Jason L. Wyatt, Esq.

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Jason L. Wyatt is a probate attorney specializing in Estate Planning and Administration.

Jason L. Wyatt, a partner of the firm, is an experienced trust and estate attorney at Zager Fuchs, PC. Jason has over two decades of experience and a track record of dedicated service to clients. His practice encompasses a wide range of estate matters, including estate planning, estate administration, trust administration and planning, estate tax matters, inheritance tax matters, gift tax matters, income tax and capital gains tax planning for estate and trusts, family business planning, charitable giving, estate litigation, and trust litigation. Admitted to practice in 2005, Mr. Wyatt has built his career focusing on Wills, Trusts, and Estates. Committed to providing personalized legal guidance, he proudly serves clients throughout New Jersey, with a special emphasis on Monmouth, Middlesex, and Ocean counties.

BIOGRAPHY AND EDUCATION

Born in Somerset County, New Jersey, Mr. Wyatt grew up in Branchburg and Far Hills as the son of two teachers. He graduated from the Far Hills Country Day School as a “faculty kid,” and then attended the Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey, where he graduated in 1998.

Thereafter, Mr. Wyatt received his B.A. cum laude from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., with a double major in English and American Studies, and with an informal minor in Economics (Cornell does not recognize formal minors). While at Cornell, Mr. Wyatt served as the Vice-President of Cornell’s largest undergraduate organization, the Cornell Economics Society. Mr. Wyatt was also an honors student in the American Studies department, and graduated from the Cornell-in-Washington program as part of his pre-law curriculum. During college, Mr. Wyatt was a ski instructor at Greek Peak Mountain Resort, and was the American Studies webmaster and webpage designer for many professors.

Wishing to pursue a legal career focused on alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”), Mr. Wyatt attended The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, whose ADR program is perennially ranked #1 in the country. Mr. Wyatt earned his juris doctor in May of 2005, and received the CALI Award for Excellence in Business Transactions. Taking on additional course and practicum work, Mr. Wyatt also earned the esteemed Certificate in Dispute Resolution, which distinguishes those students who graduate from Ohio State Law with advanced knowledge and practical experience in ADR. While attending Ohio State Law, Mr. Wyatt was a published author, board member, and editor of the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, the official law journal of the American Bar Association’s Section on Dispute Resolution. Mr. Wyatt uses dispute resolution principles in his daily practice, both in preventing familial disputes through careful and thorough estate and trust planning, and in resolving and avoiding disputes via strategic handling of estate and trust administrations with often adversarial family relationships.

After over three years of night school and while working fulltime, in May of 2010, Mr. Wyatt earned an LL.M. (Master of Laws) in taxation from New York Law School. An LL.M. is a postgraduate law degree for attorneys, indicating specialized legal training. Mr. Wyatt concentrated his tax focus on estate, inheritance, and other transfer taxes (gift, generation-skipping, and capital gains taxes), which continue to play an important role in his day-to-day practice.

More about Jason Wyatt

Between the ages of 9 and 14, Mr. Wyatt performed was a professional opera singer as a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company’s Children’s Chorus at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, appearing in over 150 operas during that time span. He performed at the Metropolitan Opera House, at Carnegie Hall, on national broadcast radio, and on HBO and Pay-Per-View television broadcasts, alongside the likes of Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo.

Currently, Mr. Wyatt serves as Vice-President of the Far Hills Country Day School Alumni Association Board and remains actively involved in alumni affairs for the Delbarton School as his class representative to the alumni board. He also holds leadership roles as immediate past President of the Estate Planning Council of Central New Jersey, President of the 815 Business Group, and Vice President of the Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Philanthropic Planning Counsel.

His past leadership roles include serving on the Board of Directors of the Algonquin Arts Theater in Manasquan, New Jersey, as president of the Beauvoir Avenue Corporation residential cooperative in Summit, New Jersey, and as a board member of the Monmouth Business Group in Manasquan.

An avid golfer and expert skier, Mr. Wyatt also enjoys following college football and professional hockey. He resides in Little Silver with his wife and two daughters.

Areas of Practice

• Estate and Trust Administration
• Estate Planning
• Estate, Inheritance, and Gift tax matters
• Family Business Planning
• Charitable Planning
• Estate Litigation
• Medicaid Planning

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 2005

Education

• New York Law School, New York, New York
  • LL.M. in Taxation – 2010
• The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio
  • Juris Doctor – 2005
  • Certificate in Dispute Resolution
• Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
  • B.A. cum laude – 2002
  • Double Major: English; American Studies
  • Minor: Economics

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, 2005 – Present
• New Jersey State Bar Association, 2005 – Present