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 and 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 corporations in the legal, accounting, insurance and financial planning professions. Mr. Silk is also actively involved in several community organizations. Mr. Silk serves as chair of the Mercer County Economic Development Council, Chairman of the Board Directors for Mercer County Community College and is a member of several advisory boards for various financial institutions. Mr. Silk also serves on various not-for-profit boards, is currently the treasurer of The College of New Jersey Foundation and is also president of The Millhill Foundation.

Mr. Silk has been honored by his inclusion in Woodward/White's 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America. In 2008 Mr. Silk was named as New York Area's Top Lawyer by New York Magazine. In 2005, 2006 and 2009, Mr. Silk was named as a New Jersey Super Lawyer by New Jersey Monthly Magazine*.

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