Jeffrey R. Pittard Joins the Gibbons Corporate Group

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Gibbons P.C. is pleased to welcome Jeffrey R. Pittard to the firm as a Director in the Corporate Group, resident in the Newark office. He will focus on tax controversy and estate planning and estate administration matters.

Mr. Pittard has extensive experience in tax planning and tax controversy, particularly for closely held businesses and high-net-worth individuals. His proficiency lies in representing clients in income, sales, employment, and transfer tax disputes with federal and state taxing authorities and appearing before federal and state courts regarding these matters. He counsels clients in audit, assessment, and collection matters, and negotiates criminal and civil settlements with state tax departments and the IRS. In 2018, he was the first attorney to win a U.S. Tax Court case against the IRS that involved the statute of limitations for the federal government to assess income tax on unreported income from foreign bank accounts.

He is also adept at composing estate planning documents, including wills and trusts, handling estate administration, and creating business succession plans. Additionally, he is well-versed in representing clients in Florida estate administration and creating Wyoming Trusts for tax savings and creditor protection purposes.

Mr. Pittard also serves as an adjunct instructor at Montclair State University, where he teaches various legal-related courses to undergraduates.

Before joining Gibbons, Mr. Pittard was a partner at Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC, in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, where he was named Chair of the firm’s Tax, Trusts and Estates Department in 2020. His background also includes tax associateships at two New Jersey-based private practices.

Mr. Pittard was included on the New Jersey Super Lawyers list for Tax, Estate Planning & Probate in 2024 and New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars list in the same category in 2015-2022.

He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Seton Hall University School of Law and a B.S. from Boston University College of Communication; he also holds an LL.M. from New York University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in the states of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Florida, and Wyoming, as well as the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and U.S. District Courts for the District of New Jersey, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.