Simon Levin

Education, Mediation
One Riverfront Plaza
Newark, New Jersey 071025400


Education

Admitted

1967, New Jersey; 1971, U.S. Tax Court; 1972, U.S. Claims Court; 1980, New York

Law School

New York University, J.D., 1967; New York University, LL.M. in Taxation, 1974

Law School Graduation Year

1974

College

Lehigh University, B.S., cum laude, 1964

Memberships

Essex County (Chairman, Section of Taxation, 1974-1976), Monmouth County, New Jersey State (Member: Section of Taxation; Special Committee on New Jersey Tax Reform, 1974; Vice-Chairman, Subcommittee on New Jersey Practice and Procedure, 1974-1975; Vice-Chairman, Subcommittee on Exempt Organizations and Employee Benefits, 1975-1976; Chairman, Commodities Section, 1982-1986) and American Bar Associations

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi (Exchequer, 1966-1967). Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in America. Awarded, American Jurisprudence Prizes in Remedies, New Jersey Practice, 1967. Associate Editor, 1966 Annual Survey of American Law. Co-Author: Refining the Estate Planning Potential of the Near-Zero CRUT Technique, 84 The Journal of Taxation, No. 6, Page 355, June 1996; Charitable Remainder Trusts - The New Landscape, RIA Estate Planner's Alert, October 1997; Charitable Remainder Trusts Still Offer Good Planning Opportunities, RIA Estate Planner's Alert, March 3, 1999, Vol. 24, No. 3; Market Interest Rate Loans: A Simple and Effective Potential Estate Planning Technique, The Tax Magazine, June 1999, Vol. 77, No. 6 and CCH Financial and Estate Planning Reporter, June, 1999, Vol. 3, Report No. 234 @ ¶32, 071; Using Charitable Remainder Trusts in Estate and Financial Planning, 156 New Jersey Law Journal 1020, June 14, 1999; Estate Planning for Families with Disabled Beneficiaries, RIA Estate Planning Alert, Vol. 24, No. 12, December 7, 1999 and The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Vol. 8, No. 1, p. 4, January 2000; 'Nanny Tax' Compliance Makes Slow Progress: Are State Legislators to Blame? State Tax Notes, Vol. 20, No. 8, p. 647, February 19, 2001. Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for New Jersey, 1992-1995. Member, New Jersey Department of Treasury Transition Team for Governor Christine Todd Whitman (1993-1994) and New Jersey State Treasurer Tax Advisory Group (1995—). Commissioner, N.J. Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Commission. Founding Board Member, Estate Planning Council of Essex County. Member, Planned Giving Group of Greater New York. Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel.

Military

Capt., U.S. Army, active duty, 1968-1969