Robert Kruger
Member
Email: rk@robertkrugerlaw.com

Practice Areas: Elder Law; Elder Guardianship; Financial Planning; Estate Planning; Wills; Probate; Trusts; Estate Litigation.

Admitted: 1964, New York; 1966, New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Law School: University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1963

College: University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1960

Member: New York State Bar Association (Member: Executive Committee, Elder Law Section, 1997-; Executive Committee, Trust and Estates Section, 2002-; Chair, 1997-2004 and Vice-Chair, 2004-, Committee on Guardianships and Fiduciaries, Elder Law Section; Chair, Committee on Elderly and Disabled, Trusts and Estates Section, 2006-.

Biography: Author: "Physician-Patient Privilege under Article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law," New York State Bar Journal, Nov. 1998; "Paying A Medicaid Lien After Cricchio v. Pennisi," New York State Bar Journal, Dec. 1997; "The Role of the Evaluator Under Article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law," General Practice Quarterly of the New York State Bar Association, Spring 1996. Quarterly Columnist, Guardianship News, Elder Law Section, New York State Bar Association. Faculty Member, Summer Seminars for Judges on Guardianship, White Plains Justice Institute, 2008. Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1992, Vice President, 1988-1991 and Treasurer, 1986-1988, New York City Alzheimer's Association. Member, Guardianship Advisory Committee, Office of Court Administration, 2008-.

Reported Cases: Calvanese v. Calvanese 93 NY 2d 111 (1999); Weisler v. Metal Polishers Union, 533 F.Supp. 209 (S.D.N.Y. 1982); Tauber v. Lebow 65 NY 2d 596 (1985); Matter of Rosen, 296 A.D.2d 504, 747 NYS 2d 99 (20 Dept. 2002); Matter of Gershenoff, 2 Misc. 3d 847 (Sup. Ct. NY Cty. 2004, affd. 17 AD 3d 243 1st Dept. 2005).

Born: Jersey City, New Jersey, August 1, 1939

ISLN: 905722410