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| In a July 27, 2011 interview on NY1, Michael Vito discusses the importance of designating the appropriate beneficiaries for nonprobate assets such as IRAs and life insurance policies. |
Michael P. Vito practices in the areas of tax, estate planning and estate administration and is a member of the firm's Trusts & Estates Practice Group. He is routinely involved in tax analysis regarding complex issues in federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax and income tax planning for trusts and estates. Mr. Vito is experienced in preparing various estate planning instruments, including wills, insurance trusts, "living" trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, durable powers of attorney and advance directives for health care. Mr. Vito's planning practice also encompasses asset planning involving family limited partnerships and tax-exempt organizations such as family foundations.
In addition, Mr. Vito counsels executors and trustees in fulfilling their fiduciary duties in administering decedents' estates and trusts. His estate administration practice includes probate proceedings, preparing estate and inheritance tax returns, handling estate and inheritance tax audits and preparing documents necessary to effect interim and final distributions from an estate or trust, be it via a formal court accounting action or by informal settlement agreement and release.
From 2006-2012, Mr. Vito was recognized as a Rising Star in Super Lawyers magazine. He lectures frequently on the subjects of estate planning and administration, most recently for the New York City Bar Center for CLE and the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Mr. Vito is also author of the 2011 edition of Basic Estate Administration, a book published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
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In an interview on NY1, Michael P. Vito discusses the importance of designating the appropriate beneficiaries for nonprobate assets such as IRAs and life insurance policies.,
NY1, July 27, 2011
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In an InvestmentNews article, Michael P. Vito discusses the many financial, tax, and planning implications for same-sex couples considering marriage in New York.,
InvestmentNews, July 17, 2011
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Michael P. Vito comments on estate tax valuation issues in an article about estate planning during times of economic, legislative and demographic change.,
NJ Business Magazine, February 2008
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Tulane University Law School
(J.D., 1998),
magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Notes & Comments Editor, Tulane Law Review
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Tulane University
(B.A., 1996),
Paul Tulane College, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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New York
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New Jersey
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District of Columbia
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1998,
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
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2002,
U.S. Tax Court
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- New Jersey State Bar Association: Vice Chair, Board of Consultors, Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section
- Trustee, Hyacinth AIDS Foundation
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