
Laura Ayers
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
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.

Rachel Sanchez
Email: rsanchez@fbolawfirm.com
Summary Of Practice:
Rachel Sanchez is a Paralegal in the Flanagan Barone & O’Brien firm’s Trusts and Estates Department and Real Estate Department. Rachel received her Bachelor of Arts in Justice Studies with a Paralegal Concentration/Certification from Montclair State University. In the Trusts and Estates Department, Rachel drafts estate plan documents, including Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Proxy Directives, Living Wills and Deeds. Rachel also conducts research on various legal topics. In the Real Estate Department, Rachel reviews Real Estate Contracts, Title work and drafts closing documents and deeds for residential closings. She also communicates and meets with clients on a regular basis.

Brad Takeall
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
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.

Donna Vanderhoof
Email: dvanderhoof@fbolawfirm.com
Summary Of Practice:
Donna Vanderhoof is a paralegal in the Flanagan Barone & O’Brien firm’s litigation, employment and labor law departments. Donna received her degree in Paralegal Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson University. In the litigation department, Donna reviews discovery, gathers relevant information, drafts motions and briefs, conducts legal research, retains and corresponds with experts and assists in trial preparation. In addition to litigation, Donna has extensive experience and knowledge of State and Federal labor and employment practices liability (EPL), including wrongful discharge, breach of contract, whistleblowing, workplace retaliation, injunctions and employment discrimination claims.

Joanne Wildgen
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