About Leonard Witman

Leonard J. Witman is a member of the New York and New Jersey Bars. Mr. Witman received his B.A. from Rutgers College, and graduated from New York Law School. He is past Chairman of the New Jersey State Bar Association Taxation Section. He is an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University School of Law and Rutgers University Graduate Business Program. He was a Tax Law Specialist, Instructor and Lecturer with the Internal Revenue Service in the Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations Division. He is the former New Jersey Chair and a Fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estates (ACTEC). He is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel (ACEBC). Mr. Witman is also a past Chairman of the New Jersey State Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee and is a frequent nationally known lecturer and author in the tax and deferred compensation fields. He has written for many tax periodicals and is the author of A Retirement Planning Technique Book (10th Edition) and Roth IRAs published by The Kugler Company and Pension Planning after TEFRA, Top-Heavy Plans published by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is recipient of the Dorothy G. Black Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the development of Trust and Estate Law in New Jersey. He is also annually listed in The Best Lawyers in America and the New Jersey Super Lawyers.* To learn more about the selection process of these awards please click the following – Best Lawyers of America and Super Lawyers.