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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.