Steven A. Holt

Mr. Holt represents physicians, physician practices, business entities, corporate executives, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals and entrepreneurs in all aspects of their personal and business planning. Among his clients is Tumi, Inc., a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of luxury leather goods, luggage and executive accessories, where Mr. Holt has served as Secretary and General Counsel (since 1995). He concentrates his practice in the areas of sophisticated estate and family wealth transfer planning, asset protection planning, federal and state income taxation of individuals, corporations, partnerships and trusts, corporate law, tax aspects of business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity placements, qualified and non-qualified compensation planning, commercial law and commercial transactions, life insurance, choice of entity planning, purchases and sales of business entities and business reorganizations, exempt organizations, including private foundations, and charitable gift planning.

Mr. Holt received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, his law degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law Camden , and an L.L.M. in Taxation from the New York University School of Law. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Institute of Medicine and Public Health of New Jersey, a member of the Board of Directors of the Ben Appelbaum Foundation, an organization that mentors new business owners and start-up charitable organizations, and a former member of the Planned Giving Counsel of the UMDNJ Foundation. Mr. Holt is admitted to practice law in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 

Education:

• New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1986
  • Master of Law(s) in Taxation
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 1984
  • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1980
  • B.A.

Admissions:

• New Jersey, 1984
• Pennsylvania, 1984

Areas of Practice:

• Corporate & Transactional
• Employee Benefits
• Health Care
• Tax Law  (chair)
• Trusts & Estates  (chair)

Professional Association Memberships:

• The Institute of Medicine and Public Health of New Jersey
  • Member, Board of Trustees
• Ben Appelbaum Foundation:
  • Member, Board of Trustees
• UMDNJ Foundation
  • Former Member, Planned Giving Counsel
• Estate Planning Council of Northern New Jersey
  • Member

News & Announcements:

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