Glenn A. Henkel, J.D., LL.M., CPA

Shareholder

Mr. Henkel is a shareholder in the firm Kulzer & DiPadova and earned his J.D. degree at Rutgers University School of Law, where he graduated with honors and was awarded the Prentice Hall Award for outstanding performance in the area of taxation. He earned his LL.M. in Taxation at New York University.

Mr. Henkel has been honored with many prestigious awards:

• 2022: Mordecai Gerson Meritorious Service Award, from the Philadelphia Estate Planning Council;
• 2018: Outstanding Service Award from the Taxation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association;
• 2016: Distinguished Legislative Service Award from the New Jersey State Bar Association for years of concentrated effort on the Uniform Trust Code;
• 2015: Dorothy G. Black Award from the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association for outstanding service;
• 2009: Alfred C. Clapp Award from the New Jersey Continuing Institute for Legal Education for excellence in continuing legal education; and
• 2005:  Founders Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Estate and Financial Planning Council of Southern New Jersey.

Mr. Henkel is the author of New Jersey Estate Planning Manual: Theory, Practice & Forms – 2007 (with Steven K. Mignogna and Gerard G. Brew).  He was an editor and a contributing author and editor of New Jersey Estate and Trust Litigation: 3rd Edition – 2020 (by Steven K. Mignogna) and New Jersey Probate Procedures Manual: 2nd edition – 2021 (by Gerard G. Brew) all published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (available at www.NJICLE.com).  He was one of the key principals on the NJ Bar Association committee to conform the UTC, as adopted by the Uniform Law Commission to New Jersey law.

Mr. Henkel is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Estate Planning Council from 2014 to 2022 and is Chair of its Ethics Committee. He is a Past Chair of the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section and is Past Chair of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He
was the Chair of the CLE Advisory Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, but remains a member. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the New Jersey Bar Association, and the Camden County Bar Association. Mr. Henkel was a Trustee of the Camden County Bar Association from 2000-2006 and is currently Co-Chair of the Probate and Trust Committee of the Camden County Bar Association. He is a Past President of the Estate and Financial Planning Council of Southern New Jersey, Inc.

In addition to being an attorney, Mr. Henkel is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Henkel was on the Board of the Southwest Jersey Chapter of the NJSCPA and during 2001-2002, he served as president.

Mr. Henkel was named a Super Lawyer in New Jersey from 2005- 2024 and for many years was distinguished as one of the 100 Top Super Lawyers in New Jersey.  Mr. Henkel was named to “Best Lawyers in America” from 2007- 2024.  He has been designated as an Accredited Estate Planner by the National Association of Estate Planning Councils in 2006.

Mr. Henkel was an Assistant Professor of Tax Law at Rutgers University School of Law. He was a member of the Rutgers Law Journal, has published articles in national tax journals and has lectured extensively to groups of lawyers, accountants and estate planners.  Mr. Henkel is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court and is a member of the Bars of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  His particular areas of expertise include complex estate planning, tax-exempt organizations and Probate, Trust and Estate Law.

Admissions

New Jersey, 1985
Pennsylvania, 1985

Education

Rutgers University, J.D., with honors, 1985
New York University, LL.M., in Taxation, 1988
Rider College,B.S., magna cum laude, 1980