Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation as Accredited by the American Bar Association. Editor-in-Chief of the "Elder Law Attorney" a quarterly publication of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. Former Editor-in-Chief, Senior Editor and Contributing Author, Westchester County Bar Journal. Contributing Author, Westchester County Bar Association Newsletter. Co-Author: "Discovery Under the Surrogate's Court Procedure Act," New York State Bar Journal and Westchester County Bar Journal, 1994. Author: "What Every Trusts and Estates Attorney Should Know About Elder Law: A Primer," Trusts and Estates Section Newsletter, New York State Bar Association, Winter 2000; "Article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law as an Effective Medicaid and Estate Planning Tool: A Primer Elder Law Attorney," New York State Bar Association, Summer 2001; "Separated But Not Divorced: Why We All Can't Be Like Spencer Tracy," New York State Bar Association Elder Law Attorneys, Winter, 2004; "Seven Defensive Will Drafting Tips for the Elder Law and Trusts and Estates Practitioner," New York State Bar Association Elder Law Attorney, Fall 2004; "New York Medicaid Reform: The 2005-2006 Budget," Elder Law Attorney, Summer 2005; "How to Distinguish Yourself from Those 'Dabbling' in Elder Law," Elder Law Attorney, Fall 2005. "Irrevocable Income Only Trust a/k/a Medicaid Qualifying Trust: What Every Attorney Should Know," Trusts and Estates Section News Letter, New York State Bar Association, Winter 2005/2006, "The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and its Effect upon Transfers of Real Property and Assets" Real Property Section Journal, New York State Bar Winter 2007 . Frequent Lecturer, Elder Law, Trusts and Estates and Guardianship Programs, Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations. Speaker: CLE Programs for Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Elder Law Programs, New York State Bar Association; "Advanced Document Drafting for the Elder Law Attorney," Spring, 2005 and "Real Property Transactions and Medicaid," Elder Law Section Meeting, Fall 2005, New York State Bar Association. Program Co-Chair Fall Meeting of Elder Law Section Advanced Institute, Program Chair in Westchester County, "Advanced Elder Law Seminar," Spring 2002, New York State Bar Association, Continued Legal Education. Selected Program Chair, Westchester "Basics of Elder Law" Seminar, Elder Law Section, New York State Bar, Spring 2005, Speaker, Summer Meeting , Elder Law Section 2006, Speaker "New Medicaid Law", Elder Law Section, Fall 2006, Speaker, New York State Bar General Practice Section Annual Meeting Winter 2007. Member: Estate Planning Council of Westchester County, Inc.; Board of Directors, Association of Mentally Ill Children of Westchester County; Board of Ethics, Town of Somers.

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