Pierson W. Backes is an Of Counsel member of the firm. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey and is admitted to the bar in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. His undergraduate degree is from Hamilton College (B.A., Honors) and he received his J.D. cum laude from Temple University. He served as a member and editor of the Temple University Law Review. He is a member of the Mercer County Bar Association and New Jersey State Bar Association, and served on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). He has served on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Organic Farming Association – NJ and Headlong Dance Theater , and is a former member of the West Amwell Township Planning Board. He is a frequent speaker on probate and estate litigation, and the author of the firm’s Probate and Preview Changes (opens in a new tab)Estate Litigation Reader.
PRACTICE AREAS: Probate and Estate Litigation