Daniel B. Kessler

Of Counsel, Roseland Office

85 Livingston Avenue

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Phone:  (973) 535-0500

dkessler@connellfoley.com

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Daniel B. Kessler focuses his practice on estate and gift tax planning, business succession planning, asset protection planning and probate court matters.  He has counseled individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, estates and trusts in these areas, providing advice on a wide array of sophisticated domestic and international planning matters.

Mr. Kessler received his Masters of Law (LL.M.) in taxation from New York University, a program ranked first in the nation.  He also earned his law degree (J.D.), cum laude, and his Masters in Clinical Psychology (M.A.), phi kappa phi, from Arizona State University’s joint degree program in clinical psychology and the law, one of the most selective joint degree programs of its kind.  While in graduate school, Mr. Kessler served as Executive Editor of Jurimetrics: The ABA Journal of Law, Science and Technology, and as a therapist for families referred by the Maricopa County Superior Court System due to hardships associated with the family and probate court systems.

 

 

 

Practice Areas:

Taxation and Estate Planning

Admitted to Practice:

State of New Jersey

State of New York

 

 

Education:

University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1999)  

Arizona State University (M.A., phi kappa phi, 2003)

Arizona State University (J.D., cum laude, 2004)

New York University (LL.M., 2011)


 

Affiliations:

New Jersey State Bar Association

New York Bar Association

American Bar Association

 


Publications

Co-Author, The Fully Discretionary Ascertainable Standard: A Hybrid Standard for Both Tax and Creditor Protection (Trusts & Estates, March 2010)

Co-Author, Piercing the Trust Veil: How Foolish Beneficiaries Can Compromise Foolproof Trusts, 194 N.J.L.J. 535 (November 10, 2008)

Note, Atkins v. Virginia: Suggestions for the Successful Diagnosis of Mental Retardation, 43 Jurimetrics 415 (2003)