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Christina S. Cooper is a partner in Cullen and Dykman’s Trusts and Estates practice. She has nearly 20 years of experience representing high-net-worth individuals, families, fiduciaries and business owners in sophisticated estate planning, trust and estate administration, fiduciary litigation and business succession matters.

Christina advises clients on estate and wealth transfer planning, including wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, charitable planning and multigenerational wealth transfer strategies. She also represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in contested trust and estate matters involving complex estate assets, fiduciary misconduct, accounting proceedings and guardianships.

Her litigation experience includes managing matters from inception through trial, mediation, arbitration, appeal and negotiated resolution. Christina also counsels business owners on succession planning, ownership transitions and related governance considerations.

Practice Areas

Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education

  • J.D., New York Law School
  • B.A., The Catholic University of America

Representative Experience

  • Represent fiduciaries and beneficiaries in contested trust and estate litigation involving complex estate assets.
  • Structure sophisticated estate plans involving irrevocable trusts, charitable planning and multigenerational wealth transfer.
  • Advise business owners on succession planning, ownership transitions and governance matters.
  • Represent clients in fiduciary disputes involving alleged misconduct, accounting proceedings and guardianships.
  • Advise fiduciaries on trust and estate administration and related contested matters.

Professional and Community Activities

  • Investigator, New Jersey Supreme Court District IIA Ethics Committee
  • Vice President, Board of Directors, Northeast New Jersey Legal Services
  • Member, Bergen County Bar Association
  • Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Member, New York State Bar Association
  • Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys