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Bruce Reinoso

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Bruce Reinoso

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Bruce Reinoso

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Bruce D. Reinoso is Senior Counsel in the Family Wealth & Estate Planning Department. He concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning and elder law. He counsels and advises clients regarding estate and long term care planning, Wills, Trusts, Real Estate transfers, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, Guardians, long term care insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, employer and retiree group health benefit plans and other health insurance.

Mr. Reinoso works with clients and their financial advisers to develop personalized plans integrating lifetime conservation and management of resources, deployment of retirement and deferred compensation assets, orderly wealth transfer to heirs and estate tax planning. He also helps clients protect their interests when disputes arise and find solutions when there was too little planning too late.

He serves as one of the trust managers for the Western New York Pooled Supplemental Needs Trusts. Mr. Reinoso was one of the principal drafters of the pooled trust agreements established by People, Inc. and Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled and Disadvantaged of Western New York, Inc. Mr. Reinoso regularly presents educational programs regarding estate planning and elder law to state and local professionals and their clients.

Firm Description

Our attorneys counsel and represent on all matters involving estate planning, administration, charitable giving, planning for the elderly and infirm, and other issues that involve family members. We are committed to treating every issue with the care and sensitivity it deserves and providing you with the counsel that will best provide for and protect your family and your estate’s assets.

For individuals, our work includes estate planning; wills and living trusts and irrevocable trusts; wealth transfers to individuals, trusts and charities; estate administration and post-death tax planning and estate litigation. For business owners our work also includes succession planning and choice of entity and planning for retirement benefits. We help our clients prepare for the near and long-term future with advice on shifting income to children, funding for college education, disability planning and guardianships for exceptional children and disabled individuals as well as issues regarding powers of attorney, living wills, health care proxies, Medicaid and long-term health care.

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Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Understand the ins and outs of insurance to cover the high cost of nursing home care, including when to buy it, how much to buy, and which spouse should get the coverage.

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Senior Living

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Social Security

Get a solid grounding in Social Security, including who is eligible, how to apply, spousal benefits, the taxation of benefits, how work affects payments, and SSDI and SSI.

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Special Needs Planning

Learn how a special needs trust can preserve assets for a person with disabilities without jeopardizing Medicaid and SSI, and how to plan for when caregivers are gone.

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