Joseph Mecca

Mr. Mecca is an experienced attorney with more than thirty years of experience in New York and New Jersey civil law and chancery practice. A member of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, Mr. Mecca specializes in estate planning including Last Wills and Testaments, Durable Powers of Attorney, Living Wills, Advanced Directives, Family an... d Marital Trusts, estate administration and estate litigation. He also specializes in guardianship actions for the elderly and incapacitated individuals, intestacy actions, and pet trusts under NJSA* *New Jersey Statutes Annotated. Title 3B. Administration of Estates-Decedents and Others. Chapter 11. Trusts and Trustees. Article 6. Trusts for Domesticated Animals. 3B:11-38. Trusts for care of domesticated animals. Mr. Mecca received his B.A., in History, from Colgate University, Hamilton New York in 1978 and spent two semesters studying in Tehran, Iran and Rome, Italy. Mr. Mecca received his JD, from The Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC in 1981. After law school, Mr. Mecca worked for the New Jersey Tax Court and the Law Firms of Evans, Hand, Allabough & Amoresano and Philip H. Mizzone, Esq. before starting his own practice in 1986. From 1990-1992, Joseph Mecca represented the 34th Legislative in the NJ General Assembly. He served on the NJ International Trade Commission and was a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1992. Admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1981, the New York Bar in 1991. Admitted to the United States Supreme Court in 2003. several bar activities and ongoing continuous legal education program. Paralegal: Mr. Formato, a native of Nutley, New Jersey, received his B.A., in Political Science from Montclair State University in 2001, and continued his education at Seton Hall University School of Law, where he received his J.D. in 2005. Mr. Formato specializes in real estate closings, tax appeals, office research, preparation of guardianship and estate litigation pleadings for the Courts, and criminal ...Read More