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Robert M. Harper

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Robert M. Harper is an associate in the trusts and estates and commercial litigation departments, concentrating in trust and estate-related litigation in Surrogate's Courts and Supreme Court. Mr. Harper's practice includes probate contests, accounting proceedings, discovery and turnover proceedings, guardianship proceedings, and actions to partition real property. He is a frequent contributor to Farrell Fritz's New York Trusts & Estates Litigation blog.

Mr. Harper is a Special Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law, where he teaches the Moot Court Competition Seminar. Additionally, Mr. Harper coaches several of Hofstra's moot court teams, including the National Moot Court Competition team, and serves on the Law School's Recent Alumni Committee.

Mr. Harper has authored articles for the following professional publications: Probate & Property, a publication of the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association; the New York State Bar Association Journal; The Nassau Lawyer; The Suffolk Lawyer; Michigan State University's Journal of Medicine and Law; and Quinnipiac University's Probate Law Journal.

"Vacating Surrogates Court Judgments, Orders and Decrees," an article Mr. Harper co-authored with Farrell Fritz, P.C. trusts and estates partner Eric W. Penzer for the New York State Bar Association Journal, was cited by Harris 5th N.Y. Estates: Probate, Administration & Litigation, a leading authority on trust and estate practice in New York State. Moreover, Mr. Harper's article, "Dead Hand Problem: Why New York's Estates, Powers and Trusts Law Should Be Amended to Treat Posthumously Conceived Children as Decedents Issue and Descendants," has been cited in Probate & Property, the George Mason Law Review, the St. John's Journal of Legal Commentary and the Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal.

Mr. Harper's previous legal experience includes positions as a law intern to the Honorable Arthur D. Spatt, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York; to the Honorable E. Thomas Boyle, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York; and to the Honorable Lawrence J. Brennan, Acting Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. He also served as a law clerk at Westermann Hamilton Sheehy Aydelott & Keenan, LLP (Garden City, NY) and as a research assistant to Professor Kathleen Beckett.

Mr. Harper earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, in May 2007 from Hofstra University School of Law. He was a staff member of the Hofstra Law Review and the Moot Court Association.

Mr. Harper received his B.S. in Finance and History in 2004 from Boston College Carroll School of Management. While in Boston, Mr. Harper volunteered at soup kitchens and homeless shelters as part of the Boston College Urban Immersion Program.

Mr. Harper is actively involved in the Suffolk County Bar Association, where he serves as co-chair of the Member Services and Activities Committee. In addition, he is a member of the New York State Bar Association and Nassau County Bar Association.

Mr. Harper is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Articles and Advisories
Jun 1, 2010 Life After Death: The Authority Of Estate Fiduciaries To Dispose Of Decedents' Reproductive Matter
Oct 1, 2009 Exoneration Clauses - Not All They're Cracked Up To Be
Oct 1, 2009 Triggering In Terrorem Clauses
Jun 1, 2009 Cy Pres And Charitable Gifts
May 1, 2009 Vacating Surrogate's Court Decrees
Mar 1, 2009 Enforcing Arbitration Decisions & Provisions In Estate-Related Litigation
Feb 25, 2009 Cutting Family Ties: The Inheritance Rights Of Adopted-Out Children
Feb 1, 2009 Partition Rights Of Deceased Joint Tenant's Estate
Feb 1, 2009 The Probate Exception To Federal Jurisdiction
Jan 1, 2009 Reimbursement From Supplemental Needs Trusts
Dec 18, 2008 Robert M. Harper, Associate, Authors "Dead Hand Problem"
Dec 1, 2008 Actions Against Deceased Parties
Nov 1, 2008 Necessary Requirements To Successfully Probate A Lost Will
Nov 1, 2008 Separation Agreement Or Stipulation Impact On Statutory Right Of Election Divorce Settlement
Jul 1, 2008 Vacating Surrogate's Court Judgments, Orders And Decrees
Apr 11, 2008 RESPA § 8: The Prohibition Against Unearned Fees
Press Releases
Apr 15, 2010 Farrell Fritz Associates Making A Difference In The Legal Community
Mar 5, 2009 Farrell Fritz Associates To Receive Huntington CofC's Celebrate LI's Young Professionals Recognition Award
In The News
Apr 1, 2009 Huntington Chamber Honors Robert Harper & Nina Petraro As 30 Under 30
Mar 12, 2009 Farrell Fritz Associates To Receive Huntington Township Chamber Of Commerce's Celebrate LI's Young Professionals Recogni
Nov 25, 2008 T&E Associate, Robert M. Harper, Authors Article On NY Law & Posthumously Conceived Children
Robert M. Harper

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Office: Uniondale

Concentrating in:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Estate Litigation
  • Trusts & Estates

Contact info:

  • 516-227-0625
  • rharper@farrellfritz.com
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