 25, 2015Gary Mazart Elected Treasurer of Daytop NJ's Board of Trustees
- Sep 17, 2014Two SPSK Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America®
- Aug 18, 2014Gary Mazart selected by peers for inclusion in the 21st Edition on The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Trusts and Estates.
- Dec 6, 2011Lifetime and Asset Preservation Planning
- Dec 1, 2010PESI's New Jersey Elder and Disability Law Update
- Nov 18, 2010Legal, Financial Medicaid Today
- Sep 22, 2010Navigating the Slippery Slope of Elder Law and Elder Care
- Nov 19, 2009NJ Elderlaw
- Oct 6, 2009NJ Elder Law Planning
- Mar 25, 2007UP the Caregiver Creek without a Paddle?
- Mar 21, 2007Special Needs and Supplemental Benefits Trusts: A Primer
- Oct 19, 2006New Jersey Elder Law
- Mar 2, 2006New Jersey Elder and Disability Law: Special Needs Trusts and Other Planning Considerations
- Jan 26, 2006Worldwide Elder Law Leadership Conference
- Sep 7, 2017Legal Updates for Businesses - September 2017
- Apr 1, 2009The Benchmark Spring
- Feb 1, 2009Trusts for the Benefit of Disabled Persons
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- 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)
Gary MazartRated by Super Lawyers
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- 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
- Taxation of Special Needs Trusts, Supplemental Benefits Trusts, Grantor Trusts, and Qualified Disability Trusts, 2016
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
*Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.