Michael D. Grohman practices in the areas of tax and estate planning and administration, with particular emphasis on estate planning for owners of closely held businesses. In 2007, Mr. Grohman was included in Worth magazine's annual listing of the top 100 attorneys in the U.S. for estate planning.

Mr. Grohman is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey. He is a frequent lecturer for the Practising Law Institute. He is a 1993 graduate of New York University School of Law (LL.M., taxation), a 1983 graduate of Brooklyn Law School and a graduate of Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.

Areas Of Practice

Tax and Estate Planning and Administration; Planning for Closely Held Businesses

Professional Activities

New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Lecturer, Estate Planning and Practicing Law Institute
Adjunct Professor, Estate Planning, Seton Hall University School of Law,
1994-2000
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1994-1996

Admissions

New York
New Jersey

Education

New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 1993
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1983

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 1996-present
Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, New Jersey
- Associate, 1989-1996
Shearman & Sterling, New York, New York
- Associate, 1985-1988
Price Waterhouse, New York, New York
- Tax Staff, 1983-1985

Civic and Charitable Activities

Member of the Board of Adjustment, South Orange, New Jersey

Honors and Awards

Listed in Worth Magazine's Top 100 Attorneys, 2007

Selected Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Planning for Post-Death Elections," Practising Law Institute's 38th Annual Estate Planning Institute, New York City, September 10-11, 2007
Speaker, "Advantages of Creating Trusts, Partnerships and Other Entities in Delaware," Neuberger & Berman, May 1997