Thomas is an Associate in the Trusts and Estates Department at McLaughlin & Stern, LLP. He focuses his practice on estate planning, including the drafting of wills, revocable trust agreements, and other financial and healthcare planning documents. He represents executors and trustees throughout the administration of trusts and estates, and counsels them with regard to their fiduciary duties and legal obligations. In addition, he advises representatives of tax-exempt organizations, including public charities and private foundations, and has experience in trusts and estates litigation, including will contests. 

Thomas began his career by focusing on taxation, and provided income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax compliance and consulting services to high-net-worth individuals and their families. He has helped clients transfer generational wealth by utilizing tax-efficient estate planning strategies and various types of trust instruments, including Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts, Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts, Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts, and Charitable Lead and Remainder Trusts. 

Thomas earned his Juris Doctorate from St. John’s University School of Law, and his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Delaware. He is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey.