Practical Care Management and Planning: A Discussion with Care Partners
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Gerard Brew, McCarter & English, Partner
Trusts, Estates & Private Clients | Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
Gerard Brew represents clients in disputed matters involving estates, trusts, fiduciaries, guardianships, and family issues. Drawing on his extensive experience in those litigated matters, he also counsels fiduciary and beneficiary clients in complex fiduciary decisions in estate administration and estate planning related matters. Gerard seeks to achieve the desired result in a cost-effective manner through litigation in the Probate, Surrogate, or Chancery courts. Gerard participates in the resolution of these disputes through mediation or other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and is appointed by courts to mediate such disputes. Gerard also represents clients in the complex appeals relating to these matters, resulting in a significant number of reported decisions.
Gerard has handled numerous litigated and non-litigated disputes in New Jersey and New York involving estates, trusts, and guardianships, including estates exceeding one billion dollars. He has counseled both corporate and individual fiduciaries (executors, trustees, or guardians) as well as beneficiaries in estate, trust, and guardianship administrations. His work also involves contested family law matters relating to estates.
Gerard also counsels charitable and non-profit organizations (including universities, hospitals, and national organizations) in matters involving fiduciary decisions — such as mergers, affiliation, and the disposition of charitable funds or gifts — and, when necessary, represents them in related litigation. He also advises on the enforcement of charitable provisions made by will, trust, or gift and handles regulatory matters involving the Attorney General and other State regulatory entities.
Gerard devotes substantial time to advancing legal issues, legal education, and pro bono work. He has received the New Jersey State Bar Association Pro Bono award for his long-term work in representing victims of domestic violence and other pro bono matters. Gerard has been an adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School. He plays an active role in relevant professional associations such as the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (where he is a Fellow and has served in many capacities, including Mid-Atlantic Regional Chair). He lectures and writes extensively on estate and trust matters, including the publication of several books on estate administration, litigation, and planning issues.
Nicholas Keller, McCarter & English,
Trusts, Estates & Private Clients
Nicholas Keller focuses on Trusts & Estates law. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.
For nearly a decade, Nick has honed his practice on estate and trusts maters, including planning, administration, and litigation. He also focuses on guardianships and other protective arrangements.
He is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Fellows Institute of the American College of Trusts and Estates Council, a member of the Executive Committee of the Bergen County Estate Planning Council, and a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section.
Prior to joining the firm, he held clerkships with the Honorable Peter E. Doyne, Assignment Judge, Bergen County, and the Honorable John C. Kennedy, Appellate Division.
JUDITH S. PARNES, ACSW,LCSW,CMC, Executive Director and Founder of Elder Life Management, is a nationally recognized Gerontologist, holding advanced graduate degrees, certification, and coursework in Social Work, Aging and Public Health. A noted lecturer on concerns of the elderly and their families, Ms. Parnes has taught coursework at Rutgers University as well as at community colleges throughout New Jersey. She is responsible for the development and implementation of four model programs in the State of New Jersey: Protective Services for the Elderly, the Office of Public Guardian, Elder Life Management, Inc., and the Family Safe Home Program for Abused and Neglected Elderly Presently active in long-term care consulting and quality of life concerns for the elderly, Ms. Parnes serves as Chairperson of the Bioethics Case Consultation Committee for Long Term Care Facilities in Monmouth County, and is a member of the State Long Term Care Advisory Ethics Consortium to the Office of the State Ombudsman. She has also served as Chairperson of the International Conference on Emerging Possibilities in Gerontology sponsored by the Institute of Social Gerontology and Research. Ms. Parnes has been featured on CBS, NBC and PBS broadcasts, as well as in
numerous national news publications.
