Joel Luber
Principal

Contact | Practice Areas | Practice Focus | Education | Bar and Court Admissions | Activities

Practice Areas

Business and Real Estate
Estates & Trusts
Guardianships
Business Formation and Governance
Real Estate
Tax Consulting
Elder Care Planning
Business Transactions
Estate Planning
Estate Administration
Asset Protection Planning
Elder Law

Practice Focus

Joel Luber concentrates his practice in sophisticated estate planning for high net worth clients, estate administration, Orphans' Court practice, and general corporate and income tax planning. In addition, Mr. Luber maintains an active role in counseling clients in corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, redemptions, shareholder and partnership agreements, employment agreements, nonqualified deferred and equity based compensation agreements, and commercial real estate transactions, including financing and exchanges.

Mr. Luber has lectured at various continuing education seminars and written articles primarily in the areas of estate planning, family limited partnerships and the estate tax marital deduction.

Education

LL.M. (in Taxation), New York University School of Law, 1981
J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1977
B.S. (Economics), University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, 1974

Bar and Court Admissions

Pennsylvania
United States Tax Court
United Sates District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States Court of Appeals for Third Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for Fourth Circuit

Activities

Mr. Luber is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County and Chester County Bar Associations and is a member of the Tax Section and Real Property, Probate and Trust Sections of the American Bar Association, and the Philadelphia and Chester County Estate Planning Councils.

Publications

"Increase in Estate Tax Exemption Amount" (February, 2012)

"Can an Agent Under Durable Power of Attorney Write a Last Will for a Principal? How About Only Revise an Estate Plan? The Answers May Surprise You." (Originally appeared in both the Winter 2011-2012 Philadelphia Estate Planning Council Newsletter and the Winter 2012 Pennsylvania Bar Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Newsletter)

"Conversion to Roth IRA: Time to Act is Before 2011", (October, 2011)

 

 

Contact Info:
Email:	jluber@offitkurman.com
Office Phone:	267.338.1316
Fax Phone:	267.338.1335
Mailing Address:	Ten Penn Center 1801 Market Street Suite 2300 Philadelphia, PA 19103