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John L. Berger has extensive experience in federal income taxation and estate planning, including planning for both closely held and public corporations. He counsels clients in connection with reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, redemptions, financings, and other transactions. Mr. Berger is a member of the firm's Tech Group, as well as the Investment Management Practice Group.
Mr. Berger's business practice also includes advising start-up business ventures about choice of entity issues and both new and existing companies about executive compensation matters. He has extensive experience in the field of state taxation, having represented clients before taxing authorities and litigated tax controversies.
Mr. Berger also practices complex estate planning with particular emphasis on integrated estate, gift and income tax planning for owners of closely held businesses, the utilization of life insurance as part of the estate plan and the use of generation-skipping trusts.
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Potential Benefit to Unsecured Creditors from the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009
Bankruptcy, Financial Reorganization & Creditors' Rights Client Alert, December 28, 2009
John Berger,
Sharon Levine,
Cassandra Porter
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New Jersey Enacts Substantial Tax Hikes
Business Tax Counseling & Structuring Alert, July 8, 2009
John Berger,
Michael Gooen,
Isaac Hirsch,
Brian Silikovitz,
Kenneth Slutsky
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Tax Increases in the President's Budget Plan
Business Tax Counseling & Structuring Update, March 2009
Richard Horne,
John Berger,
Michael Gooen,
Brian Silikovitz,
Kenneth Slutsky
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John Berger comments on why it sometimes is beneficial for parents to discuss their estate plans with their adult children.,
The New York Times, March 4, 2010
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John L. Berger's trusts and estates practice is highlighted in an article about the importance of estate planning.,
The New York Times, February 26, 2009
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