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James K. Estabrook
908-233-6800 ext. 358
jestabrook@lindabury.com
Jim Estabrook has devoted most of his career to attending to the legal requirements of the closely held business owner. He has developed several areas of emphasis including Federal and state income, estate and gift taxation, ERISA and employee benefit law.
Jim serves as general counsel to the Mechanical Contractors Association of New Jersey, Inc. and the Mechanical Contracting Industry Council of New Jersey. Through that role, he has served, since 1982, as co-counsel to the Boards of Trustees of twenty-eight related employee benefit funds, including the Pipefitters Local Union No. 274 Funds and IBEW Local Union No. 456 Funds.
Jim regularly lectures before clients and civic organizations on estate planning and employee benefits. In estate planning, he has appeared before such organizations as the National Council on Aging and the New Jersey Geriatric Care Managers. On employee benefits, he has spoken before the Annual Conference of International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans, the Annual Conference of the Union Affiliated Contractors of the National Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors and the Taft-Hartley Trustee seminar sponsored by the United Association and the Mechanical Contractors Association of New Jersey, Inc.
Jim also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of several of the firm's clients including the Gateway Regional Chamber of Commerce, Union County Alliance (Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee), Henry H. Kessler Foundation (Chairman, Education Committee), and the Linden Industrial Association (Secretary).
Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1982
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1986
U.S. Tax Court, 1986
Memberships:
Union County Probate Early Settlement Program
American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Union County Bar Association
Education:
Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, J.D., 1981
Denison University, B.A., cum laude, 1977
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Practice:
Pension Plans
Employee Benefits
Trusts and Estates
Taxation
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