Nicholas J. Dimakos, Esq.

ndimakos@bortecklaw.com | 973-994-2050 x116

Nicholas J. Dimakos focuses on trust and estate litigation, representing both beneficiaries and fiduciaries in contested matters. His practice encompasses a broad range of disputes, including will contests and challenges to account beneficiary designations; accounting actions involving estates, trusts, and powers of attorney; contested administrations involving challenges to and the defense of the actions of executors and trustees; trust terminations and modifications; and guardianship actions.  Nick regularly appears before probate courts throughout northern and central New Jersey, including Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Union, and Warren Counties. Nick’s experience enables him to work with each client to formulate a strategy tailored to their case and to keep things on an even keel while guiding them through the emotionally fraught issues that often arise when opposing parties are members of the same family.

Nick also assists clients with their estate planning and administration needs.


Nick previously served as judicial law clerk for The Honorable Peter E. Doyne, Ret., when he sat as the Assignment Judge of Bergen County. During law school, Nick was a member of the Seton Hall Law Review.

Education

  • Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 2011

  • The College of New Jersey, B.S., Magna Cum Laude, 2008

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey

  • New York

  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Memberships

  • Member, Estate Planning Council Northern New Jersey

  • Member, Somerset County Bar Association

  • Member, New Jersey State Bar Association

Distinctions

Named to Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” list for Trusts and Estates, 2022-2024.* 

Notable Representative Matters

  • Secured ruling for client alleged to be incapacitated dismissing guardianship matter filed against her and discharging temporary guardian. Trial court decision affirmed on appeal.

  • Obtained summary ruling invalidating improper trust amendment and revocation, resulting in reinstatement of clients as trust beneficiaries.

  • Part of team that successfully moved for removal of executors after several years of problematic estate administration.

  • Defended client appointed as deceased brother’s executor, trustee, and attorney-in-fact; part of trial team that obtained judgment completely dismissing the beneficiaries’ seven-figure claim of misappropriated assets, as well as denying payment from the Estate of the beneficiaries’ counsel fees.

  • Sued on behalf of a beneficiary who would have been effectively disinherited due to an invalid trust amendment; obtained a ruling declaring the invalidity of the amendment at the outset of the case, resulting in settlement during the early stages of the litigation.

  • Obtained summary judgment terminating testamentary third-party special needs trust and securing distribution of corpus to trust beneficiary.

Besides Borteck & Czapek, P.C.

Nick volunteers as a mediator for the the Vicinage 13 Probate Early Settlement panel. He previously served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Safe+Sound Somerset.

Outside of the office, Nick enjoys reading, walking his dog, and spending time with his family, especially at the beach.

*The full methodology for Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.