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Stanley is a partner in the private client and tax team.
He is a founding partner of the firm Bergman Horowitz & Reynolds which merged with Withers in 2002 to create Withers Bergman LLP in the US. Stanley's practice encompasses all phases of tax law, estate planning and trusts (both domestic and international), business law and advising on pension plans. His work involves devising plans that save income and death taxes and also provide asset protection programs for international clients. In addition to his law degree, Stanley is also a Certified Public Accountant.Stanley was honored with the prestigious lifetime achievement award from the Connecticut Law Tribune and is recognized by Chambers USA as a Senior Statesman in their High Net Worth Guide. He contributes regularly to various tax periodicals and co-author of a book on the design of pension and profit sharing plans which is part of the tax management service published by the Bureau of National Affairs. Stanley is a frequent lector, mentor, and instructor of continuing education courses.
Achievements
Stanley was named 'Lawyer of the Year' by Best Lawyers® for New Haven Tax Law in 2014. Additionally, Stanley is recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Tax Law.Recent recognition
Talks
University of Heidelberg Law School and University of Michigan Law School, guest lecturer
'Three Years Back and Three Years Forward', Presentation at the 2nd Annual Global Family Office Conference, sponsored by MGI and Withers Bergman LLP, New York, April 2004
'Global Structures and Strategic Planning', FOX Fall Forum, sponsored by Family Office Exchange, Illinois, October 2003
'The Bad and the Ugly of International Trust and Tax Planning', New York - May 2003
Insight
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External publications
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'Congratulations Are in Order: Announcing 2019's Professional Excellence Winners,' Connecticut Law Tribune - March 2019, author
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'How the new federal and Connecticut estate and gift tax exemption could affect your estate plan,' Withers article - January 2018, co-author
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Various tax periodicals and co-author of a book on the design of pension and profit sharing plans which is part of the tax management service published by the Bureau of National Affairs
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'It's a Smaller World, But It's No Less Taxing', Leaders Magazine - April, May and June 2003, co-author
Admissions
State of Connecticut, 1959
Registered Foreign Lawyer in the UK, 2002
Education
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth, M.B.A.
Dartmouth College, cum laude, A.B.
University of Michigan Law School, J.D.
Languages
- English
Memberships
Former Yale University School of Medicine, Advisory Board to the Department of Psychiatry
International Arts and Ideas Festival, New Haven, Connecticut
Former Bank Director for Fleet Bank and its predecessor
Executive Committee Member and Gift Planning Director Class of 1955, Dartmouth College
Connecticut Bar Association
American Bar Association
Key dates
- Year joined: 1962
- Year became partner: 1962