Bar Fellowship
of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel since 1999, and presently serves on its Fiduciary Litigation Committee. From 2001 to 2002, he was Chair of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and its Board of Consultors, the governing body of the Section. He has also served on the section's Uniform Trust Code Committee, the Uniform Probate Code Revision Committee, and the Prudent Investor Rule Drafting Committee. In 1999, Mr. Weitberg received the Legislation Recognition Award from the New Jersey State Bar Association for outstanding contributions in the area of probate, real property, and trust law. He has served as expert for the Committee on Attorney Advertising of the New Jersey Supreme Court's Office of Attorney Ethics. He is also a member of the Trusts and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association.
Mr. Weitberg has lectured and published extensively on tax and probate issues. His publications have been featured in the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section Newsletter of the New Jersey State Bar Association, of which he was editor for two years, and in the New Jersey Law Journal and the New Jersey Lawyer. He has lectured for the National CLE Conference, the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), Lorman Education Services, and other organizations, and has served as an instructor for ICLE's Skills and Methods course in the areas of will drafting and probate practice. He has conducted numerous seminars in estate planning sponsored by numerous organizations.
Honors/Awards
· Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, 1999 *
· Named to New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2005-2013 *
· Named by AVENUE Magazine among Top Tax Attorneys in New York, 2011
· Named by AVENUE Magazine among Top Trusts and Estates Attorneys in New York, 2011
· Honored By New Jersey State Bar Association, 2005
News & Events
Speaking Engagements
Estate Planning by Business Owners, Rockland County Estate Planning Council, May 10, 2013
The 6 Greatest Estate Planning Techniques in New York: Dealing with and Drafting for Decoupling in New York (2006-2009)
Executive Compensation for 2005 and Beyond (Including New Deferred Compensation Rules, June 8, 2005
Publications
The Confusing and Conflicting Supreme Court Rulings Involving Attorneys' Fees in Probate Litigation
New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, February 2012
Professional Affiliations
New Jersey State Bar Association, Real Property, Trusts and Estates Law Section (Past Chair)
New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Law Section
Fellow, American College of Trusts & Estates Counsel, Fiduciary Litigation Committee
Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; New York State Bar Association.