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09.20.2022
Anthony La Ratta Presents at the American College of Trust and Estate Council’s Estate and Trust Litigation Update on September 20, 2022
When: September 20, 2022 from 5 :00pm – 7:15pm Where: ACTEC Virtual Workshop (via Interactive Webcast) Archer Faculty: Anthony La Ratta Workshop Overview: a summary of significant new court decisions regarding issues of importance to trust and estate lawyers, including topics such as: Will contests Undue influence Fiduciary and attorney compensation Jurisdictional and procedural issues For […]
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09.19.2022
Litigant Compelled to Sign Mutual Releases Previously Agreed to in Open Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Wicker W. Doornbosch, Docket No. A-3225-19 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Aug. 19, 2022) This appeal arose out of probate litigation over the estate of Wicker W. Doornbosch, who died in 2016. The parties reached a settlement in open court. Counsel for appellant Farash put the terms on […]
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09.13.2022
Offer in Judgment Enforced as to All Claims; Litigants Can’t Pick and Choose
Puglia v. Phillips, Docket No. A-5367-18 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. August 15, 2022) This matter involves a mix of estate, property and procedural issues, including offers of judgment. The decedent’s children were the beneficiaries of her estate (“Estate”). A lengthy, acrimonious dispute arose regarding the Estate’s primary asset, a sixty-seven-acre farm (the Property). In […]
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07.05.2022
Anthony La Ratta Reappointed to NJSBA Equity Jurisprudence Committee
Archer partner Anthony R. La Ratta was reappointed to the New Jersey State Bar Association Equity Jurisprudence Committee. The Equity Jurisprudence Special Committee provides programs designed to improve the skills of Association members when practicing before the General Equity Courts of New Jersey, and facilitates interaction between the general equity judiciary and the Association. Anthony […]
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Frank Demmerly
Frank R. Demmerly, Jr. is a Stockholder in the law firm of Archer & Greiner, P.C. He provides estate planning, estate administration and estate and gift tax advice. Taking into account client’s personal and tax objective, he provides Wills, Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (“ILIT”S”), Power-of-Attorney, Healthcare Proxies, Living Wills, planning and implementation of simple and complex gifting programs (which may use GRAT’S, QPRT’S and other complex techniques), Charitable Remainder trusts, Charitable Foundations, and other estate planning services. He assists clients with the complexities of administration of estates including probate, the preparation and filing of estate tax returns and estate and trust funding and distributions .