Peter S. Gordon

PETER S. GORDON is a founding Director of the Wilmington, Delaware law firm Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A.  The law firm was established in 1994.  His practice areas include Estate Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Business Succession Planning, Asset Protection Planning and Fiduciary Litigation.  He regularly represents individual and corporate fiduciaries in trust and estate matters.  He represents families with moderate estates as well as those with substantial wealth and family owned businesses.

Peter routinely creates estate plans that include Wills, Trusts, Durable Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives, Sales to Intentionally Defective Income Trusts, Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts, Qualified Personal Residence Trusts, Charitable Trusts, Private Foundation and Complex Life Insurance Strategies.

Peter is a graduate of Georgetown University and Fordham University Law School.  He received his Masters of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law School and is a member for the Pennsylvania and Delaware Bar Associations.

Peter is a former chair of the Estates and Trusts Section and Tax Section of the Delaware Bar Association.  He also served as Chairman of the Wilmington Tax Group, on the planning committee of the Delaware Tax Institute and as a member of the Trust Act Committee which annually drafts trust legislation to maintain Delaware as the preeminent state for trust administration.

Nationally, Peter is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC”) and was elected to that organization in 1989.  He presently serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Regents of ACTEC.  Peter is a frequent speaker at state and national seminars.