Our Attorneys
Jonathan M. Gross
Partner
Jonathan Gross specializes in tax, estate planning, and corporate planning, as well as mergers and acquisitions for individual and business enterprises. He has diverse legal experience in areas such as:
- counseling individuals, families, and their businesses in the estate planning and probate areas, including the drafting of wills, revocable trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, and other instruments effectuating the lifetime and testamentary transfer of assets;
- counseling individuals and entities with regard to employee benefits, compensation planning, and personal and corporate income tax planning;
- the representation and counseling of estates, trusts, beneficiaries, and charitable organizations in a variety of related matters including issues relative to the performance of fiduciaries in the administration of trusts and estates;
- counseling of clients in connection with estate and succession planning for their family businesses, as well as implementation of the related instruments;
- preparation of business agreements relating to closely-held businesses, including formation of corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies, as well as the preparation of various shareholder and/or partnership agreements;
- negotiating and structuring joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, and other transactions;
- representation of clients before the Internal Revenue Service and state tax agencies; and
- purchases and sales of business interests.
Prior to starting his own firm with his colleagues, Jonathan had been a member of the Tax and Corporate Departments at Hannoch Weisman since 1982. He has an accounting degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton, a law degree from Duke University, and an LL.M. degree in taxation from New York University.
Jonathan has written for various professional publications and has lectured to civic and professional groups on various tax-related topics. He is a certified public accountant in the State of New York and is a member of the Bars of the states of New Jersey and New York.