Zachary Whelan
Whelan & Whelan
Zachary S. Whelan is a New Jersey licensed attorney specializing in estate planning, probate litigation, real estate transactions, real estate litigation, business formation, business disputes, chancery litigation and civil litigation matters. Zack appears regularly in the state and Federal courts of the State of New Jersey.
Zack had the privilege of interning for the Hon. Vincent Leblon, Presiding Judge of the Chancery Division in Middlesex County. He was then honored to clerk for the Hon. Joseph P. Quinn, Presiding Judge of the Chancery Division and Probate in Monmouth County. He has significant knowledge, experience and insight into Chancery matters that most other practitioners do not have. He then worked for over two years as a civil litigation associate in a medium-sized insurance defense firm practicing medical malpractice defense and representing state entities and employees in civil rights cases.
Zack is a member of the Middlesex County Bar Association, the Somerset County Bar Association and the Monmouth County Bar Association. As a member of the Monmouth County Bar Association, Zack is a member of the Probate and Estate Administration Committee and the Real Estate and Land Development Committee. Through his committee appointments, Zack receives updates and information on current and upcoming New Jersey probate, real estate and land use legislation.
Zack is frequently appointed by the Middlesex County Surrogates Court and Somerset County Surrogates Court as an attorney or fiduciary in probate and estate matters. In 2024, he was appointed as a fiduciary for a sub-trust of the J. Seward Johnson 1963 Trust, which originally held a corpus valued at approximately half a billion dollars. As a court-appointed administrator, he has administered estates from being issued letters testamentary to conclusion. He also receives emergent appointments in the Middlesex County Chancery Division for special medical guardianships.
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
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Free Consultation
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Contingent Fees
Contingent fees on select matters at discretion of attorney.
- New Jersey
- New Jersey Courts
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Written
- Partner
- Whelan & Whelan
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- Associate Attorney
- Dughi, Hewit & Domalewski
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- Law Clerk
- Monmouth County Superior Court
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- Law clerk to the Hon. Joseph P. Quinn, P.J. Ch.
- Rutgers School of Law-Newark
- J.D. (2021) | Law
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- Activities: Rutgers University Law Review Merit Scholarship Recipient Association of Latin American Law Students Community and Transactional Lawyering Clinic Morris Stern Bankruptcy Project Chicago Justice Project Legal Writing Teaching Assistant
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- Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
- B.A. (2015) | History, English
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- Merit Scholarship Recipient
- Rutgers School of Law
- Somerset County Bar Association # 378902022
- Member
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- Monmouth County Bar Association # 378902022
- Member
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- Activities: Estate Administration and Probate Committee Real Estate and Land Development Committee
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- Middlesex County Bar Association # 378902022
- Member
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- Activities: Panelist for Chancery Practice Committee Early Settlement Program
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- Driving for Second Chances: A Foundation for Establishing the First DUI Expungement Law in New Jersey
- Rutgers University Law Review
- Certificate in Corporate and Business Law
- Rutgers Law School
