Gerard G. Brew Partner

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1 Partner T: F: Four Gateway Center 100 Mulberry St. Newark, NJ Mr. Brew represents clients in disputed matters involving estates, trusts, fiduciaries, guardianships, family issues, and closely held family businesses. Drawing on his experience in those litigated matters, he also counsels fiduciary and beneficiary clients in complex fiduciary matters and handles related estate planning and administration matters. Mr. Brew seeks to achieve the desired result in a costeffective manner, whether through litigation in the Probate, Surrogate s or Chancery courts, or various alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Mr. Brew has handled numerous litigated and non-litigated family disputes in New Jersey and New York involving estates, trusts and guardianships, including estates as large as one billion dollars. He has represented both beneficiaries and corporate and individual fiduciaries (executors, trustee or guardians) in matters involving estate, trust and guardianship administrations. His work also involves contested family law matters, particularly those relating to estates. Mr. Brew has participated extensively in the resolution of these disputes through mediation or other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and has been appointed by courts to mediate such disputes. Mr. Brew has also represented numerous clients in the complex appeals relating to these matters, resulting in a significant number of reported decisions. Mr. Brew counsels charitable and non-profit organizations (including universities, hospitals and national organizations) in matters involving fiduciary decisions such as mergers, affiliation, and the disposition of charitable gifts and, when necessary, in related litigated proceedings. He also advises on claims to enforce charitable provisions made by will, trust or gift, and handles regulatory matters involving such agencies as the Office of the Attorney General and State Banking or Insurance regulators. Mr. Brew devotes substantial time to advancing legal issues, legal education and pro bono work. He is the author of the New Jersey Probate Probate Procedures Manual Navigating a New Jersey Estate Administration (NJ ICLE 2008). He is a contributing editor to The New Jersey Estate Litigation Manual (authored by Steven K. Mignogna, Esq., NJ ICLE 2006) and The New Jersey Estate Planning Manual (authored by Glenn A. Henkel, Esq., NJ ICLE 2007). He is an adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School (teaching New Jersey Estate Administration) and has lectured and written extensively on estate and trust matters. He has been recognized as a New Jersey Super Lawyer (including as one of the Top 100 lawyers in New Jersey in 2010) and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in every one of its editions, including as Best Lawyers' 2012 Newark Litigation-Trusts & Estates "Lawyer of the Year." In 2013, he was awarded the New Jersey State Bar Association Pro Bono Award for his work in representing victims of domestic violence. PRACTICE Trusts, Estates and Private Clients Health Care Family Law EDUCATION J.D., Rutgers University School of Law - Newark, 1988 B.A., Rutgers University, 1984 Managing Research Editor, Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal Law Clerk, Hon. Nicholas Scalera, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division BAR ADMISSIONS New Jersey New York MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS American Bar Association, Section on Real Property & Probate (Group Chair, Estate and Fiduciary Litigation, Ethics and Malpractice Group) Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Member, Fiduciary Litigation Committee) RECOGNITIONS The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 57 McCarter Attorneys in 2016 Referral Guide; Five Named

2 The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 54 McCarter Attorneys in 2015 Referral Guide; Seven Named The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 45 McCarter Attorneys in 2014 Referral Guide Three McCarter & English Partners Named Best Lawyers' 2012 Lawyers of the Year The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 34 McCarter Lawyers in 2012 Referral Guide NEWS 08/17/15 The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 57 McCarter Attorneys in 2016 Referral Guide; Five Named 08/18/14 The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 54 McCarter Attorneys in 2015 Referral Guide; Seven Named 05/06/14 Gerard Brew and members of our Domestic Violence Project were honored with the Partners in Justice Award at the Partners for Women and Justice Spring Benefit 08/15/13 The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 45 McCarter Attorneys in 2014 Referral Guide 02/11/13 Gerard Brew Wins NJ State Bar Association Pro Bono Award for His Work on Domestic Violence Cases 01/23/13 Gerard Brew profiled in NJBIZ, Domestic violence just one area of need for pro bono help 07/27/12 Gerard Brew Awarded the New Jersey State Bar Association Pro Bono Award for /04/11 Three McCarter & English Partners Named Best Lawyers' 2012 Lawyers of the Year 09/06/11 The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 34 McCarter Lawyers in 2012 Referral Guide 08/11/10 The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 35 McCarter Lawyers in 2011 Referral Guide 03/22/10 37 McCarter Attorneys Recognized As New Jersey Super Lawyers for /29/09 The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 33 McCarter Lawyers in 2010 Referral Guide 03/31/09 43 McCarter Attorneys Recognized As New Jersey Super Lawyers for /25/08 The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 34 McCarter Lawyers in 2009 Referral Guide 09/25/07 The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 36 McCarter Lawyers in 2008 Referral Guide SPEAKING 11/19/15 Trends in Estates and Trusts: Planning, Administration and Litigation New Jersey State Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section 05/22/14 Legal Issues in Charitable Giving Graham-Pelton Consulting Program

3 05/15/14 Annual Estate, Trust and Fiduciary Litigation Update on Issues Involving Estate and Trusts Atlantic City, NJ New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting 05/02/14 The Future of Estate and Trust Practice - Panel American Bar Association Real Property Trust & Estate Section Spring Symposium 05/01/14 National Fiduciary Risk and Recent Developments Seminar American Bankers Association 04/29/14 Estate Planning Update New Jersey Senior Lawyers Conference 05/02/13 Speaker at the American Bankers Association Telephone Briefing on "Developments and Trends in Fiduciary Litigation" American Bankers Association 07/08-07/13/12 Speaker at the Annual American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Section Skills Training for Estate Planners a nationwide program for junior estate planning lawyers to held in New York American Bar Association Section of Real Property, CLE Program, New York, NY 05/17/12 Speaker at the New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting on Probate Litigation 2012: Planning and Trial Techniques Atlantic City, NJ 05/10/12 Decedents Accounts: A review of the NJ estate tax lien, waiver documentation Laura A. Kelly and 05/04/12 Speaker and Moderator at the American Bar Association Spring Symposium (NYC) on "Don t Try This at Home: Doom of Do-It-Yourself Planning" 05/03/12 Speaker on a Fiduciary Litigation Panel at the American Banker s Association Annual Fiduciary Risk Update Telephone Briefing Series American Bankers Association, ABA 2012 Trust and Estate PlanningTelephone Briefing Series 05/05/11 Panelist at the Annual American Bankers Association Current Issues in Fiduciary Litigation and How to Minimize a Trustee's Exposure to Litigation 10/31/10 Panelist on a program sponsored by the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) on "Recent Developments in Fiduciary Liability" 10/16/10 Speaker at the National Meeting of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel program called "Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Inside Out-- What Every Estate Lawyer Needs to Know" in Baltimore, MD, October 16, /25/10 Speaker at the Annual Joint Meeting of the American Bar Association Section on Taxation and Real Property, Trust and Estate Section in Toronto on "Fiduciary Liability in Administration of Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts" 09/15/10 Webinar speaker for the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education called the "Digital Estate" involving technological issues relating to estate administration and litigation.

4 04/23/10 Decedents Accounts: A review of the NJ estate tax lien, waiver documentation Laura A. Kelly and 09/12/09 Speaker on "New Jersey Trust Planning and Administration Issues" at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) Northeast Regional Meeting 09/11/09 Speaker at the Mid-Atlantic Regional ACTEC Conference regarding "Current Tax and Non- Tax Issues in New Jersey Estate Administration and the Role of Revocable Trusts in New Jersey Estate Planning and Administration," September 11, /07/09 Speaker at the American Banker's Association telephone briefing called "Working with Trust Professionals: The Views of Experts and Beneficiaries," attend by some 800 or more bankers in trust and fiduciary departments around the country. 04/02/09 Decedents Accounts: A review of the NJ estate tax lien, waiver documentation Laura A. Kelly and 09/01/08 Speaker at Annual Joint Meeting of the ABA Section on Real Property, Trust and Estate Law and the ABA Section of Taxation. Gerard spoke on "Navigating the Trustee's Duty of Disclosure under the Uniform Trust Code" and "Conflicting Duties of Trustees, Officers and Directors with Respect to the Management of Closely-Held Business Entities" 12/04/07 Decedents Accounts: A review of the NJ estate tax lien, waiver documentation Laura A. Kelly and 10/05/07 Speaker at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) Mid-Altantic Regional Meeting captioned: "Who Moved my Trust -- When, Whether and How to Move a Trust from State to State" 09/29/07 "Protecting Your Own Assets -- Avoiding and Defending Ethics and Malpractice Claims in the Estate and Trust Matters" for the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law annual joint meeting with the Section on Taxation. 09/20/07 Co-Speaker with Sharon Klein, Esq., Vice President and Counsel at Fiduciary Trust Company International at the BNA/Tax Management Annual Editorial Board Program regarding "Disaster Management and Recovery Issues in Estate and Trust Administration" in New York City. 10/31/06 Decedents Accounts: A review of the NJ estate tax lien, waiver documentation Laura A. Kelly and PUBLICATIONS 05/02/16 Trust Beneficiaries and Virtual Representation Under the New Trust Code, Volume 222, No /11/16 New Jersey s Trust Code: Creation, Validity and Types of Trusts, Volume 222, No /21/16 New Jersey Adopts the Uniform Trust Code: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, But What Does it Mean for You?, Volume 222, No. 12

5 12/17/15 Assessing the Conduct of Trustees Who Act as Business Managers and Timothy M. Ferges, Volume 221, No /01/14 Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 4 05/01/14 Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 3 04/24/14 Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 2 03/17/14 Health Law Insights Newsletter - Issue 1 12/24/13 Recent Developments in Creating and Administering Special Need Trusts 12/21/12 Gone with Incapacity? Estate planning options for clients who are mentally impaired 05/01/12 The Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege May/June 2011 Issue, American Bankers Association Trust and Investments Magazine 02/15/12 Trusts and Divorce: Not Always Happy Bedfellows Analysis of the New Jersey Supreme Court's decision in Tannen v. Tannen Myrna L. Wigod and, Volume 207, No. 8 08/05/11 An Introduction to Estate and Trust Litigation The ABA Practical Guide to Estate Planning 01/31/ Estate Plan Update: Now We Know - At Least For A While M&E Private Client Alert 01/01/ Estate Plan Update M&E Private Client Alert 08/14/06 No Separate Residences; Cohabitation is required for a viable palimony claim Myrna L. Wigod, and Alison C. O'Sullivan Copyright 2016 McCarter & English, LLP. All Rights Reserved