Benjamin T Branche

Benjamin T. Branche, concentrates his practice on Tax, Trusts and Estates, Real Estate, and Business Law.  He has served as a trusted advisor to privately held companies, professionals, entrepreneurs, and individuals.  Ben works with individual clients to establish Last Wills and Testaments, Revocable Living Trusts, Irrevocable Trusts, Family Entities, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney, and other complex estate planning documents.  He also provides estate administration and estate planning counseling involving the implementation of strategies to transfer wealth, minimize taxes, and ensure that wealth is preserved and distributed appropriately.

Ben is a vital and dependable partner to his non-profit and for-profit business clients, providing advice and consultation relating to commercial business transactions, commercial financing, joint ventures, real estate, leases, acquisitions/mergers, choice of entity, and general business planning.  As part of the Solar Integration and Development group, Ben assists clients in structuring partnerships, financing relationships and tax strategies that assist in solar instillation projects.  At all times, Ben is looking for strategic and practical solutions to a client’s particular needs.

Ben was named a New Jersey “Rising Star™” in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Prior to joining Szaferman Lakind, Ben was an associate with the law firms of Hill Wallack of Yardley, PA, and Gimmel, Weiman, Ersek & Blomberg, PC of Gaithersburg, MD.  He was also associated with CTIS, INC, of Rockville, MD providing legal counsel and support on government contracts.

Ben is a member of the Bucks County and Mercer County Estate Planning Councils and the estate planning and business section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.  He has given and attended numerous seminars on estate planning and probate, and in 2006 he completed an intensive Advanced Estate Planning Institute program at the Emory Law School in Atlanta, Georgia.  Ben was admitted to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bars in 2008, the District of Columbia Bar in 2006, and the Maryland Bar in 2004. He earned his Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in 2004, and his Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from the University of Scranton in 1999.

Ben is available to present seminars on estate, trust and tax planning to non-profit organizations, associations, senior clubs, support groups, and other special interest groups. To discuss scheduling a free educational seminar for your group, or for information about one of Ben’s upcoming seminars, contact him at 609-275-0400 or through this website.

Areas of Practice:

Tax

Business Law

Estate Planning

Estate Administration

Medicaid

Blogs:

What to Expect As 2012 Ends…A Tax Quagmire

Planning for Next Year’s Tax Quagmire

Small Employers That Provide Health Benefits Shouldn’t Leave IRS Money on the Table.

Estate Planning in the Digital Age

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey, 2008

Pennsylvania, 2008

District of Columbia, 2006

Maryland, 2004

Education:

Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 2004 J.D.

University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1999 B.A. Honors: Cum Laude

Honors and Awards:

New Jersey Rising Star™  2010-2012

Past Employment Positions:

Hill Wallack; Gimmel, Weiman, Essel & Blomberg