Abbey concentrates her practice in the area of estate planning and administration.

Abbey assists individuals and families with estate and tax planning in both New Jersey and New York, preparing both simple and complex estate plans for her clients, as appropriate, to ensure their assets are distributed according to their wishes.  She is experienced in preparing wills, insurance trusts, revocable trusts, qualified domestic trusts, grantor-retained annuity trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, charitable trusts, supplemental benefits trusts, durable powers of attorney, and advance directives for health care.

As a parent of a child with special needs, Abbey is uniquely qualified to relate to and advise clients with planning for their special needs child.  She prepares special needs trusts and other estate planning documents to assist clients in planning for their children’s futures.

Abbey also handles all aspects of trust and estate administration in New Jersey and New York.  Her estate administration practice includes preparing estate, trust, and guardianship pleadings; estate and trust accountings; estate and inheritance tax returns; and releases and waivers for distributions from estates and trusts; as well as handling estate and inheritance tax audits.

In addition, Abbey prepares corporate and LLC filings for clients to ensure that their family businesses are distributed in accordance with their wishes.  This includes preparing certificates of incorporation, articles of organization, bylaws, operating agreements, and federal applications for tax-exempt status.  Abbey also prepares shareholder agreements and corporate transfer documents such as membership purchase agreements and stock redemption agreements.

Abbey received her undergraduate degree in Social Thought and Analysis from Washington University in St. Louis (2000), her law degree from New York Law School (2006) and her LL.M (Taxation) from Villanova University (2018).

Abbey is a member of the P.G. Chambers School Board of Trustees and Development Committee.  P.G. Chambers School is located in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey and provides comprehensive special education and therapy programs for children with disabilities and developmental delays to increase each child’s confidence in their individual abilities, to prepare them to engage in the community and expand their capacity to lead full, productive lives.

Memberships

Member, American Bar Association

Member, New Jersey State Bar Association

Member, New York State Bar Association

P.G. Chambers School

• Board of Trustees
• Development Committee

News

• January 3, 2022 Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP Expands Its Estate, Trust and Taxation Group
  January 3, 2022

  Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP (CMG) is pleased to announce the expansion of our Estate, Trust and Taxation (ETT) Group...