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Address
245 Main Street
White Plains, New York 10601 (Westchester Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.6
out of 5
(Main Office) Statement of PracticeElder Law, Medicaid Applications, Guardianships, Estate Planning, Estate Litigation, Nursing Home Negligence Firm Size: 4
Address245 Main Street
White Plains, NY 10601, (Westchester Co.)
PhonePhone: 914-948-1500
Fax: 914-948-9316
Website
http://www.esslawfirm.com
Anthony J. Enea (Member) admitted to bar, 1986, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Manhattan College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); Pace University (J.D., 1985). Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation as Accredited by the American Bar Association. Editor-in-Chief of the "Elder Law Attorney" a quarterly publication of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. Former Editor-in-Chief, Senior Editor and Contributing Author, Westchester County Bar Journal. Contributing Author, Westchester County Bar Association Newsletter. Co-Author: "Discovery Under the Surrogate's Court Procedure Act," New York State Bar Journal and Westchester County Bar Journal, 1994. Author: "What Every Trusts and Estates Attorney Should Know About Elder Law: A Primer," Trusts and Estates Section Newsletter, New York State Bar Association, Winter 2000; "Article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law as an Effective Medicaid and Estate Planning Tool: A Primer Elder Law Attorney," New York State Bar Association, Summer 2001; "Separated But Not Divorced: Why We All Can't Be Like Spencer Tracy," New York State Bar Association Elder Law Attorneys, Winter, 2004; "Seven Defensive Will Drafting Tips for the Elder Law and Trusts and Estates Practitioner," New York State Bar Association Elder Law Attorney, Fall 2004; "New York Medicaid Reform: The 2005-2006 Budget," Elder Law Attorney, Summer 2005; "How to Distinguish Yourself from Those 'Dabbling' in Elder Law," Elder Law Attorney, Fall 2005. "Irrevocable Income Only Trust a/k/a Medicaid Qualifying Trust: What Every Attorney Should Know," Trusts and Estates Section News Letter, New York State Bar Association, Winter 2005/2006, "The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and its Effect upon Transfers of Real Property and Assets" Real Property Section Journal, New York State Bar Winter 2007. Frequent Lecturer, Elder Law, Trusts and Estates and Guardianship Programs, Westchester County and New York State Bar Associations. Speaker: CLE Programs for Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Elder Law Programs, New York State Bar Association; "Advanced Document Drafting for the Elder Law Attorney," Spring, 2005 and "Real Property Transactions and Medicaid," Elder Law Section Meeting, Fall 2005, New York State Bar Association. Program Co-Chair Fall Meeting of Elder Law Section Advanced Institute, Program Chair in Westchester County, "Advanced Elder Law Seminar," Spring 2002, New York State Bar Association, Continued Legal Education. Selected Program Chair, Westchester "Basics of Elder Law" Seminar, Elder Law Section, New York State Bar, Spring 2005, Speaker, Summer Meeting , Elder Law Section 2006, Speaker "New Medicaid Law", Elder Law Section, Fall 2006, Speaker, New York State Bar General Practice Section Annual Meeting Winter 2007. Member: Estate Planning Council of Westchester County, Inc.; Board of Directors, Association of Mentally Ill Children of Westchester County; Board of Ethics, Town of Somers. Member: Westchester County Bar Association (President; Former Co-Chairperson Elder Law Committee, 1992-2006; Former Chairperson: Lawyer Referral Service Committee; Military Law Committee; Member, Elder Law Committee and Trusts and Estates Section) and New York State Bar (Member: Treasurer of Elder Law Section; Co-Chairperson of Guardianship and Fiduciary Committee of Elder Law Section; Executive Committee of Trusts and Estates Section; Vice Chairperson, Committee on the Elderly and Disabled of Trusts and Estates Section; Member of House of Delegates of NYBA); National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (Charter Member and Vice President of New York Chapter of NAELA); Columbian Lawyers Association of Westchester County. Member, Guardianship Court Committee, New York State Office of Court Administration. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Elder Law; Medicaid Planning; Nursing Home Planning; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Probate; Guardianships (Contested/Non-Contested); Will and Trust Litigation.Email: Anthony J. Enea
Richard S. Scanlan (Member) born White Plains, New York, March 7, 1940; admitted to bar, 1968, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd and 3rd Circuits; 1973, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Military Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of New Mexico; New York University (B.A., 1964; LL.M., 1974); New York Law School (J.D., 1968). Assistant Attorney General, State of New York, Litigation and Claims Bureaus, 1970-1973. Member: Westchester County, Bronx County, New York State and American Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers Bar Association; Columbian Lawyers Bar Association; American Association for Justice. (Also practicing individually). Reported Cases: Keane v. Sloan-Kettering, 96 A.D.2d 505, 464 N.Y.S. 2d 548 (2d Dept. 1983) (jury verdict, unnecessary gastrectomy-settled upon retrial); Taylor v. Leardi, et al., 120 A.D.2d 737, 502 N.Y.S. 2d 514 (2d Dept. 1986) (verdict affirmed mining and blasting nuisance and damage award); Zappolo v. Put. Com. Hosp., et al (2nd Dept. 1991) (undiagnosed brain tumor-appeal from plaintiff jury verdict withdrawn); McGuire vs. Zarlengo, et al., 250 A.D. 2d 823; 673 N.Y.S. 2d 200 (2d Dept. 1998) (cardiac arrest fol. ortho surgery-settled prior to trial); Delany v. Empress Ambulance, Sup. Ct. Westch., Index #19834/97 (04/03/00 jury verdict for ambulance negligence in transporting patient); Herman v. Parkview Adult Home and Our Lady of Mercy Med. Center, Sup. Ct. Bronx, Index# 22834/00 (sexual assault in nursing home and second assault while in-pt at hospital- settled prior to trial); Morales v. Stern, Sup.Ct. Westch., Index #13042 (Rt arm paralysis 2° left parietal bleed from improperly placed intracranial pressure monitor, settled 03/19/03 prior to trial); Trenchfield o/b/o Est. Mingoya -vs.- Northshore Univ. Hosp., et al., Sup.Ct.Queens, Index# 12072/00 (11/01/04 wrongful death jury verdict for failure of ER, primary care, neurologist and pain mgt. anesthesiologist, each to take an adequate medical history and each to include ischemic heart symptoms in establishing a differential diagnosis); Stiglich v. Albany Medical Center Hosp., Sup. Ct. Westch., Index #11670/99 (02/14/05 jury verdict for unnecessary hysterectomy and damage to pudendal nerve and rectal sphincter muscles during rectocele repair); Moran v. Weidt, Sup.Westch., Index # 03346/05 (PTSD 2° high impact MVA settled 12/08/06 prior to trial); Minella v. Erdner, Sup. Westch., Index #05981/05, 01/18/07 jury verdict for motorcyclist who rear-ended another vehicle). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury Law; Negligence Law; Automobile Accidents and Injuries.
George A. Sirignano, Jr. (Member) born Mount Vernon, New York, November 20, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, New York; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Boston College (B.S., cum laude, 1968); Fordham University (J.D., 1971). Beta Gamma Sigma. Managing Editor, Westchester County Bar Journal, 2003. Confidential Law Secretary to the Honorable Abraham Isseks, County Judge, Orange County, 1972-1977. Member, Board of Education, Bedford Central School District, 1981-1987. Town Justice, Town of Bedford, New York, 1985-2004. Member: Northern Westchester, Westchester County (Member, Judicial Screening Committee) and New York State (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Trial Lawyers; Trusts and Estates; Member, Committee on Estate Litigation); New York State Magistrates Association; Westchester County Magistrates Association. Practice Areas: Estate Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Estates; Real Estate; Commercial; Family Law; Estate Planning.Email: George A. Sirignano, Jr.
ASSOCIATESara E. Meyers (Associate) born New York, New York, November 4, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, New York. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., cum laude, 1992); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1995). Author: "Utilizing Medicaid Home Care as a Solution in a Post DRA World," New York State Bar Association Elder Law Attorney, Summer 2007 and Westchester County Bar Newsletter, June 2007. Frequent Lecturer, Elder Law Programs, New York State Bar and Westchester County Bar Associations, Sadin Law Institute of the Brookdale Center on Aging. Speaker, New York State Bar: "The New Medicaid Law," Seminar, Elder Law Section, Fall 2006; "Basics of Elder Law," Seminar, Elder Law Section, Spring 2007; "Supplemental Needs Trusts," Seminar, Fall 2007. Speaker: "Elder Law Update," Pace Law School CLE, Fall 2004 and Spring 2007; "Medicare Part D," Senior Umbrella Network of Nassau County (SUNN) and Sunnyside Senior Center, Queens, NY; New York City Mayor's Conference on Alzheimer's Disease, Fall 2006; "Early Stage Forum," Alzheimer's Association, Spring 2007; "Advanced Medicaid Update," Department of Health Care & Public Administration, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 2000-2006. Featured: New York Newsday; BCAT Brooklyn Cable Television, Reporter's Roundtable. Member: Westchester County (Member, Elder Law Section; Editor, Westchester County Bar Journal) and New York State (Member, Sections on: Elder Law; Trusts and Estates) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Elder Law; Medicaid Planning; Home Health Care; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Guardianship.Email: Sara E. Meyers
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