Attorneys


Leonard J. Witman 
26 Columbia Turnpike
Florham Park, New Jersey 07932-2213
 

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Phone: (973) 822-0220
E-mail: Email Me
Fax: (973) 822-1188
Web site: http://www.wsmesq.com


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Leonard J. Witman is a member of the New York and New Jersey Bars. Mr. Witman received his B.A. from Rutgers College, and graduated from New York Law School. He is a past Chairman of the New Jersey State Bar Association Taxation Section. He is an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University School of Law, Rutgers University Graduate Business Program, and Fairleigh Dickinson University Graduate Business Program. He was a Tax Law Specialist, Instructor and Lecturer with the Internal Revenue Service in the Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations Division. Mr. Witman is also a past Chairman of the New Jersey State Bar Association Taxation Committee and is a frequent nationally known lecturer and author in the tax and deferred compensation fields. He has written for many tax periodicals and is the author of A Retirement Planning Technique Book published by the Kugler Company and Pension Planning after TEFRA, Top-Heavy Plans published by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Email address: lwitman@wsmesq.com

Current Employment Position(s):
Managing Member
Year Joined Organization:
1990
Areas of Practice:
Estate Planning
Pensions, Benefits & Compensations
Trusts
Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1975
New York, 1976
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1976
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1976
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1976
U.S. Federal Courts, 1975
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1976
U.S. Supreme Court, 1976
U.S. Tax Court, 1977
Education:
New York Law School, New York, New York, 1975
J.D.


Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 1972
B.A.


Published Works:
A Retirement Planning Technique Book, The Kugler Company


Pension Planning after TEFRA, Top-Heavy Plans, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants


References:
Bank of America
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law


Adjunct Professor, Graduate Business Program, Rutgers University


Adjunct Professor, Graduate Business Program, Fairleigh Dickinson University


Instructor, The American Society of Pension Actuaries (ASPA)


Honors and Awards:
The Best Lawyers in America, 1995 - Present


New Jersey Super Lawyers


Professional Associations and Memberships:
New Jersey State Bar Association, Taxation Section
Past Chairman


New Jersey State Bar Association
Past Chairman, Employee Benefits Committee


Past Employment Positions:
Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg, et. al., Partner, 1980 - 1989


Lampf, Pleva, Associate, 1977 - 1980


Internal Revenue Service, Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations Division, Tax Law Specialist, Instructor and Lecturer, 1975 - 1977


Witman Stadtmauer, P.A. is a Florham Park, New Jersey law firm that represents clients throughout the New York Metropolitan area including Morris County, Bergen County, Essex County, Hudson County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Ocean County and Union County, in communities including Florham Park, Elizabeth, Morristown, Newark, Short Hills, Springfield, Livingston, Parsippany, and New York City. The firm's corporate, trusts and estates practice reaches clients in New Jersey, New York, and Florida. Witman Stadtmauer, P.A.'s ERISA/pension/401(k) practice reaches clients throughout the United States.