VINCENT J. RUSSO, Managing Shareholder of Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C., Long Island’s Signature Elder Law, Special Needs and Estate Planning Law Firm with offices in Westbury, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan, New York has championed the rights of seniors and people with special needs since 1985.
Vincent 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, LLC.
Vincent 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 a Telly Award for the Alzheimer’s Impact on Family, The Henley Family Story.
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.
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Marie Elena R. Puma is a Partner of the law firm of Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C. of Westbury, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan, New York. She joined the firm in 1991 and her areas of practice include: Trust and Estate Administration, Elder Law, Special Needs and Estate Planning, Guardianships and Real Estate. She earned her law degree at St. John’s University School of Law and is admitted to the New York State Bar.
Marie Elena is a member of the New York State, American and Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations and a Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Legal Education Committee for the Elder Law Section. She is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), has been actively involved with NAELA’s Member Relations Committee and was named to the Board of NAELA’s New York Chapter.
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Frank L. Buquicchio is a Partner with the law firm of Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C. of Westbury, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan, New York. He earned his law degree at Hofstra University School of Law and was admitted to practice in 1994. Frank is a member of the New York State and Suffolk County Bar Associations. Frank is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), a member of the New York State and Suffolk County Bar Associations’ Elder Law Committees (Past Co-Chair) and the Suffolk County Bar Association Surrogate's Court Committee. He is on the Legal Advisory Committee for the Alzheimer’s Association - Long Island Chapter. Frank is the immediate past Co-Chair of the Elder Law Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association. He is admitted to the New York State and New Jersey State Bars and is also an accredited attorney with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs.
Frank has published articles in The Suffolk Lawyer, 50+Lifestyles Newspaper and Eldercare, Ltd., and has appeared in Newsday’s Act II as "Ask the Expert" and in "Gray Matters”. He has appeared as a frequent guest speaker on WALK AM Radio’s “Memories in Melodies". Frank has presented numerous seminars on Elder Law and Estate Planning throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties to both consumers and professionals.
Frank's areas of practice include: Elder Law, Estate and Trust Planning, Veterans Benefits, Trust and Estate Administration and Real Estate.
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Brenda M. Lynch is a Partner with the firm of Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C., of Westbury, Islandia, Manhattan, and Lido Beach, New York. She earned her law degree at Brooklyn Law School in 1997. While there she interned for the Brooklyn Legal Services, Department of the Aging and Brooklyn Law School’s Elder Law Clinic. She was also the recipient of an Everett Fellowship, which allowed her to work with the Samuel Sadin Institute on Law of the Brookdale Center on Aging at Hunter College.
Ms. Lynch is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey. She is a member of the New York City, Nassau County and the New York State Bar Association.
Ms. Lynch’s areas of practice include: Trust and Estate Administration, Estate Planning and Estate Litigation.
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Marvin Rachlin is Of Counsel to the law firm since 1990. He received his LL.B. from the Brooklyn Law School, and was CHIEF COUNSEL to the Nassau County Department of Social Services for over 20 years. Mr. Rachlin has lectured before the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), the Nassau County Academy of Law, the Nassau County Bar Association and numerous community and professional organizations, both locally and nationally. The emphasis of his lectures is on educating the elderly and protecting their rights. He is a respected and recognized authority on Elder Law, and Co-Author of NEW YORK ELDER LAW PRACTICE published by WESTLAW / West Publications.
Mr. Rachlin is admitted to practice in all New York State courts, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
He was a member of the President’s Council on Welfare Reform, and a past member of the National Association of Counties, which was created by the Governors of the fifty states to work on national legislation involving problems dealing with Welfare and Medicaid. As a Founding Member of the New York Welfare Attorneys Association, he drafted New York State legislation and regulations regarding Medicaid, and served on the New York State Governor’s Task Force for Child Welfare Reform. |
Charles Bryan Baron is an Associate with the law firm of Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C., of Westbury, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan New York.
He earned his law degree at The Bar-Ilan Law School in Ramat Gan, Israel and a Masters of Law at The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center of Touro College.
Mr. Baron is the author of "Self-Dealing Trustees and The Exoneration Clause: Can Trustees Ever Profit From Transactions Involving Trust Property?" published in the St. John’s Law Review. This article has resulted in Mr. Baron’s qualification as an expert witness in the law of New York private trusts in New York State Supreme Court and in The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Charles is a member of The New York State Bar Association (Elder Law Section and Trusts and Estates Section). He is admitted to The Bar in New York State and the Bar in the State of Israel and is admitted to practice in The United States Tax Court, United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the United States Supreme Court.
His areas of practice include Tax Law, Estate Planning, Elder Law and Estate Litigation.
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Kim N. Christian is an Associate with the law firm of Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C. of Westbury, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan, New York. She 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 and she is admitted to the New York and the New Jersey Bars.
Kim has presented seminars on Elder Law and Estate Planning throughout Nassau County.
Kim’s areas of practice include: Elder Law, Estate Planning and Real Estate.
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Deanna M. Eble is an Associate with the law firm of Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C. of Westbury, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan, New York. She earned her law degree at Hofstra University School of Law. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association and she is admitted to the New York Bar.
Deanna’s areas of practice include: Elder Law, Estate Planning, Medicaid and Real Estate.
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Lara J. Schneider-Bomzer is an Associate with the law firm of Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C. of Westbury, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan, New York. She earned her law degree at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2000 after receiving her Masters in Public Administration from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Most recently, she worked with Legal Services for the Elderly in Queens as a staff attorney advocating on behalf of seniors with housing and public benefits issues.
Lara is admitted to the Bars in the States of New York and Massachusetts.
Lara’s areas of practice include Elder Law and Estate Planning.
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ANGELA M. MASTRANTONIO
Angela M. Mastrantonio is an Associate with the firm of Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C. of Westbury, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan, New York. She earned her law degree at Hofstra University School of Law. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association and she is admitted to the New York and New Jersey Bars.
Angela’s areas of practice include: Elder Law and Medicaid Planning.
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Jeffrey R. Neuman is a Law Clerk with the firm of Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C. of Westbury, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan, New York. He earned his law degree at Hofstra University School of Law and graduated Cum Laude.
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