Practice Areas
- Purchase and Sale of Business
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Investments
- Business Formation and Capital Development
- Contract Drafting and Negotiation
- Partnership Dispute Resolution
- Business Succession and Buy-Sell Agreements
- Corporate Counsel for Small to Mid-Sized Businesses
- Risk Management, Compliance, E-Discovery and Intellectual Property
- Commercial Real Estate: Buying, Selling and Financing
- Commercial Real Estate: Leasing
- Wills, Trusts and Powers of Attorney
- Probate Administration
- Litigation Practice
Offices
New Jersey Office
Steinbach & Associates, P.C.
One University Plaza
Suite 412
Hackensack, NJ 07601-6204
Tel.: (201) 525-1990
New York Office
200 Park Avenue
Suite 1700
New York, NY 10166
Tel.: (212) 586-1515
Laura Weyant Kearney,Esq.

Partner
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Laura Weyant Kearney is a partner at Steinbach & Associates, P.C. and is admitted to the New Jersey State Bar. Laura has been practicing exclusively in the areas of estate planning and estate administration for over 20 years. She received her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Western New England College School of Law and her B.A. degree in English from Bucknell University. While in law school, Laura served as Note Editor for the Western New England Law Review. Laura frequently lectures in Hoboken and Ridgewood. She was also the featured speaker for Konica Minolta’s Step Forward Program on estate planning. She is the co-author of the article, “Trusts as Beneficiaries May Prolong IRA Distributions and Save Taxes” which was published in the Journal of Taxation. She was the Co-Program Chair of the ICLE program “How Tax Invades Your Practice”.
Laura lives in Bergen County with her husband, Philip, and their three children. She is a competitive tennis and paddle player in numerous Bergen County leagues.
Areas of Practice
- Trusts & Estates
- Estate Administration
Education
Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts
- J.D. (Cum laude)
- Western New England Law Review
Note Editor
Staff Member
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
- BA English
- Honors: Dean’s List
- Major: English
- Double Minor: Philosophy and Religion
British and European Studies Group, London, England
Past Employment Positions
- Martin M. Shenkman, P.C., Paramus, NJ, Senior Associate, 1997-2010
- Witman Stadtmauer, P.A., Florham Park, NJ, Associate, 1994-1997