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 10, 2022
• Presenter, “Living Well Into Your Senior Years,” Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia, December 5, 2017
• Presenter, “Conflicts, Conflicts, Conflicts – Tips for Estate Planners, Estate Administrators and Fiduciary Litigators,” PBI’s Estate Law Institute, November 14, 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 13, 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 5, 2017
• Presenter, “Fiduciary Income Tax Returns,” AICPA Sophisticated Tax Planning for Your Wealth Clients Conference, November 27, 2014

• 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 1991 annual meeting of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 1991

• Selected to The Best Lawyers in America© – Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates list in 2001-2023. 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.
• 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.

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• Philadelphia Bar Association
  • Former chair of the Public Service Committee
  • Immediate past chair of the Legislative Committee of the Probate and Trust Law Section
  • Member of that Section’s Executive Committee
  • Contributor to the Section’s newsletter on issues involving legislative developments and insurance planning for closely-held business owners

• Howard served on the Board of Astral Artists, a not-for-profit performing arts organization.

Law School

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

Undergraduate School

• Haverford College