Mary Joan Kennedy is a dedicated Counsel at Saiber LLC, focusing her practice on estate planning, estate administration, and elder law. With over twenty years of experience, she stands out for her compassionate and highly-sensitive approach to advising individuals, families, fiduciaries, and closely-held businesses.
Mary Joan’s practice is distinguished by her deep commitment to guiding clients through complex and often emotionally challenging matters. She specializes in wealth transfer strategies, asset-preservation planning, and tax-efficient solutions, with a particular focus on serving seniors and their families. Her background includes prior service as a judicial law clerk in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, and management experience at a major New Jersey bank, providing her with a well-rounded perspective on fiduciary and financial matters.
Services Offered
- Estate Planning
- Drafting Last Wills and Testaments
- Powers of Attorney
- Advance Directories for Health Care
- Complex Estate Planning
- Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts
- Wealth Transfer Strategies
- Asset-Preservation Planning
- Fiduciary Counseling
- Tax Planning
- Charitable Giving
- Estate Administration
- Advising Executors, Trustees, and Beneficiaries
- Probate Matters
- Estate and Inheritance Tax Filings
- Estate and Trust Accountings
- Trust Administration
- Distribution of Trust and Estate Assets
- Elder Law
- Medicaid Asset Protection Planning
- Eligibility for Means-Tested Government Benefits
- Agreements with Senior Living Communities
- Agreements with Long-Term Care Facilities
- Planning for Long-Term Illness or Incapacity
Mary Joan has been recognized as a “Top Lawyer” by Morris/Essex Health & Life magazine, named to Best Lawyers in Trusts and Estates, and included in the Irish Legal 100. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and is an active member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and other professional organizations.
