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Sarah G.
Townsend

Associate

Office 201.525.6207
Email stownsend@coleschotz.com
Christine Pomante |Legal Practice Assistant
201.489.3000 ext. 5085
cpomante@coleschotz.com
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Sarah G. Townsend is an associate in the firm’s Tax, Trusts & Estates Department.

 

Education

Sarah earned her B.A. in Public Relations, highest distinction, and B.A. in History, highest distinction, from the Pennsylvania State University and her J.D. from Rutgers Law School (Newark).

During law school, Sarah worked as a Department of Children and Families, Appellate Section Intern at the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable Esther Salas, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, as a Summer Associate at Cole Schotz P.C., and as a Teaching Associate in Legal Analysis, Writing and Research with Professor Marcia Crnoevich. Sarah also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Rutgers University Law Review (Newark) and was a Merit Scholarship Award Recipient.

Areas of focus

    Practices
  • Tax, Trusts & Estates 
  • Estate and Income Tax Planning
  • Estate and Trust Administration
  • Trusts & Estates Litigation, Guardianships and Fiduciary Counseling
  • Litigation
  • Trusts & Estates Litigation, Guardianships and Fiduciary Counseling

Education

Rutgers Law School - Newark, J.D.
Pennsylvania State University, B.A.

Bar & Court Admissions

New Jersey
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    Home Transferred to Trust with Retained Interest Subject to NJ Inheritance Tax

    October 29, 2018
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    NJ Tax Talk: New Laws Tough On Employee Misclassification

    February 24, 2020 | Law360
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