Bio

Meredith L. Grocott co-chairs the Estate & Trust Litigation Practice Group and is a member of the Elder and Special Needs Law Practice Group. She joined Schenck, Price, Smith & King over 20 years ago after serving a year-long judicial clerkship with the Honorable Victor Ashrafi of the Superior Court of New Jersey. Ms. Grocott brings vast litigation experience to her practice group and devotes a substantial part of her practice to trust and estate litigation and guardianship litigation, trust terminations, as well as other elder and disability law matters. She also has years of experience handling both special medical guardianships and plenary guardianships in the hospital setting. Ms. Grocott’s commitment to issues of trust and estates, as well as the elderly, is underscored by her high-level involvement and memberships in like-minded organizations such as the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), and Alzheimer’s New Jersey, of which she is a member of the Board of Directors. She has also been a co-chair of the Morris County Bar Association’s Trusts, Estates and Elder Law Committee for several years. In addition, Ms. Grocott is a frequent lecturer, including for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE), on issues such as guardianships, estate and trust litigation, and elder law. She has also lectured on informed consent and other medical malpractice issues to healthcare providers and elder law issues to caregivers.