Fern Finkel & Associates, PLLC
My office helps clients with Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Special Needs
Fern Finkel & Associates, PLLC
My office helps clients with Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Special Needs
At Fern Finkel & Associates, PLLC., we bring decades of experience in elder law, estate planning, special needs planning and advocacy to our clients. We offer a wide variety of services and practical planning instruments for the protection of older adults, persons with disabilities and their loved ones. We work closely with our clients and their families to plan for future financial and personal safety through estate and asset protection planning, special needs trusts, Medicaid and benefits planning, and advance directives including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies, living wills and other planning instruments. We offer our counsel on long term care placement, benefits planning, financial options, and legal issues facing the elderly and disabled, with an eye towards maximizing our clients' independence and ability to remain at home. We take pride in our commitment to compassionate listening and to protecting vulnerable seniors and disabled persons.
WE REPRESENT CLIENTS IN ALL COUNTIES OF NEW YORK STATE. NOW PROVIDING ONLINE/ REMOTE/ VIDEO AND OR TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS.
AOP's
Supplemental Needs Trusts (SNTs)
Last Wills And Testaments
Trusts
Medicare
Medicaid
Asset Protection
Power of Attorney
Health Care Proxy
Living Will
Main Office
26 Court St Ste 2500
Brooklyn, NY 11242
(347) 296-8200
Fern J. Finkel, Esq. is the founding attorney of Fern Finkel & Associates, PLLC, concentrating her practice in elder law, estate planning, asset protection, benefits, special needs planning, trusts, Medicaid, and probate. She has been in private practice since 1990. Fern brings a wealth of experience and compassion to her clients. She is known for her skillful analysis of financial and personal circumstances and for providing practical planning to enable seniors and disabled clients to remain as independent as possible. Fern graduated with honors from New York University College of Business and Public Administration in 1981. She received her Juris Doctor Degree from Boston University School of Law in 1984. She has been recognized as a New York Super Lawyers selectee in the field of Elder Law in 2014, 2015, 2016,2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.Fern has been selected by the Courts, as well as by family members, to serve as the appointed Guardian and/or Trustee for many individuals in need of personal needs and property management. She has represented clients in all aspects of guardianship proceedings and has been appointed as Counsel and as Court Evaluator by the New York State Supreme Court in countless cases. She has helped thousands of seniors through her extensive community outreach and pro bono services on behalf of the indigent elderly of New York City. Fern spearheaded the Legal Education and Assistance Project, known as LEAP, at the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project. LEAP's mission is to train and support pro bono attorneys in providing community outreach and education on all aspects of advance planning to seniors, with the goal of maximizing their independence and ability to remain at home long term.
Boston University
J.D., 1984
Fern J. Finkel, Esq. is the founding attorney of Fern Finkel & Associates, PLLC, concentrating her practice in elder law, estate planning, asset protection, benefits, special needs planning, trusts, Medicaid, and probate. She has been in private practice since 1990. Fern brings a wealth of experience and compassion to her clients. She is known for her skillful analysis of financial and personal circumstances and for providing practical planning to enable seniors and disabled clients to remain as independent as possible. Fern graduated with honors from New York University College of Business and Public Administration in 1981. She received her Juris Doctor Degree from Boston University School of Law in 1984. She has been recognized as a New York Super Lawyers selectee in the field of Elder Law in 2014, 2015, 2016,2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.Fern has been selected by the Courts, as well as by family members, to serve as the appointed Guardian and/or Trustee for many individuals in need of personal needs and property management. She has represented clients in all aspects of guardianship proceedings and has been appointed as Counsel and as Court Evaluator by the New York State Supreme Court in countless cases. She has helped thousands of seniors through her extensive community outreach and pro bono services on behalf of the indigent elderly of New York City. Fern spearheaded the Legal Education and Assistance Project, known as LEAP, at the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project. LEAP's mission is to train and support pro bono attorneys in providing community outreach and education on all aspects of advance planning to seniors, with the goal of maximizing their independence and ability to remain at home long term.
Boston University J.D., 1984
At Fern Finkel & Associates, PLLC., we bring decades of experience in elder law, estate planning, special needs planning and advocacy to our clients. We offer a wide variety of services and practical planning instruments for the protection of older adults, persons with disabilities and their loved ones. We work closely with our clients and their families to plan for future financial and personal safety through estate and asset protection planning, special needs trusts, Medicaid and benefits planning, and advance directives including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies, living wills and other planning instruments. We offer our counsel on long term care placement, benefits planning, financial options, and legal issues facing the elderly and disabled, with an eye towards maximizing our clients' independence and ability to remain at home. We take pride in our commitment to compassionate listening and to protecting vulnerable seniors and disabled persons.
WE REPRESENT CLIENTS IN ALL COUNTIES OF NEW YORK STATE. NOW PROVIDING ONLINE/ REMOTE/ VIDEO AND OR TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS.
AOP's
Supplemental Needs Trusts (SNTs)
Last Wills And Testaments
Trusts
Medicare
Medicaid
Asset Protection
Power of Attorney
Health Care Proxy
Living Will
Main Office
26 Court St Ste 2500
Brooklyn, NY 11242
(347) 296-8200
Fern J. Finkel, Esq. is the founding attorney of Fern Finkel & Associates, PLLC, concentrating her practice in elder law, estate planning, asset protection, benefits, special needs planning, trusts, Medicaid, and probate. She has been in private practice since 1990. Fern brings a wealth of experience and compassion to her clients. She is known for her skillful analysis of financial and personal circumstances and for providing practical planning to enable seniors and disabled clients to remain as independent as possible. Fern graduated with honors from New York University College of Business and Public Administration in 1981. She received her Juris Doctor Degree from Boston University School of Law in 1984. She has been recognized as a New York Super Lawyers selectee in the field of Elder Law in 2014, 2015, 2016,2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.Fern has been selected by the Courts, as well as by family members, to serve as the appointed Guardian and/or Trustee for many individuals in need of personal needs and property management. She has represented clients in all aspects of guardianship proceedings and has been appointed as Counsel and as Court Evaluator by the New York State Supreme Court in countless cases. She has helped thousands of seniors through her extensive community outreach and pro bono services on behalf of the indigent elderly of New York City. Fern spearheaded the Legal Education and Assistance Project, known as LEAP, at the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project. LEAP's mission is to train and support pro bono attorneys in providing community outreach and education on all aspects of advance planning to seniors, with the goal of maximizing their independence and ability to remain at home long term.
Boston University
J.D., 1984
Fern J. Finkel, Esq. is the founding attorney of Fern Finkel & Associates, PLLC, concentrating her practice in elder law, estate planning, asset protection, benefits, special needs planning, trusts, Medicaid, and probate. She has been in private practice since 1990. Fern brings a wealth of experience and compassion to her clients. She is known for her skillful analysis of financial and personal circumstances and for providing practical planning to enable seniors and disabled clients to remain as independent as possible. Fern graduated with honors from New York University College of Business and Public Administration in 1981. She received her Juris Doctor Degree from Boston University School of Law in 1984. She has been recognized as a New York Super Lawyers selectee in the field of Elder Law in 2014, 2015, 2016,2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.Fern has been selected by the Courts, as well as by family members, to serve as the appointed Guardian and/or Trustee for many individuals in need of personal needs and property management. She has represented clients in all aspects of guardianship proceedings and has been appointed as Counsel and as Court Evaluator by the New York State Supreme Court in countless cases. She has helped thousands of seniors through her extensive community outreach and pro bono services on behalf of the indigent elderly of New York City. Fern spearheaded the Legal Education and Assistance Project, known as LEAP, at the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project. LEAP's mission is to train and support pro bono attorneys in providing community outreach and education on all aspects of advance planning to seniors, with the goal of maximizing their independence and ability to remain at home long term.
Boston University J.D., 1984
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