Attorney Profiles

Leonard M. Goldberg

Leonard M. Goldberg is one of the founding partners of the firm Goldberg, Mufson & Spar. He has over 30 years of broad-based experience in business, tax and estate matters. Mr. Goldberg provides in-depth and innovative tax, estate, business and financial planning for businesses and individuals. He has negotiated and structured numerous complex financial and business transactions and successfully resolved tax controversies with the I.R. S. in the courts and administratively.

Mr. Goldberg is a fellow of the prestigious American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel, a past chairman of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey Bar Association, a charter member of Attorneys for Family Held Enterprises, a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and formerly a Trial Attorney for the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his A.B., magna cum laude, from Tufts University.

Len Goldberg represents primarily medium-sized businesses and individuals of substantial net worth in an atmosphere of caring and commitment, defining objectives and finding imaginative and effective solutions. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and has earned the respect of clients, colleagues and the judiciary since his admission to the Bar.

Mr. Goldberg has lectured extensively on both national and local matters effecting tax and estate planning. A partial list of the titles of the papers or outlines presented follows:

• Business Succession Planning, A Case Study;
• Income Tax and Transfer Tax Structuring Issues In The Use of Family Limited Partnerships and Family Limited Liability Companies;
• Tax Planning In Structuring And Drafting Buy-Sell Agreements;
• Creating A Stock Appreciation Rights Plan For Employees;
• Succession And Estate Planning Using Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements;
• Estate Planning After The Repeal of The Rule Against Perpetuities;
• Tax Planning For Mid-Year Departure Of A Sub S Stockholder;
• How To Effectively Represent Your Client Before The Internal Service;
• Estate Planning For Closely Held Business Owners In Light Of Taxpayer's Relief Act Of 1997;
• Avoiding Traps For The Unwary In Family Limited Partnerships;
• Choice Of Entity Decisions After The Tax Reform Act of 1986;
• Tax Aspects Of Real Estate Transactions;
• Converting A Business Entity Into A Limited Liability Company;

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