Practice Areas:
Corporate and Business Transactions
Taxation, Trusts and Estates

James Garland is a Partner of the firm where he oversees the Taxation, Trusts and Estates department. He devotes his practice to the areas of estate and trust planning and administration, estate and trust litigation, elder law and guardianships. After graduation from law school, Mr. Garland served as a member of the Tax Department of Deloitte & Touche for three years. In 1986, he joined the law firm of Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP and became partner in 1994. He joined Coughlin Duffy LLP in June 2004.  Mr. Garland is a frequent lecturer before community and medical groups.

Education:
Syracuse University College of Law (J.D. 1983)
Boston College (B.S., cum laude, 1980)

Professional Admission:
State of New Jersey (1984)
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (1984)

Memberships and Professional Activities:
Chairman, Morris County Bar Association, Elder Law Committee

Past Chairman and continuing Member, Morris County Bar Association. Trusts and Estates Committee

Chairman (2003-2005) and Member (2003 – Present), Morris County Bar Association, Probate Committee

Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (2005-Present)
Chairman, New Jersey Supreme Court District X Fee Arbitration Committee (1993-1994)

Vice Chairman, New Jersey Supreme Court District X Fee Arbitration Committee (1992-1993)

Member, New Jersey Supreme Court District X Fee Arbitration Committee (1990-1992)

Past Chairman and Member, Old Bridge Township Planning Board
Member, American Heart Association of Northern New Jersey Advisory Council (2003-2007)

Member, New Jersey State Bar Association

Member, Morris County Bar Association

Honors:

Selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2007

Publications and Presentations:
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, seminar on “End of Life Planning” Church of Messiah, Chester, New Jersey January 2010.

Co-instructor, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, skills and methods course, “New Jersey Wills Drafting and Probate Practice,” May 2009.

Co-instructor, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, skills and methods course, seminar on “New Jersey Wills, Drafting and Probate Practice,” May 2008

New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, skills and methods course, “New Jersey Wills, Drafting and Probate Practice,” October 2007

Contact:
P.O. Box 1917
350 Mount Kemble Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07962-1917

Direct Dial: (973) 631-6040
Facsimile: (973) 267-6442

E-mail:
jgarland@coughlinduffy.com