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Elenora L. Benz, Esq.
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Caring...Concerned...I founded my practice on the principles of education and preparation. I want to assist my clients by easing their concerns about important personal and business legal issues. My approach to estate planning distinguishes me from other attorneys.
Estate planning should be a comfortable process, providing an atmosphere for an open and communicative attorney-client relationship. In this environment, clients are able to express their goals and desires, enabling me to develop an individualized estate plan to meet their specific needs.
My staff and I treat every client request with respect, whether providing for a spouse, children, life partner, or beloved pet. I strive to meet the needs of my clients in a timely and economical manner, while providing the most sophisticated service possible.
Practice Areas
- Estate Planning
Wills & Trusts
Special Needs Trusts
Pet Trusts
- Estate & Gift Planning
- Intergenerational Planning
- Business Succession Planning
- Probate & Estate Administration
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Admitted
- New Jersey, 1993
- New York, 1994
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Education
- New York Law School, J.D., 1993
Law Review
- College of Saint Elizabeth, B.A. English Literature, 1990
Highest Honors; Departmental Honors
Background and Community Service
Present or former member of:
- American Bar Association and the Bar Associations of New York, New Jersey, Sussex County, and Morris County.
- Chair of District XA Attorney Ethics Committee
- Member of Supreme Court Committee on Character
- Past Secretary and VP of Public Policy (Sussex-Warren Chapter) of The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners and recipient of its Teal Heart Service Award in 2001 and Woman Business Owner of the Year Award (Sussex-Warren Chapter) in 2003.
- Officer and Director of Branchville Rotary Club
- Assistant Governor for Rotary District 7470
- Bio-Ethics Committee of Newton Medical Center
- Advisory Council of Sussex County Office of Senior Services
- Sheriff’s Crimestopper Commissioners
- Blairstown Business Association
- 2005 Chair of the Sussex County Chamber of Commerce; steering committee for Leadership Sussex and Leadership Sussex Youth; Co-chair of the Fredon, Green, Stillwater Chamber Council, Chairperson of its Government and Legislative Committee.
- Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce
- Trustee of SCARC Guardianship Services, Inc., the Estate Planning Council of Northern New Jersey, and the Morris County Bar Association.
- Trustee of the Senior Quality of Life Foundation
- Money$mart Week steering committee
- Adjunct faculty member at Sussex County Community College
- Alumnae Mentor, New York Law School
Of Note
- The Sussex County Chamber of Commerce presented Ellie’s “Earth Angels” project, which brings holiday cheer to homebound senior citizens, the Community Service Award.
- In 2004, Soroptomists International, Sussex County Chapter, recognized Ellie as a “Woman of Distinction.”
- In 2005, the Sussex County Chamber of Commerce awarded its Humanitarian Award to Ellie.
- In 2007 Ellie was awarded the NJ Women Business Organization (NJAWBO) “Beacon of Light Award.”
- Ellie is a proud sponsor and supporter of the New Jersey State Fair/Sussex County Farm and Horse Show.
- Ellie is a founding member of the Animal Law Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She lobbied for the passage of the statute that codifies the validity of trusts for domestic animals.
- Ellie is the principal author of the pet trust and pet emergency preparedness material on the New Jersey State Bar Foundation website.
Ellie has one son and three grandchildren, and lives on a Sussex County farm with her dogs, cats, and horses.
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Elder law often involves working with families, either because parents come in as clients and want to name their children as executors, health care representatives, trustees, etc…or because the grown children come in, worried that their aging parents need a long term care plan or tax plan and have nothing in place. Other times, disputes within the family lead to contests over who should be appointed guardian or contests over which will should be probated. For each client the task is to listen to his or her concerns and shape a solution that fits his or her needs and resources by selecting from a range of legal options. Along the way, I enjoy my clients and the process of getting to know them and feel very blessed that I get to do what I do.
Practice Areas
- Wills and Probate
- Estate Administration
- Guardianships
- Medicaid Applications
- Nursing Home Rights
- Trusts and Estates
- Asset Protection
- Conservatorships
- Long Term Care Planning
- Mediation and Arbitration
- Appellate Practice
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Admitted
- New Jersey, 2001
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2002
- United States Supreme Court, 2006
Law School
- Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2001
Presidential Scholar, 1998-99, Faculty Scholar, 2000-2001
Education
- Yale University, M.Div. ‘81
- Hampshire College - B.A., 1976 State of Connecticut Scholar
Member
- National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
- American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
- New Jersey Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section/ Elder Law Section
- Sussex County Bar Association – Vice-President
- Sussex County High School Mock Trial Program – Coordinator
- Womens Attorneys of Sussex County – Coordinator
- Saint Thomas Aquin Parish, Ogdensburg
- Sussex County Senior Services Advisory Council
- Newton Medical Center Bioethics Committee
- Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice Building Campaign
Of Note
- 2009 Law Day Award Winner
- Law Clerk, Appellate Division, Honorable Lorraine Parker, J.A.D.
- Judicial Intern to the Honorable Katharine Sweeney Hayden, U.S.D.J.
- Seton Hall Legislative Law Journal
- Certified Veterans Administration Attorney
- Instructor on Elder Law, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
- Presenter, Worrall F. Mountain American Inns of Court
Nancy grew up locally in Lake Mohawk where she presently lives with her husband and two children, and continues to enjoy boating, water skiing, ice skating, biking and hiking.
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