Overview and Experience

Kenneth S. Apfel is the head of the firm’s Taxation Department and the Trusts, Estates and Wealth Management Department and is also a member of the Corporate and Commercial departments. Kenneth provides clients with expertise in all areas of federal taxation including, but not limited to, income tax planning for individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, and limited liability companies; estate and gift tax planning, including the drafting of wills, trusts and other documents relating to comprehensive planning programs; representation of clients before the Internal Revenue Service and the Tax Court in areas of income, estate and gift taxation; drafting and providing advice with respect to qualified retirement plans; and asset protection planning.

Kenneth has served as Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Essex County Probate Committee, written numerous articles which have been published in Taxation For Lawyers, Taxation for Accountants, Journal of Taxation, New Jersey Tax Lawyer, Estate Planning, and he is the author of the chapter on Trusts presently in West’s Legal Business Forms. He has also lectured extensively before various professional groups, such as the New Jersey Society of CPAs, County CPA Societies, and insurance companies. Kenneth is a Certified Public Accountant and has his Masters in Taxation from NYU Graduate School of Law. Kenneth is a member of both the New Jersey and New York Bars.

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Admitted To Bar

• State of New Jersey
• State of New York
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Education

• LL.M (Taxation), New York University School of Law (1978)
• J.D., Brooklyn Law School (1974)
• B.S., Syracuse University (1969)

Areas of Concentration

Honors & Memberships

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