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Sandra N. Busell specializes in Trusts & Estates and Elder Care law.  Her focus in the areas of Trusts includes Supplemental Needs Trusts, Estates (including contested Estates), Medicaid planning, Elder Care, Guardianships (both contested and not), and Real Estate.  Ms. Busell is also a Certified Public Accountant, and as such brings unique tax knowledge to all planning.. Ms. Busell represents clients in a wide variety of matters including Elder law, Medicaid, Real Estate, Corporate law, Wills, Probate, Business law, Tax law and Contractual transactions.  She is often appointed by the Supreme Courts in Nassau, Suffolk, and Queens Counties as a Guardian, Supplemental Needs Trustee as well as a Court Evaluator for Persons alleged to be in need of a Guardian.  She represents clients in all guardianship legal matters dealing with elderly and special needs children.  She advises on contested estates between siblings including representing the non-executor beneficiaries to ensure timely administration and distribution of the estate. Ms. Busell advises clients in estate planning work focusing on business succession issues, where her experience as a Certified Public Accountant adds to her understanding.  Her deep wealth of experience also includes counseling clients on various Real Estate issues that arise relating to elders buying, selling and transferring of property, including helping families obtain reverse mortgages by using irrevocable trusts which allows the elderly family member to stay in their home and still protect the remaining equity for themselves as well as their children.  An integral part of her work is the protection of Medicaid benefits for special needs children and adults and their families.  This is often done through the creation of Supplemental Needs Trusts.. Ms. Busell is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.  She also serves as a Board Member with the Long Island Chapter of the American Heart Association and is an active member of the Planned Parenthood of Nassau County Action Fund Political Committee.. Ms. Busell is a frequent lecturer on estates, trusts and elder care law issues, speaking on behalf of National Business Institute, before numerous Church and other religious senior groups, as well as schools.. Ms. Busell is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, particularly, the U.S. District Courts in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the U.S. Tax Court.  She obtained her B.B.A. from Baruch College of the City University of New York, and her J.D. from St. John’s University of Law.  Ms. Busell is proud to be a member of the National Academy of Elder Care Attorneys.

Kera Reed is of counsel at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., where she is a member of the firm’s Trusts and Estates Department and the Estate, Trust and Fiduciary Litigation practice group. Kera’s practice includes all Surrogate’s Court proceedings to appoint an Executor or Administrator of an estate, SCPA Article 17 and 17-A guardianship proceedings, preparation and litigation of fiduciary accountings, and preparation of New York State and Federal estate tax returns. She also is qualified to serve as Guardian ad Litem in Surrogates’ Court proceedings. In addition to her Trust and Estate practice, Kera is certified to serve as counsel and court evaluator in Supreme Court Guardianship matters. She is a Vice-Chair of the New York State Bar Association Trusts and Estates section’s Surrogate’s Court Committee and is the past Co-Chair of the Surrogates Court Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association. She is currently serving a three year term on the Board of Directors for the Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association. Kera is also on the New York State Office of Court Administration E-Filing Advisory Committee which assists in implementing E-filing procedures statewide. Kera is also a frequent contributor to the Suffolk Lawyer.. In 2018 Kera received the honor of being named an “Outstanding Woman in Law” by Hofstra University School of Law Center for Children Families and the Law and Long Island Business News. In 2021, for the fifth consecutive year, Minneapolis-based Law & Politics publishers of Super Lawyers magazines announced that Kera had been named as a Rising Star Attorney. Super Lawyers published in the New York Times Magazine is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in their respective fields. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor. In 2019, Kera was also honored with the Leadership in Law Award by the Long Island Business News, which is dedicated to those individuals whose leadership, both in the legal profession and in the community, has had a positive impact on Long Island. Recipients of this award demonstrate outstanding achievements, involvement in their profession, support of the community and mentoring.