Margot DeKorte Lewis

Margot DeKorte Lewis is an associate in the firm’s Private Client group in Bressler’s New Jersey office. She focuses her practice primarily on estate planning and administration.

Before joining Bressler, Margot was an associate at a prominent New Jersey firm, where she gained experience in general corporate matters, closely-held business succession planning, and estate planning.  Margot also worked as a staff attorney at a boutique estate planning firm, where she drafted wills, durable powers of attorney, and health care directives. 

A graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law, Margot was a member of the Family Law Clinic at the Law School’s Center for Social Justice.  As a summer associate during law school, Margot successfully represented a victim of domestic violence who obtained a final restraining order in the Somerset County Superior Court, Family Division. 

While pursuing her M.A. from the Boston University School of Social Work, Margot interned at the Boston Office for Public Counsel as an advocate for juvenile offenders.  Margot earned her B.A. in English with a Psychology minor from the College of the Holy Cross. 

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Professional Affiliations

• New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association

• Morris County Bar Association

• Estate Planning Council Northern New Jersey

• Board Member, Exit Planning Institute, NJ Chapter

Civic Involvement

Prior leadership:

• Coach, Girls Youth Ice Hockey & Girls Youth Lacrosse
• Treasurer, Bernards High School Home & School Association
• Secretary, Board of Governors, Essex Hunt Club
• Trustee, Board of Governors, Essex Hunt Club
• Chairwoman, Essex Hunt Club Figure Skating Program
• Trustee, St. John’s Nursery School
• President, College of the Holy Cross Club of New Jersey
• Trustee, College of the Holy Cross Club of New Jersey
• Trustee, Somerset Hills Educational Foundation

Get to know Margot

Margot enjoys playing golf, women’s ice hockey, tennis, and pickleball.  She sings with the St. John on the Mountain church choir and co-directs the annual church Christmas pageant. Margot enjoys spending time on the beach with her husband and three daughters.