Allen M. Silk is a Shareholder and Chair of Stark & Stark’s Business & Corporate Group.  Mr. Silk works with the tax and legal aspects of business organizations and their owners.  His experience includes a broad range of tax, trusts and estates and general corporate matters including sophisticated estate planning, the administration of estates and trusts, closely-held business counseling and business succession planning, the structuring of business entities and joint ventures, the acquisition and sale of business interests, and various corporate, partnership and individual income tax matters. 

Mr. Silk counsels individuals and families regarding federal , state, estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax issues, and the development of complex estate plans. He is experienced in drafting estate planning instruments including: wills, insurance trusts, dynasty trusts, charitable trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, family limited partnership agreements, limited liability company operating agreements, durable powers of attorney and advance directives for health care.

Mr. Silk is a frequent lecturer to state and national entities in the legal, accounting, insurance and financial planning professions. Mr. Silk is actively involved in several community organizations and serves on various not-for-profit boards. He is currently the Treasurer of The College of New Jersey Foundation and is also President of The Millhill Foundation.

Since 2008, Allen Silk has been recognized as a Super Lawyer by prestigious publications such as New York Magazine, New Jersey Monthly Magazine, Inside Jersey, and the American Registry*.

Mr. Silk is a frequent contributor to the New Jersey Law Blog. You can read  his most recent blog post here.