4 Essex Avenue, Suite 200
P.O. Box 259

Bernardsville, NJ 07924

CALL: 908-658-3800

FAX: 908-658-4659

Our Paralegals

Laura Ayers

Laura Ayers

Phone: (908) 306-6734
Email: layers@fbolawfirm.com

Summary Of Practice:

Eight years of experience, specializing in trusts, estates and taxation. Prepares and files New Jersey estate and inheritance tax returns, federal estate tax returns (Form 706) and federal gift tax returns (Form 709). Prepares estate accountings, as required. Handles estate administration from probate to asset distribution. Prepares probate papers and Surrogate Court filings. Prepares income tax returns for individuals and trusts, including charitable trusts and nonprofit organizations. Files Forms 1040, 1041, 990 and 5227, using electronic filing as mandated. Handles distributions of trusts, including GRATs and CRUTs. Corresponds with taxing authorities.

Drafts estate plan documents, including Wills, Trusts, Health Care Proxy Directives and Living Wills. Conducts research on various legal topics, with particular emphasis on tax issues. Corresponds and meets with clients on regular basis.

Drafts and files Deeds.

Notary Public of New Jersey

Daniel McAneny

Phone: (908) 306-6728
Email: dmcaneny@fbolawfirm.com

Summary Of Practice:

Daniel McAneny is a paralegal in the Flanagan Barone & O’Brien firm’s litigation department. Daniel received his degree in Paralegal Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2006.  In the litigation department, Dan reviews and prepares discovery, gathers relevant information for the cases he handles, drafts motions and briefs, conducts legal research, retains and corresponds with experts and assists in trial preparation.

Brad Takeall

Phone: (908) 306-6733
Email: btakeall@fbolawfirm.com

Summary Of Practice:

Review discovery, gather relevant information to the case, draft motions and briefs, conduct legal research, correspond with experts and obtain experts’ reports, and assist in trial preparation.

Joann Trifari

Phone: (908) 306-6729
Email: jtrifari@fbolawfirm.com

Summary Of Practice:

Joann Trifari is a paralegal in the Flanagan Barone & O’Brien firm’s litigation department. Joann received her degree in Paralegal Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson University.  In the litigation department, Joann reviews discovery, gathers relevant information for the cases she handles, drafts motions and briefs, conducts legal research, retains and corresponds with experts and assists in trial preparation.

Joanne Wildgen

Joanne Wildgen

Phone: (908)-306-6736
Email: jwildgen@fbolawfirm.com

Summary Of Practice:

Filing of Federal and New Jersey income and estate tax returns, Estate litigation, Development and design of complex insurance litigation models for settlement
Medicaid applications, Review of insurance policies of multiple insurers over extended periods of time covering multiple sites in order to prepare complex insurance coverage charts, Development of program for allocation of liability of complex environmental claims based upon Carter-Wallace, and Owens-Illinois case law, Develop document review protocols for complex litigation coverage actions