After a career in pharmaceutical sales and obtaining an MBA in finance, Gina went to law school – while in her 30s and raising two young children – and discovered elder law, which she has practiced ever since.
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Regina M. Spielberg co-chairs the Estate, Gift and Charitable Planning Practice Group. Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the ABA Accredited National Elder Law Foundation (www.nelf.org) and as an Accredited Estate Planner by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC), Gina assists seniors, people with disabilities and their families in connection with a variety of legal issues including elder care, special needs planning and planning for incapacity, with an emphasis on promoting the best quality of life for the individuals. She was also invited to join the Council of Advanced Practitioners (CAP) of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), a group of highly experienced elder law and special needs planning attorneys.
As an estate planner, Gina assists clients with the orderly and tax-efficient transfer of assets during life and after death, including preparing estate planning documents. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Council (www.actec.org) and past Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA)’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section. In addition, she is past president and current member of the Greater New Jersey Estate Planning Council and a member of the Estate Planning Council of Bergen County.
Gina is a regular lecturer on elder and disability law and trust and estate law for both professional and client organizations. She has authored and/or co-authored many articles on these subjects, including “The Revival of the Income-Only Trust in Medicaid Planning” for Estate Planning; “Tax Implications of Caregiver Agreements,” published by Thomson Reuters’ Elder Law Advisory; and for New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, the following: “Matrimonial Settlements—A Public Benefits Conundrum,” “Trusts for the Benefit of Disabled Persons: Understanding the Differences Between Special Needs Trusts and Supplemental Benefits Trusts,” “Special Needs Settlement Planning: Preserving Public Benefits and Enhancing the Injured Party's Quality of Life,” and “The Powerful Power of Attorney.”
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- October 17, 202415th Annual Probate Symposium
- September 9, 2023Regina M. Spielberg Presented at ACTEC's 2023 Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
- June 6, 2023Regina M. Spielberg Presented at 89th Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum
- October 27, 2022Spielberg Presents at NJICLE Probate Symposium
- May 4, 2021Know Who to Call BEFORE a Crisis
- Apr 27, 2021Planning for Long Term Care
- Dec 10, 2020Non-Grantor Trusts in Elder Law Planning
- Nov 24, 202011th Annual Probate Symposium
- Nov 17, 2020Estate Planning for Your Family
- Mar 26, 202011th Annual Probate Symposium
- Nov 20, 2019Greater New Jersey Estate Planning Council
- Oct 23, 2019Financial Strategies for Special Needs Families, Regina M. Spielberg, October 23
- Mar 28, 2019ICLE Probate Symposium
- Nov 30, 2018Income Taxation in Special Needs Planning
- Aug 10, 2018Planning for the Future Now: Advanced Issues in Elder and Special Needs Law
- Mar 27, 2018Special Needs and Elder Law Planning
- Sep 19, 2017Special Needs Planning
- Sep 17, 2017ACTEC 2017 Mid-Atlantic Meeting
- Mar 17, 2017Elder Law/Special Needs Trusts Update
- Feb 2, 2017Planning for Your Care in Advanced Age
- Dec 7, 2016The Death of a Disabled Person, and the Responsibilities of a Fiduciary for His or Her Benefit
- Oct 27, 2016Uniform Trust Code and Special Needs Trust
- Oct 21, 2016End of Life Medical Decision-Making
- Aug 16, 2016The Impact of New Jersey's New Uniform Trust Code on Special Needs Trusts
- Mar 24, 2016PNC Wealth Management
- Sep 29, 20158th Annual Elder and Disability Law Symposium
- Sep 17, 2015Professionals Day Conference
- May 14, 2015Generational Transitions
- Aug 26, 2014Intersection of Family, Elder & Real Estate Law
- Nov 4, 2013Medicaid Update 2013
- Sep 30, 2013Trust Taxation: What Every Elder and Sepcial Needs Attorney Should Know about the Taxation of Elder and Disability Law Related Trusts
- Jun 19, 2013Wills and Estate Planning
- Jun 5, 2012Regina M. Spielberg Was a Guest Speaker For the New Jersey State Bar Foundation
- March 25, 2024Twenty-Seven Schenck Price Attorneys Named to 2024 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- May 11, 20232023 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include 30 Schenck Price Attorneys
- December 2, 2022Schenck Price Partners Named to the Irish Legal 100
- Mar 17, 20222022 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers Includes 34 Schenck Price Attorneys
- March 23, 20212021 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers Includes 32 Schenck Price Attorneys
- Mar 13, 20202020 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers
- Dec 20, 2016NJ Symphony Orchestra Planned Giving Task Force
- Nov 10, 2016Where There's a Will: Estate Planning Documents
- Sep 20, 2011Drafting Effective Wills and Trusts
- Jun 8, 2011Archdiocese of Newark
- Apr 12, 2011Planning for Long Term Care Costs
- Apr 5, 2011Contested Guardianships: Winning in the Courts
- Mar 15, 2011ACTEC
- December 12, 2022Lauren Mechaly, Shirley B. Whitenack, Regina Spielberg, and Jordan Wassel Contribute to the Elder Law Edition of New Jersey Lawyer
- Aug 27, 2021Planning for Your Special Needs Child's Future
- Jul 11, 2019Designating a Special Needs Trust as a Beneficiary of a Traditional IRA
- Aug 4, 2016Estate Planning for Women
- Aug 1, 2010Special Needs Settlement Planning
- Aug 1, 2010The Powerful Power of Attorney
- Feb 1, 2009Trusts for the Benefit of Disabled Persons
- Jan 15, 2008The Revival of the Income-Only Trust in Medicaid Planning
- Oct 29, 2007Matrimonial Settlements: A Public Benefits Conundrum
- Jul 17, 2006A Matter of Trust: Protecting the Disabled
- Apr 1, 2009The Benchmark Spring
- Feb 1, 2009Trusts for the Benefit of Disabled Persons
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- Certified as an Accredited Estate Planner, by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC)
- Elected as Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Council (ACTEC)
- Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the ABA Accredited National Elder Law Foundation
- Invited to join the Council of Advanced Practitioners (CAP) of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), a group of experienced elder law and special needs planning attorneys
- Recognized by NJBIZ as one of New Jersey’s top Elder Law Attorneys
- Repeatedly selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers® * list, published by Thomson Reuters, in the field of Elder Law*
- 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*
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- Co-Presenter, "The What: The Tools We Use to Supplement the System," The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel's 2023 Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, September 9, 2023
- Presenter, "Multi-Beneficiary Trust to Hold Retirement Account Assets for Disabled Persons Under the SECURE Act of 2021," NJICLE's 89th Semi-Annual Tax and Estate Planning Forum, June 6, 2023
- Co-Author, "The Impact of the SECURE Act and the Applicable Multi-Beneficiary Trust," New Jersey Lawyer: Elder Law issue, December 2022
- Presenter, 13th Annual Probate Symposium, presented by NJICLE in cooperation with the NJSBA Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section, October 27, 2022
- Presenter, "Planning for Long-Term Care," Morris County Chamber of Commerce, February 15, 2022
- Quoted in nj.com, "I found two old life insurance policies. How can we collect?," November 18, 2021
- Quoted in nj.com, "Is this estate eligible for the Homestead Rebate?," November 15, 2021
- Co-author, "Planning for Your Special Needs Child's Future," New Jersey Jewish News and Jewish Standard, August 27, 2021
- Presenter, "Know Who to Call BEFORE a Crisis," a presentation of the Morris County Chamber of Commerce's Perspectives on Senior Living series, May 4, 2021
- Co-presenter, "Planning for Long Term Care," FDU Alumni & Friends Webinar series, April 27, 2021
- Speaker, "Update on Special Needs and Elder Law," 11th Annual Probate Symposium, NJICLE, November 24, 2020
- Presenter, "Estate Planning for your Family," Fairleigh Dickinson University's Alumni & Friends Webinar Series, November 17, 2020
- Co-presenter, "Non-Grantor Trusts in Elder Law Planning, December 10,2020, Strafford Webinars
- Author, " The Effect of COVID 19 Economic Payments on Supplemental Security Income Benefits," April 9, 2020
- Presenter, "Update of Elder and Special Needs Law," 11th Annual Probate Symposium, March 26, 2020
- Presenter, "A Special Elder Care and Special Needs Planning Update - What's New, Recent Developments, Recent Cases, New Legislation," Greater New Jersey Estate Planning Council, November 20, 2019
- Presenter, "Financial Strategies for Special Needs Families," The ARC of Bergen and Passaic, October 23, 2019
- Author, "Designating a Special Needs Trust as a Beneficiary of a Traditional IRA," July 11, 2019
- Speaker, Recent Developments in Special Needs Planning, NJICLE Probate Symposium March 28, 2019
- Presenter, "Income Taxes in Estate Planning and Estate Administration - Income Taxation in Special Needs Planning," ICLE, November 30, 2018
- Presenter, "Income Taxation in Special Needs Planning," NJICLE Income Taxes in Estate Planning and Estate Administration, November 30, 2018
- Speaker, "Planning for the Future Now: Advanced Issues in Elder and Special Needs Law," August 10, 2018
- Presenter, "Special Needs and Elder Law Planning," NJICLE 2018 Probate Symposium
- Author, "Estate Planning for Women," August 4, 2016
- Author, “Tax Implications of Caregiver Agreements,” published by Thomson Reuters’ Elder Law Advisory
- Co-Author, “The Revival of the Income-Only Trust in Medicaid Planning” Estate Planning, Vol. 36
- Co-Author, “Matrimonial Settlements—A Public Benefits Conundrum,” New Jersey Lawyer Magazine
- Author, “Trusts for the Benefit of Disabled Persons: Understanding the Differences between Special Needs Trusts and Supplemental Benefits Trusts,” New Jersey Lawyer Magazine
- Co-Author, “Special Needs Settlement Planning: Preserving Public Benefits and Enhancing the Injured Party’s Quality of Life,” New Jersey Lawyer Magazine
- Author, “The Powerful Power of Attorney,” New Jersey Lawyer Magazine
- Author, “A Matter of Trust: Protecting the Disabled,” New Jersey Lawyer Magazine
- Co-Author, “Personal Injury Recoveries: Special Needs Trusts and Government Benefits Planning,” New Jersey Lawyer Magazine
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- Member, Greater New Jersey Estate Planning Council
- Past member, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Planned Giving Task Force
- Member, NJSBA
- Past Chair, NJSBA, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section
- Member, NJSBA, Elder Law Section
- Past President and Current Member, Greater New Jersey Estate Planning Council
- Member, Estate Planning Council of Bergen County
- Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
