Susan Dromsky-Reed

Practice Areas

Trusts and Estates

Tax

Family Law Services

Career

Susan Dromsky-Reed helps families and individuals create plans which can simply and easily transfer assets to their heirs, while taking into consideration necessary income, estate, and inheritance tax planning. Her goal is to provide peace of mind and to promote family harmony, during the planning process and during estate administration. As part of her practice, she provides individuals and families with planning and tax advice regarding spousal, intergenerational, and business succession; charitable planning; life insurance planning; and preparation of prenuptial agreements. She assists individuals in creating wills, irrevocable trusts, and living revocable trusts. She also helps clients draft and understand financial powers of attorney, living wills, and health care agent designations.

Susan works with her clients to implement sophisticated trust structures and gifting techniques, and provides fiduciary advice for ongoing trust management. She routinely assists clients with complex estate administration. She also counsels business owners on the best method and structure to transition a business to the next generation. In addition, Susan’s practice also includes providing advice to nonprofit entities, including formation and management of charitable trusts and private foundations, and ensuring that her clients understand the complex nonprofit rules and regulations.

In 2019, Susan was elected to the Brach Eichler Executive Committee.

Professional Memberships

President and Member of Board of Directors, Executive Women of New Jersey, 2025

Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 2015

Member, American Bar Association

Chair for Trusts and Estates Legislation, New Jersey State Bar Association’s Real Property Trust & Estate Law Section Board of Consultors, 2025

Trustee, Essex County Estate Planning Council

Author, New Jersey inheritance and estate tax for the New Jersey Tax Handbook, published by American Lawyer Media

Co-Author, New Jersey Tax Handbook 2023, published by New Jersey Law Journal (November 28, 2022)

Law Clerk, Honorable Robert J. Passero (Ret.), Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County, Family Part

Awards

Education