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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.

Ms. Hillman's practice focuses on Trust and Estate litigation including accounting discovery proceedings, probate contests, acounting proceedings and commercial litigation related to estates.  Ms. Hillman practices in the Surrogate's courts as well as the trial and appellate courts throughout New York. Ms. Hillman is an active member of the New York State Bar Association Trusts and Estates Section where she serves on the executive committee and is vice-chair of the Governmental Relations and Legislation Committee.  She is also a member of the Nassau County Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Association.  Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors of the national Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types (F.I.R.S.T.). Ms. Hillman frequently writes and lectures on trust and estate issues.  She is a featured blog contributor to the Lexis Nexis Estate Practice and Elder Law Community on a variety of issues related to estate litigation.

Cheryl L. Katz-Erato is a Partner at Forchelli Deegan Terrana.  Ms. Katz-Erato’s practice is devoted exclusively in the area of trusts and estates, which includes trusts and estates litigation, estate and asset protection planning, and probate and estate administration.. As a trusts and estates litigator, Ms. Katz-Erato handles contested probate proceedings, removal proceedings, fiduciary accounting proceedings, discovery proceedings, and other litigation related to trusts and estates. As an estate planner and administration attorney, Ms. Katz-Erato handles the preparation of estate planning documents, including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies and living wills, and is responsible for the preparation and filing of Surrogate’s Court petitions and applications, including petitions for probate or administration. Ms. Katz-Erato also assists clients with the day-to-day administration of estates, including the collection of assets, the preparation of estate tax returns, distribution of assets and the preparation of accountings, both informal and judicial.. Ms. Katz-Erato is certified to serve on the New York State Part 36 fiduciary list as a court-appointed guardian ad litem to represent individuals who cannot appear in the Surrogate’s Court to protect their own rights and interests.. Ms. Katz-Erato is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey.

Adam H. Russ is a partenr at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., where he is a member of the firm's Commercial Litigation Department, Insurance & Insurance Litigation Department, Alternative Dispute Resolution Department, and Fine Art Law Practice Group.. Adam is an experienced AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated litigator.  He has been selected to the 2013 - 2015, and 2021 - 2024 New York Metro Super Lawyers lists.  Adam has litigated and arbitrated matters for clients throughout the United States.. Adam represents clients in a wide range of state and federal suits, arbitrations, and mediations involving insurance runoff and agency disputes, art ownership, authenticity, and title disputes, complex contract and commercial claims, business torts, declaratory actions, bad faith and insurance/reinsurance coverage claims, real-estate disputes, wrongful termination and employment matters, and estate litigation.. Adam has prosecuted and defended actions for clients in a variety of industries, including insurance, art dealers/auctions, title insurance, electronics, technology, manufacturing, banking, health care, real estate, construction, and sanitation.. He has litigated various types of cases from class actions and multi-jurisdictional complex commercial cases to simple collection matters. In addition, Adam provides clients with pre-litigation advice and strategic planning, he conducts and supervises all aspects of litigation including pre-litigation investigations, discovery, alternative dispute resolution, motion practice, trials, and settlement negotiations. Adam recently successfully arbitrated a matter and, following a hearing, he obtained a $1.125 million award for his client, a ceding insurance company, against a reinsurer who refused to pay its share of certain losses and related expenses. In addition, the arbitration panel awarded Adam's client interest, attorneys' fees, and other damages.. Mr. Russ also performs a broad range of legal activities in areas complementary to his litigation practice, such as commercial and business transactions, including corporate formation, acquisition and governance, purchases and sales of assets, insurance agency and claims administration agreements, leasing and the purchase and sale of real estate, and estate administration and probate.  Recently, Adam represented a property and casualty insurer and reinsurer in connection with the sale, transfer, and reinsurance of another insurer's specialty property book of business to a managing general agent.. Mr. Russ graduated from the University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana) with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and from DePaul University College of Law with a Juris Doctor dehree.. BAR ADMISSIONS:. New YorkMassachusetts (Inactive)Illinois (Inactive). U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitU.S. District Court Southern District of New YorkU.S. District Court Eastern District of New YorkU.S. District Court Northern District of IllinoisVarious Pro Hac Vice Admissions

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Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.

Experienced Trust attorney serving clients in Uniondale and surrounding areas.