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Three decades of estate planning dedicated to a high quality experience

Practice Areas

Estate Planning

Draft living trusts, develop a plan to mitigate or avoid estate taxes, work to ensure that your life's savings and assets are safe from your beneficiaries' creditors after your death

Probate and Adminstration

Probate and Intestate Administration proceedings, Estate Administration, Will Contests, Trusts, and Estate taxes

Real Estate

Preparation of closing documents, title searches, transferring of funds, transaction reviews

Special Needs Trusts

Draft individual and pooled trusts, ensure compliance with Medicaid, SSI, subsidized housing, work to provide best possible lifestyle for your loved one

About Us

There is never a bad time to start thinking about your future. Together with Arthur Zinn, the Law Offices of Gerard Gjertsen bring over 60 years of legal expertise to ensure a comfortable, efficient client experience. Our office concentrates on estate planning, probate and administration of estates and real estate. Gerard Gjertsen has 30 years of experience representing high net worth clients, also representing fiduciaries of estates with complex estate tax issues. We are adept at identifying relevant issues, and are cost efficient in handling them. With locations in both mid-town Manhattan and New Canaan CT, contact us today for a free consultation.

Latest News

16 Aug

Parents of special needs children have special needs, too

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(Photo: Courtesy) Las Cruces Sun-NewsPublished 9:40 a.m. MT Aug. 5, 2017 LAS CRUCES – As the parent of a special needs child, you know how rewarding — and challenging — caring for your loved one can be. And even though you’ve got it all under control right now, you can’t help worrying about the future. […]

Estate Planning: It’s Never Too Early to Draw Up a Will

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APPALACHIAN DREAMER / FLICKR By EMILY WOODBURY & CHARITY NEBBE • 17 HOURS AGO Talk of Iowa TweetShareGoogle+Email When John Criss died in 2015 he bequeathed 5.7 million dollars to his hometown Sac City, but with a stipulation: all of the money must be spent on the beautification of the town. On this edition of Talk of Iowa, Charity Nebbe explores Criss’ legacy […]

Revocable vs. Irrevocable Trusts

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Living Trust and Estate Planning Documents. DNY59/E+/Getty Images To Change or Not to Change a Trust By Julie Garber Updated February 04, 2017 When it comes to understanding trusts, knowing the difference between revocable and irrevocable trusts is crucial. If you ask for a revocable trust and get an irrevocable one, or vice versa, the legal […]