Practice Areas: Aged and Aging; Elder law; Estate Planning; Medicaid; Medicare; Long Term Care Insurance; Wills; trusts; Health Care; Guardianships; Probate; Taxzation; Trusts & Estates; Veteran's Benefits/Planning; Planning for Same Sex Couples. Admitted: 1977, New York and Massachusetts Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, Elder Law Section); National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (Board of Directors; Co-Chair, Public Policy Committee; Chair, Health Care Decision making Subcommittee of the Public Policy Committee; Member, Public Relations Committee and Long Term Care Task Force); Member, & Present Chair Legal Committee of The Alzheimer's Association (Long Island Chapter). Biography: Phi Beta Kappa. Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. Lecturer, New York State Bar Association, The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, The Alzheimer's Association and many other organizations. REciepient of; rose Kryzak Senior Leadership Award for providing outstanding legal services to seniors; AARP's Building Bridges Award. Contributing articles found in: The New York Times, Long Island Newsday, The New York Law Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Queens Courier.