Anthony N. Gaeta is a Partner at Gaeta & Friedman, LLC. He provides his clients with over 20 years of extensive legal experience in the matters of Specialized Litigation, Estate and Trust Planning, and Commercial law.
CONTACT
Phone: 201-939-3304
Fax: 201-939-3349
Email: agaeta@gaetafriedman.com
PRACTICE FOCUS
Estate and Trust Administration
EDUCATION
J.D., Rutgers Law School
B.A., Rutgers University
Henry Rutgers Scholar
BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. District Court:
District of New Jersey
Southern District of New York
Eastern District of New York
United States Tax Court
U.S. Court of Appeals:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
State Admissions:
New Jersey
New York
Establishing Gaeta Law Firm in 2016, Anthony centered the firm on his steadfast belief that clear and precise communication with clients is key. This belief has has grown the law firm and built many long term relationships with clients.
A Partner and Chair of the Litigation Department of a midsize law firm based in Short Hills, NJ. Anthony oversaw three attorneys over a decade of successful estate and trust litigations.
Anthony frequently represents his clients' cases before the U.S. Courts of Appeal, the U.S. Tax Court, Federal and State Courts of New Jersey and New York. He gained his invaluable knowledge of the inner workings of the courts at the start of his career, interning and as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Nicholas H. Politan U.S.D.C. (dec.) and the Honorable E. Benn Micheletti, J.S.C. (ret.)
Anthony has served as consultant to the Nassau County Supreme Court on the matters of mediation/early settlement program. He has lectured on Estate and Trust law for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE)
PUBLISHED CASES
I/M/O Irrevocable Trust of John Leondis, (2011 NY Slip Op. 32424U; 2011 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 4427)
Successfully reformed an irrevocable life-insurance trust containing a second-to-die life insurance policy in order to incorporate necessary administrative provisions that were omitted due to a drafting error. The absence of these provisions would have caused the trust to fail, which would have exposed the clients to significant State and Federal estate taxes.
Biro v. Conde Nast, et al., 42 Media L. Rep. 2596 (S.D.N.Y. 2014), affirmed, 807 F.3d 541 (2d Cir. 2015), cert. denied 136 S.Ct. 2015
Successfully argued for the dismissal of defamation claims alleged against both a corporate client and an individual. The Court found, and the Second Circuit affirmed, that the statements published on the corporate website were protected opinion based upon fully disclosed facts and dismissed the individual due to a lack of personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
New Jersey State Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Bergen County Bar Association
Essex County Bar Association
Nassau County Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice
AWARDS
AV Rated Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2011, 2012, 2013
Top Attorney Estate Litigation
Top Attorney Family Law
