Steven Fabietti advises closely held and family-owned businesses and their owners on corporate, business succession, and estate planning matters. He brings a practical approach that helps clients make sound decisions about their business and personal legacies.
“Life’s big decisions involve many variables, so legal advice cannot be delivered with a one-size-fits-all mindset. Sometimes you have to slow down in order to make real progress, because that extra thought process can often reveal the best strategy.”
University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D.
Villanova University, B.A., magna cum laude
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Steven Fabietti advises closely held and family-owned businesses and their owners on corporate, business succession, and estate planning matters. He brings a practical approach that helps clients make sound decisions about their business and personal legacies.
Steve’s work is grounded in the reality that business and family decisions are rarely separate. After nearly three decades of advising closely held and family-owned companies, he has developed a way of approaching legal questions that is steady, practical, and focused on helping clients move through transitions with purpose. Whether a client is preparing for a business sale, thinking about future leadership, or coordinating personal and business priorities, he helps clients understand what the moment requires and what choices lie ahead.
Steve advises businesses on corporate matters, transactions, and day-to-day operational questions. He advises multiple generations of family‑held businesses on the full range of issues that arise at the intersection of corporate law, business succession, and personal wealth and legacy planning. His work includes helping business owners structure transitions, plan for future leadership, and align personal estate goals with the long‑term needs of the company. He also guides families through estate administration and business changes when the time comes to carry out those plans, ensuring the process reflects both the intent and the values of the people involved. He works closely with a client’s accounting and investment advisors so that every decision — structural, tax, or personal — fits together in support of long-term goals.
Clients appreciate Steve’s measured approach, translating complex concepts into plain, practical terms and helping people work through decisions at a pace that supports good judgment. Experience has shown him that sometimes pausing rather than pushing can create the space needed for better strategies and better conversations to emerge.
Throughout his career, Steve has taken an active role in supporting the integrity of the legal profession in New Jersey, including serving on the New Jersey Supreme Court’s District I Ethics Committee and the District I Fee Arbitration Committee. His commitment to community runs just as deep, reflected in his work with the Community Food Bank of New Jersey and the Tom Fabietti Scholarship Foundation.
Mechanical contracting business in connection with investment by private investment firm.
Food import and distribution business in connection with phased sale to European food manufacturer and related facilities leases.
International building products manufacturer in establishment of U.S. East Coast manufacturing and distribution facility.
Family-owned scientific products company in connection with business succession planning for multiple operating entities and real estate holding companies.
Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Egg Harbor Township Advisory Board
New Jersey Supreme Court District I, Ethics Committee, Fee Arbitration Committee (Former Member)
Tom Fabietti Scholarship Foundation, Trustee
Honorable Sydney Hoffman, Superior Court of Pennsylvania
“Steve has all the qualities we value in a partner, not only a great lawyer, but a terrific person and a consummate team player.”
— Ben Levin, Managing Partner
