Areas of Practice
Firm Management Positions
Family Business, Vice Chair
Memberships and Affiliations
Middlesex County Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
American Bar Association
International Association of Financial Planners
Tri-County Estate Planning Council
Foundation Board of Trustees, William Paterson University
Education
J.D., Hofstra University School of Law, 1987
B.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1984
Bar Admission(s)
- New Jersey
- New York
Russell J. Fishkind
- T: (609) 452-5043
- F: (609) 452-6109
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A Partner in the Personal Wealth, Estates and Trusts Practice, Russell Fishkind focuses his practice on high net worth estate planning, business succession planning, estate administration and probate litigation.
Prior to joining the Firm, Russell served as Chair of the Trusts & Estates Team at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A. in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Following law school, he was a trust and estate administrator and financial officer for the United States Trust Company of New York. He was also the founding partner of Rudolph & Fishkind in New York City and East Brunswick, New Jersey.
Russell is an assistant adjunct professor in New York University's Department of Finance, Taxation and Law where he teaches estate planning. He frequently writes and lectures about trusts and estates related issues. He is the author of Legacy of a Lifetime, a layman's guide to understanding estate matters and is a co-author of J.K. Lasser Pro's™ Estate Business Succesion Planning – A Legal Guide to Wealth Transfer.