Daniela Catrocho

Daniela Catrocho is a Senior Managing Associate in the corporate, tax and private client practice group. Her primary practice area is Wills and Trusts.

She provides comprehensive trust, estate and wealth preservation services for high and ultra-high-net-worth clients. She advises on estate planning strategies, including gifting, tax-efficient wealth transfers, and the administration of estates and trusts.

Her services include drafting essential estate planning documents such as wills, powers of attorney, incapacity documents, and both revocable and advanced irrevocable trusts. She also oversees estate and trust administration, handling the preparation of estate and gift tax returns, trust terminations and court pleadings related to estate matters.

In addition, she offers guidance on corporate business agreements and real estate transactions as they relate to estate planning. She prepares deeds and related documents for property transfers and provides in-depth research and analysis on tax, trust and estate issues to ensure clients receive tailored and strategic advice.

She is a former judicial law clerk to the Honourable Walter Koprowski, Jr., Presiding Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey – Chancery Division, Probate and General Equity Parts. Prior to law school, she spent over a decade in business management and administration in public higher education and in the private sector.

She brings a diverse skill set to her practice, including fluency in Portuguese and conversational proficiency in Spanish.

Her recognition includes being named in Super Lawyers, Rising Stars (2022–2025). She is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association (Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section), the New York State Bar Association (Trusts & Estates Section) and the Estate Planning Council of Northern New Jersey.

Her publications include "Do You Know Where Your Children Are? Caylee's Law and a Parent's Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination," 39 Seton Hall Legisl. L.J. 453 (2015), and articles in WealthManagement.com and the New Jersey Law Journal on topics including New Jersey's Medical Aid in Dying Law, retroactive tax legislation and gift planning, and shifting beneficial interests in a trust. She presented on "Using Non-Judicial Agreements to Modify or Reform Trusts" at the Estate Planning and Administration Institute Part 2, NJICLE (September 2024).