Our Next General Meeting is Monday,  August 16, 2010   6:30 pm. Networking; Registration; Pre-meetings; Visit the Vendors 7:00 pm. Members Offering Deals. 7:15 pm. Announcements from the Board.   7:30 pm. FEATURED SPEAKERS: Grace Bertone, Esq. and Melissa Sgambati, Esq.   How Can You Help Protect Your Spouses and Children?   Strategies to Minimize Taxes Pros and Cons of Going Through Probate What to Do If a Loved One is Incapacitated Other Documents Needed in Addition to a Will Why You Need an Estate Planning Attorney Recent Changes in Federal and NJ Estate Laws Who is Grace Bertone?  She graduated from  Fairleigh Dickinson University, summa cum laude, and Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Rutgers Law Journal. Ms. Bertone is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bar Association. In addition to general commercial litigation, she has substantial experience in the areas of business acquisitions, general corporate and business counseling, real estate, zoning and land use, environmental counseling and regulatory compliance, banking and commercial lending, foreclosure litigation, consumer finance, estate planning, probate administration, and probate litigation. Martindale-Hubbell has awarded Ms. Bertone its AV Peer Review Rating, its highest level of professional excellence. Who is Melissa Sgambati? She received a B.A  from Tufts University in 1996, her Juris Doctorate from New York Law School in 2002, and her L.L.M in Taxation from New York Law School in 2008. Ms. Sgambati is a member of the NJ Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section of the NJ State Bar Association. She is a member of the firm's Private Client Services group and counsels clients in all aspects of estate planning and administration, charitable foundations, and antenuptial agreements. Ms. Sgambati also litigates a variety of estate, trust, tax, guardianship, and chancery matters. She was named as a Rising Star in New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine for 2008, 2009, and 2010.