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Michael H.
Forman

Member

Office 201.525.6333
Email mforman@coleschotz.com
Diane Iaconetti |Legal Practice Assistant
201.489.3000 ext. 5012
diaconetti@coleschotz.com
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Michael Forman is a member of the firm’s Tax, Trusts & Estates and Corporate Transactions Departments.

 

Experience

His practice encompasses complex business transactions and all phases of tax, estate and succession planning. He joined the firm in 1975 and became a partner in 1977.

Michael lectures regularly for certified public accounting, bar associations, investment advisors and insurance professionals on tax matters, including tax, estate and succession and corporate issues. He was an adjunct professor at the American College teaching business and estate tax planning. He has been certified as an Accredited Estate Planner by the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils.

 

Networks & Affiliations

Michael is a member of the Tax Society of New York University and was appointed as a member of the Governor of New Jersey’s Tax Advisory Council. He is a member of the Bergen County Bar Association (Taxation and Probate Committees), the Passaic County Bar Association (Taxation and Probate Committees), the New Jersey State Bar Association (Taxation and Probate Committees), and the American Bar Association (Taxation and Probate Committees). Michael is a Trustee of the Endowment Foundation of Montclair State University and was appointed to the Governor of New Jersey’s Tax Advisory Council. In addition, he was Chairman of Lawyer’s Division of State of Israel Bonds, Metrowest and sat on the Board of Governors of the Daughters of Israel. He is past president of the Estate Planning Council of Bergen County and the Passaic County Bar Association and a former trustee of the Endowment Foundation of the North Jersey and Greater Clifton-Passaic Federations.

Honors & Awards

He has been awarded an AV rating for his professionalism and the quality of his legal work from Martindale-Hubbell, the premier directory of legal professionals and was been selected “Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year in Hackensack” by The Best Lawyers in America for 2012. Since 1997, he has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in the prestigious Best Lawyers in America in two areas – taxation and trusts and estates. Since 2005, he has been selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers. Michael was named to Who’s Who in American Law, and the Top 100 Attorneys Serving Affluent Clients list by Worth magazine in 2005 and 2006. He was also selected for inclusion in the New Jersey 2011 Five Star Wealth Managers list, published by New Jersey Monthly, in the areas of business planning, charitable giving and taxation. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

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Areas of focus

    Practices
  • Corporate Transactions
  • Tax, Trusts & Estates 
  • Business Succession Planning 
  • Corporate Tax & Reorganization

Education

New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation
Rutgers Law School - Newark, J.D.
Rutgers University, B.A.

Bar & Court Admissions

New Jersey
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Claims Court
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Supreme Court of New Jersey

Honors & Awards

Best Lawyers
New Jersey Super Lawyers
  • Awards + Recognitions

Awards + Recognitions

  1. 01

    Bergen Magazine Recognizes 13 Attorneys on 2022 Bergen County Top Lawyers List

    November 1, 2022
  2. 02

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 41 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2023 List

    August 18, 2022
  3. 03

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 33 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2022 List

    August 16, 2021
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