I. Richard Ploss is counsel to Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., and a member of the firm's trusts and estates department. He concentrates his practice primarily on estate planning for high net worth individuals and their businesses, estate administration, probate litigation and fiduciary income taxation in New Jersey and throughout the east coast. Mr. Ploss has extensive experience advising individual clients in the areas of wealth transfer planning and the preparation of estate planning documents. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) in the state of Georgia, a certified financial planner™(CFP®) and a professional registered trust and estate practitioner (TEP). Mr. Ploss frequently publishes articles and speaks on trust and estate matters. He currently serves as an adjunct professor, teaching trusts and estates at the University of Maine Law School. Mr. Ploss has previously taught classes in estate planning at Boston University, Fordham University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Georgetown University. He is a member of the American Bar Association (member, Real Property and Trust Law Section), Boston Estate Planning Council, Northern New England Financial Planners' Association and the Society of Trusts & Estates Practitioners (STEP), Boston, Massachusetts Chapter. Mr. Ploss earned his B.S. degree from Bucknell University, his M.B.A. degree from Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business and his J.D. degree from Emory University School of Law.
I. Richard Ploss's Courses
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