Ms. Hirsch has participated in the Master of Laws Degree in Taxation program at New York University Law School. She received her J.D. Degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1980 and her B.A. in economics, magna cum laude, phi beta kappa, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1977. Ms. Hirsch has been awarded an AV Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, denoting “very high” professional ethics and “very high to preeminent” quality of legal work.

Ms. Hirsch has lectured before professional groups, including the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the National Business Institute, on the subjects of sophisticated gift and estate tax planning, closely-held family businesses, and trusts and estates. She has co-authored many articles on estate tax law, including: “IRS Now Taking a Bite of Gifts of Family Businesses,” New Jersey Law Journal (May 13, 2002); “Hitting a ‘Home’ Run with a Residential Trust,” Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section Newsletter, NJSBA, Spring/Summer, 1993; “GRATs Great for Giving Closely Held Business Interests to Family,” Real Property Probate and Trusts Law Section Newsletter, NJSBA, Spring 1992; “Transferring Control of Family Owned Businesses,” New Jersey Lawyer, September/October, 1991 and assisted in preparation of the First, Second and Third editions of Estate Planning Strategist (a treatise published by New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.

Ms. Hirsch is admitted to the bar in New Jersey and New York, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. District Courts for New Jersey and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She is also a member of the Bergen County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. She is a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Contact Debra T. Hirsch: dhirsch@deenerlaw.com