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Firm: Berwitz & DiTata LLP

310 Old Country Road Suite 101 , Garden City , New York 11530

Practice Areas: Elder , Guardianship and Conservatorship, Medicare and Medicaid, Probate , Trusts, Wills, Probate, Probate

Admitted to practice in 1979, Maureen Rothschild DiTata earned her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo (1974) and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.  She received her law degree from St. John’s University School of Law (1978).. She is licensed to practice law before all New York State Courts and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and over the years has secured various pro hac vice admissions to practice in other states.  She is a member of the New York State Bar Association and serves on its Trusts & Estates and Elder Law Committees.. She is the current Co-Chair of the Elder Law, Social Services and Health Advocacy Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association and serves on its Surrogate’s Court and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committees.  She also belongs to the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Long Island Chapter of the National Aging in Place Council [NAIPC], the Mineola/Garden City Rotary and the North Shore Service Group.  She serves on the Attorney Advisory Board of LIAF (the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation), on the Heart Advisory Council of the American Heart Association and on the Community Advisory Board of The Amsterdam at Harborside, a life care community in Port Washington.  She was honored by the Yashar Chapter of Hadassah as the 2010 Woman of the Year.  She is a frequent lecturer on issues concerning estate planning, asset preservation and elder law.