Howard Vigderman

• New Jersey
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• United States Tax Court

Howard is a frequent lecturer in the areas of estate planning and administration for a number of professional and lay organizations. He is a regular speaker for Professional Education Systems, Inc. (PESI) and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

• Presenter, “Minimizing Transfer Taxes and Preserving Beneficiaries’ Interest with Intergenerational Transfers,” PICPA Personal Financial Planning Conference, November 2022
• Presenter, “Living Well Into Your Senior Years,” Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia, December 2017
• Presenter, “Conflicts, Conflicts, Conflicts – Tips for Estate Planners, Estate Administrators and Fiduciary Litigators,” PBI’s Estate Law Institute, November 2017
• Presenter, “Conflicts In and Around the Orphans’ Court – A View From the Bench and From the Trenches,” Philadelphia Bar Association 2017 Bench-Bar & Annual Conference, October 2017
• Presenter, “Conflicts, Conflicts, Conflicts – Tips for Estate Planners, Estate Administrators and Fiduciary Litigators,” Philadelphia Bar Association’s Probate and Trust Law Section Quarterly Meeting, June 2017
• Presenter, “Fiduciary Income Tax Returns,” AICPA Sophisticated Tax Planning for Your Wealth Clients Conference, November 2014

• Co-Author, “New York LLC Transparency Act,” February 2024
• Co-Author, “The Corporate Transparency Act,” January 2024
• Author, “Estate Planning for Low-Income Individuals: Avoid DIY Documents,” May 2023
• Author, “Keep, Scan, Recycle or Shred? A Practical Guide to Reducing Clutter for Those “Working From Home” During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” March 2020
• Author, “Estate Planning Considerations During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic,” March 2020
• Co-Author, “Thanks to the SECURE Act, Your IRA Has Really Lost Its Stretch!” January 2020
• Co-Author, “Securing the Marital Deduction Under a Qualified Pension Plan or IRA,” Proceedings of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Annual Meeting, 1991

• Selected to The Best Lawyers in America© – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates list in 2001-2024. The Best Lawyers in America© list is issued by Best Lawyers and a description of the selection methodology can be found here.  No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the highest court of any other state.
• Selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Estate and Probate list in 2019. This list is issued by Thomson Reuters and a description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the highest court of any other state.

• Member, Philadelphia Bar Association
  • Former Chair, Public Service Committee
  • Immediate Past Chair, Legislative Committee of the Probate and Trust Law Section
  • Executive Committee Member, Legislative Committee of the Probate and Trust Law Section
  • Newsletter Contributor, Legislative Committee of the Probate and Trust Law Section

• Former Board Member, Astral Artists

Law School

• Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law|George Washington University National Law Center

Undergraduate School

• Haverford College