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With over 24 years of legal experience, Kenneth S. Feraru has built a reputation for providing exceptional representation and achieving successful outcomes for his clients. He is dedicated to understanding your unique needs and goals, working closely with you to develop a clear and effective legal strategy. Kenneth ensures that you are informed and empowered at every stage of the process, helping you make confident decisions about your case.. Kenneth’s approach is rooted in his commitment to his clients. He meticulously reviews each case, leveraging his comprehensive legal acumen to craft solutions that deliver results. His legacy of success reflects his dedication to protecting his clients’ interests and guiding them through complex legal challenges. When you choose Kenneth S. Feraru, you gain a trusted advocate who is firmly in your corner.

When you're ready to address your future needs and those of your family and other loved ones, you need the guidance and experience of a legal professional who appreciates that your needs are unique.  With elder law, estate planning and special needs law, you need someone you can talk to and trust, who will listen attentively and then explain your legal options in easy-to-understand language.. For more than 30 years, Beth Polner Abrahams, Esq. has provided personalized legal representation to families, seniors and persons with disabilities, and look forward to working with you. Her law firm creates and integrates timely and personalized strategies for elder law planning, including Medicaid applications, special needs trusts and 17A guardianship legal proceedings, and estate and tax planning, always addressing your lifestyle and family legal needs.  She never delivers off-the-shelf 'cookie-cutter' legal advice and forms.. Ms. Polner Abrahams is a member of the New York State, Nassau and Suffolk Bar Associations.  She served as past chair of the Nassau County Bar Association Elder Law Committee, and is current co-chair of the Mediation Committee of the NYS Bar Elder Law and Special Needs Section.  She serves on several advisory boards of nonprofits on Long Island.  Ms. Polner Abrahams has lectured widely for libraries, educational organizations, and has published articles on special needs trusts, guardianship proceedings and elder law.  Her quarterly newsletter, The Polner Abrahams Report, is available at no charge.

We provide legal assistance to a wide range of corporations and individuals with legal problems. As a former federal prosecutor, I can deal with highly complex matters. However, I recognize that every case is a major event in the life of my client. Every client receives my personal attention. Since 2022, I have focused primarily on criminal appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Other work is handled by referral only.

VINCENT J. RUSSO, Managing Shareholder of Russo Law Group, P.C., Long Island’s Signature Elder Law, Special Needs and Estate Planning Law Firm with offices in Garden City, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan, New York has championed the rights of seniors and people with special needs since is a Founding Member, Fellow and Fifth President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and is a Founding Member and First President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. He is the only NAELA member to receive the prestigious President’s Award twice. He is also a member of the invitation only, NAELA Council of Advanced Practitioners (CAP). He is a Founding and current Chair of the NAELA Foundation (NELF) and the current Chair of the NELF Programs Committee. Vincent is a Founding Member and Past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and Co-Founder and Past Chair of the Board of ElderCounsel, is also a Member of the NYSBA Advocacy Committee on the Medicaid Budget. He is a Co-Founder of the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP), Past Board Member and current President of the Guardianship Corporation of United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County and a Co-Founder of Theresa Alessandra Russo Foundation for children with special needs.. Vincent is the Founding Chair and current member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Alzheimer’s Association Long Island Chapter and a former Board Member of the Arthritis Foundation Long Island Chapter and United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County.. His professional achievements include an invitation to join the WHITE HOUSE 2005 Conference on Aging as an at-large delegate. This invitation followed two other major events in Washington, D.C. as a representative of NAELA: (1) Testimony before the UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGING on the proposed, detrimental changes in the Medicaid Program and (2) Featured Speaker at the Policy Forum of the CATO INSTITUTE on the subject of “Medicaid and the Long Term Care Crisis.”. Joining a special group of New York attorneys, Mr. Russo is Co-Chair of the New York State COMPACT Working Group, introducing new and innovative long term care program which is being considered by the New York State Legislative.. As a national advocate for people with disabilities, seniors and their families, Mr. Russo has appeared on the NBC’s TODAY SHOW, WNBC NEWS, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CNN, NEW YORK TIME FORUM, CNBC, the FOX NEWS NETWORK, CSPAN II, WCBSRADIO, TELECARE, NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND, as well as numerous, other local radio and television programs. He created and co-hosts Family Comes First on cable TV, which won two Telly Awards, one for the Alzheimer’s Impact on Family, The Henley Family Story and another for Military Moms.. His press interviews include The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, the Washington Post, and Newsday. His articles have been published in the New York State Bar Journal, The Elder Law Report, Nassau Lawyer, Trust and Estate, National Underwriter and the NAELA Quarterly. His 1993 cover story in Financial Planning – The Official Magazine of the International Association of Financial Planning – was well received by a whole new audience of professionals serving seniors. Since that lead article, Mr. Russo has written for a host of other professional organizations and has co-authored, New York Elder Law and Special Needs Practice and two consumer books on Estate Planning and Elder Law.. Mr. Russo is a nationally recognized speaker and noted authority on Elder Law, Special Needs and Estate Planning. His distinction in Elder Law, Special Needs and Estate Planning has made him one of the most prominent attorneys in his field.. Mr. Russo earned his law degree from Fordham University School of Law and his LLM in Taxation from Boston University School of Law. He is admitted to the New York, Massachusetts and Florida State Bars, and is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation.

The mission of Fanning & Fiore, LLP is to provide personalized service to each and everyone of our clients. We take a hands-on approach to solve the numerous problems encountered by our clients throughout their entire case.. We represent injured workers for Workers Compensation, Construction Accidents, and,Social Security Disability.

Steven J. Schwartzapfel is the founding Member of Schwartzapfel Lawyers P.C., one of the most prominent and well respected Plaintiff’s personal injury law firms in New York.. Steven attended the State University of New York at Buffalo where he earned his B.A. degree with honors in 1977 and went on to graduate with Pace University School of Law’s second class in 1980.. Steven has been a member, director, and officer and Past President-elect of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and currently serves as a Director Emeritus.  Steven served as the first President of the Alliance for Consumer Rights, and is also a founding member, Director and First Vice-President Officer of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has served on the Judicial Screening Committees for the Supreme Court, Appellate Division and New York Court of Appeals, in addition to serving on the Committee on Professional Discipline.. Steven has also served as chairperson and faculty lecturing to attorneys within and outside the country on many topics including trying cases, negotiation, strategies and tactics, decisions and statutes, insurance issues, law office management, client relations and ethics.. Steven has founded , a Web site designed to provide information and other resources for the working families and socially and/or economically disenfranchised of New York.. Steven has been awarded the prestigious AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell, named to The New York Super Lawyers List and selected as one of the 2007 Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association.

Sachin Gadh chairs the Workers’ Compensation Group at Schwartzapfel Lawyers P.C. As an experienced New York City worker’s compensation attorney, Mr. Gadh fights tooth and nail to ensure that injured workers receive the benefits they has spent his career fighting for those who can’t fight for themselves. In his first position after earning his law degree, Mr. Gadh represented claimants seeking Social Security Disability benefits. He filed successful applications and often appeared before administrative law judges to make compelling arguments on behalf of individuals with disabilities.. Currently, Mr. Gadh primarily helps workers and their families recover money and benefits for construction site accidents and other on-the-job . Gadh can communicate with clients in English, Hindi and conversational Spanish.. Education: J.D., Ohio Northern University; B.A., Syracuse University. Bar Admission:  New York

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Ms. Makofsky practices in the areas of  Elder Law, Trusts and Estates and Probate, Estate Administration and Guardianships and has done so for over a quarter of a century.  Four times selected to the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers list for the New York metro area, Ellen G. Makofsky is a the principal shareholder of Makofsky & Associates, P.C. successor firm to  Raskin & Makofsky, LLP.   The National Elder Law Foundation has named her a certified elder law attorney (CELA).. Ms. Makofsky is a past President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, New York Chapter and just completed a third term as Secretary of the New York Bar Association (NYSBA), the largest voluntary Bar in the United States.   Ms. Makofsky was a member of NYSBA's House of Delagetes for a decade.  She served as Chair of NYSBA's Committee on Legal Education and as Co-Chair of NYSBA's Women in the Law Committee and is Chair of the Working Group to amend the Power of Attorney statute.  Ms.Makofsky has served as a member of the Executive Committee of NYSBA for three terms  and served as Chair of NYSBA's  Elder Law Section.  Ms. Makofsky  is a past president of the Estate Planning Council of Nassau, Inc., served as a Chair of the Long Island Alzheimers' Foundation Legal Advisory Board and is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and a member of the Elder Law, Social Services and Health Advisory Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association.  She is also one of the founders of the Senior Umbrella Network of Queens and  founder of the Sun Council, Inc. She is past president of the Nassau chapter of the Gerontology Professionals of Long Island and the Senior Umbrella Network of Nassau.. Ms. Makofsky graduated cum laude from  Brooklyn Law School. In 2009, she received an award from the NYSBA Elder Law Section for her work in furtherance of the rights of the elderly and the disabled. In 2010, the 7th Senatorial District of New York State named her a Woman of Distinction. Long Island Business News  named her a Top 50 Woman in 2014.  In 2016 Ms. Makofsky was honored by The Maurice A. Deane School of Law Center for Children, Famiilies and the Law as an Outstanding Woman in the Law.  In 2017 Ms. Makofsky  received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Law from Long Island Business News. Best Lawyes named Msakofsky & Associates the best law firm concentrating in Elder Law in Long Island, NY.

Most people work their entire lives in order to make sure that they have enough saved away to provide for themselves and their family after retirement, yet few are truly well-informed about the decisions and obstacles that await them in their later years.   The cost of long-term care can be astronomical, and very often people underestimate the importance of proper planning.. As an elder law and estate planning attorney, I provide my clients with the knowledge and perspective they need to ensure that their assets are protected, and that their wishes are accurately reflected in their estate planning documents.  It is my passion to help others protect what they have worked their entire life to obtain, and to help those in need age with the dignity and respect they deserve.. If you or a loved one are curious about what steps can be taken to ensure that you are well prepared for whatever obstacles life might put in front of you, please call me today to set up a consultation.

Michael C. Barrows practices in all areas of matrimonial law at the trial and appellate levels, with a particular emphasis on complex contested divorce litigation. In addition to his divorce litigation practice, Mr. Barrows represents clients in uncontested divorce matters, divorce mediation and the negotiation of separation and pre-nuptial agreements.. As an experienced trial attorney and appellate advocate, Mr. Barrows has successfully prosecuted and defended complex civil, criminal and commercial actions on behalf of clients located in the New York City, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island and Nassau and Suffolk Counties in Long Island.. Mr. Barrows’ commercial litigation experience includes State and Federal matters involving actions for breach of contract, shareholder disputes, fraud and fraudulent inducement, mismanagement, theft, unlawful transfer of assets, breach of fiduciary duty, employer/employee disputes, and commercial collections.

Meghan Kearns focuses her practice on workers’ compensation defense. She manages matters from start to finish, working with clients from case opening through settlement or trial to efficiently resolve claims disputes. Meghan is experienced in discovery research, pre-trial document preparation, motion drafting, and pre-trial and settlement conferences.. Previously, Meghan worked as a legal fellow in Washington D.C. to Congressman Joe Wilson, and then to Congresswoman Claudia Tenney. While on Capitol Hill, she met with constituents and foreign diplomats, conducted in-depth case law research, and drafted documents in accordance with the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards.. As a student at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, Meghan served as an Articles Editor on the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Law Journal. In addition, her note, “Getting the Gold But Losing the Money: Taxing Olympic Cash Prizes,” was published in the Willamette University Sports Law Journal.

Mark A. Annunziata, P.C. is a Long Island based law firm that concentrates in the areas of Elder Law, Guardianships, Estate Planning and Administration, Wealth Preservation and Real Estate.. Mark A. Annunziata, Esq. is very active in his professional community. He is a Supreme Court and Surrogate’s Court appointed Court Evaluator, Guardian and Guardian ad Litem for incapacitated persons. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) Elder Law Committee and Trusts & Estates Committee. He is also a member of the Nassau County Bar Association’s (NCBA) Elder Law, Social Services and Health Advocacy Committee. Mark A. Annunziata is also the past Chair of the NCBA’s Surrogate’s Court Estates & Trusts Committee. He is currently on the Board of the WE CARE Fund, which is the charitable arm of the NCBA, and is currently an officer of the Columbian Lawyers Association of Nassau County.

Maria DeMarco Begley received her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from the City University of New York, Queens College, in 1973 and her Juris Doctor from St. John’s University, School of Law in 1977. She was admitted to the Bar in the State of New York and has practiced law for 42 years. Her practice of law areas of concentration include Elder Law, Guardians, Estate Planning, Estate Administration and Medicaid Planning.. Ms. Begley served as an adjunct professor at Long Island University, C.W. Post from 1996 to 2018, where she taught two courses, Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration and Legal and Ethical and Governance Issues in Nonprofit Organizations. In 2005 she served on the C.W. Post Advisory Council Committee for the MPA accreditation program required by NASPAA. In 2010 she was awarded the Adjunct Faculty Recognition Award.. Ms. Begley is active in many community service activities. She served on the Board of Directors for Support For People With Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC), a nonprofit organization. She is a former director of the Columbian Lawyers Association of Nassau County. She is a panel member of the New York State Surrogate Decision Making Committee sponsored by the New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled.. In 2016, Ms. Begley was honored by Hofstra Law School with the Outstanding Woman in the Law award by the Maurice A. Deane School of Law Center for Children, Families and the Law.. She is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the American Bar Association’s Accredited National Elder Law Foundation. She is one of only 500 Certified Elder Law Attorneys (CELA) in the country.. She is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell and was named a Metro Area Super Lawyer in the area of Elder Law for 7 consecutive years, this a rating service sponsored by Thomson Reuters. Only 5% of attorneys in New York receive this distinction.

Larry Przetakiewicz represents clients before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. He counsels employers of all sizes across numerous industries, guiding each matter from inception to resolution.. Before entering private practice, Larry served for five years as an Assistant District Attorney in the Queens County District Attorney's Office, first with the Criminal Court Bureau, later as a riding ADA with the Career Criminal Major Crimes Bureau, and then as a felony trial attorney in the Narcotics Trials Bureau.. Larry earned his bachelor’s at St. John’s University and earned his J.D. at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, where he graduated magna cum laude.  Larry was program editor for the Moot Court Board, and received a CALI Award for Excellence in Trial Practice, as well as an award for Exemplary Contribution to Student Life. During this time he gained experience as a legal intern with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, the New York County District Attorney’s Office, and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. He also served as judicial intern for the Hon. Arthur D. Spatt of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Kim N. Christian is a Partner with Russo Law Group, P.C. of Garden City, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan, New York. Her areas of practice include Elder Law, Estate and Trust Planning, Real Estate, and Special Needs planning. Kim has presented seminars on Elder Law and Estate Planning, as well as Special Needs planning throughout Nassau County and Queens County, and is a sought-after speaker on these topics.. Kim earned her law degree at St. John’s University School of Law and served as Research Editor of the New York Litigator. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association as well as the Nassau County Bar Association. Kim is licensed to practice in both New York and New Jersey, and has been admitted to the United States Supreme Court. She is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP).. Kim began her career as a general practitioner but soon gravitated to Elder Law, Estate Planning, and related practice areas. “I chose to focus on this area of the law because I believed it would give me the opportunity to help people when they need it most… and it has,” says Kim. “Nothing gives me greater professional satisfaction than helping clients receive the long-term care they need while protecting their life savings at the same time. I also strive to help my clients remain independent for as long as possible, live their golden years in comfort and dignity, and cope during times of family crisis.”

Karina Clarke focuses her practice on workers’ compensation defense. Her experience includes representing clients in all types of workers’ compensation litigation before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, as well as drafting and submitting summations and appeals, negotiating settlements, and drafting settlement agreements. Karina has attended hearings in all five boroughs of New York City as well as on Long Island and upstate New York.. While earning her J.D. at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Karina served as a student attorney representative with SEPA Mujer, where she advocated and submitted petitions to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on behalf of clients seeking legal status under the Violence Against Women Act, which allows battered immigrants to petition for legal status. She was also active in her school’s Student Bar Association as well as the Long Island Hispanic Bar Association as its Black Law Student Association Representative and served as the secretary of Touro Law Center’s Latino American Law Student Association.. Karina was a legal intern in Queens County District Attorney’s Office’s Major Crimes Bureau and Criminal Bureau, where she conducted legal research, interviewed witnesses and police officers, and conducted Huntley Sandoval and Mapp/Dunaway hearings and hospital arraignments under supervision of Assistant District Attorneys.

I have been a criminal defense attorney for my entire career.  I average 6-8 felony amd misdemeanor trials a year, including homicides, robberies, sex offenses and dwi's.  My practice area includes state criminal defense in Nassau County, as well as Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Westchester and Suffolk Counties along with Federal cases.  There is no case too small or too big. My firm has attorney's who can handle all levels of criminal matters, including traffic cases.

I am also a New York Certified Public Accountant (CPA) since 1987 and a. licensed Real Estate Broker in New York.

Goodstadt Law Group is a boutique law firm representing companies, executives, professionals and current and former employees in nearly every aspect of employment law, as well as in commercial and business transactions and disputes.  We also have extensive experience in executive compensation matters, including the negotiation and drafting of complex employment arrangements and separation agreements on behalf of senior-level executives and corporations. In addition, we regularly negotiate and draft covenants not to compete and nonsolicitation, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements.

For over 20 years, I have been exclusively dedicated to representing victims who have sustained serious personal injuries and families who have lost loved ones as the result of the negligence or wrongful action of another in cases involving medical malpractice, automobile accidents, slip and fall accidents, construction accidents and nursing home neglect and abuse.. My office does not just handle personal injury cases, we represent real people and real families and understand the physical, financial, and emotional burdens a serious injury or the death of a loved one can cause.. If you have been injured or have lost a family member as a result of the negligence or wrongful conduct of another, or want a second opinion on your existing case, contact ME directly at for a free-no obligation, confidential consultation and honest evaluation of your case. -Ted

Eric J. Einhart is a partner with the law firm of Russo Law Group, P.C., Long Island's Signature Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Special Needs Law Firm with offices in Garden City, Lido Beach, Islandia, Bay Shore, and Manhattan, New York. He earned his law degree at New York Law School, where he graduated Cum Laude, and is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey.. Eric is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, and the Nassau County Bar Association. He is also a member of ElderCounsel and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), where he serves as Executive Editor of the NAELA News, and Vice Chair of the Tax Steering Committee.Eric is a member of the New York State Bar Association Elder Law Section and Nassau County Bar Association's Elder Law Committee and Surrogate's Court Committee. Eric has written articles and blog posts for the NAELA News, Nassau Lawyer, The Student Appeal, and Russo Law Blog. Eric is also certified to serve as an Attorney for Alleged Incapacitated Persons, a Guardian, and a Court Evaluator in New York.Eric's areas of practice include: Trust and Estate Administration, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Tax Law, Real Estate, and Guardianship.

Ellen Victor concentrates her practice in all aspects of elder law, small business and estate planning. She is qualified to serve as attorney to incapacitated persons in a guardianship proceeding.. While Ellen provides estate planning and elder law to a wide variety of clients, as the parent of an adult special needs child, her passion is serving the legal needs of families with disabled children.  Ellen's Mom is currently in a nursing home, and Ellen finds working with families in this difficult situation very rewarding.

Diana Bronnberg, Esq. is a top rated Attorney in NYC and Long Island who specializes in Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability. She's been an Attorney in this field for the past 18 years and personally represents injured workers before the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board and the Social Security Administration. Diana advocates for and protects the rights of injured workers against insurance carriers and employers. She skillfully negotiates resolutions and settlements with carriers to maximize client benefits and believes in educating her clients about their rights, so that her clients can make the best decision when encountering disability issues.. HER JOURNEY. Diana was born in the former Soviet Union in a large city of Minsk. She immigrated to the United States in 1980 with her family and established her roots first in Brooklyn and currently resides in Oceanside, NY. Diana was the first person in her family to attend college and graduated with honors from State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her major included not only History but also Russian Language and Literature.. Diana began her career as a paralegal at the international law firm, Proskauer Rose LLP. Her desire to attend Law School was realized when she was accepted to New York Law School. While attending NY Law, she continued to work in various large law firms in both defense and claimant litigation. With her prior experience working as a Paralegal and internships at major law firms, Diana gained a greater understanding of the operations of large firms. She also appreciated that a small firm affords more value to the client and individual, that she passes on to her team at Bronnberg & Henriquez PC.. A PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING. Diana’s early experiences of seeing the struggles that her parents, who did not speak or read English well, encounter with paperwork, documents, even medical bills, helped her be the advocate for foreign workers who are underrepresented and need someone to be their voice. She also understands how devastating an unexpected injury or accident can be for a hard working family.. When Diana began her career as an Attorney at one of the Largest Workers’ Compensation firms in New York City, she represented Verizon workers, CSEA, and City Employees. Having a Dad who works for the Union has made her a top leader in understanding and explaining the benefits afforded to Employees not only through the State but also through the Unions. In 2005, Diana transferred to a top Long Island law firm. It was there she developed skills in the area of Social Security Disability as well as expanded her knowledge of Workers’ Compensation. She established cases for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, heart attacks, and PTSD victims post 9/11. She managed many cases involving Nassau and Suffolk county police officers, teachers, sanitation workers, town workers, home health aides, and TLC drivers.. THE MORE YOU KNOW. Over the past 18 years, Diana has achieved a regard for being a patient, yet fierce advocate for her clients. Her attention to detail and preparedness has earned her respect from the Judges, defense counsel and colleagues. Diana is passionate about her work and prides herself in listening to her clients’ concerns and assisting them in organizing a plan of action when faced with a sudden and unexpected inability to work.

Cynthia J. Chin focuses her practice on defending insurance carriers in workers’ compensation claims. She has extensive experience representing clients at hearings and trials, drafting and filing appeals, conducting depositions, and preparing written and oral summations. With a background in handling workers’ compensation matters on the claimant side, Cynthia has considerable knowledge of the claims process and offers unique insights to her clients.. While earning her J.D. at California Western School of Law, Cynthia was a member of the Pro Bono Honors Society, which recognizes students for their pro bono and public service work. She also served as a law intern at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Center, where she researched and drafted motions and briefs on issues regarding contracts, employment, intellectual property, and environmental law.