Lisa R. Valente

Garden City, New York
Partner
Phone: 516-228-6522
Fax: 516-228-6525
Email Me: info@MakofskyLaw.com

Lisa is a member of the New York State Bar Association (“NYSBA”) and its Elder Law and Special Needs, Trusts and Estates and Young Lawyers Sections. Lisa serves as the 10th District Delegate for the NYSBA Elder Law and Special Needs Section. In addition, Lisa is a Vice-Chair of the Continuing Legal Education committee of the Trusts and Estates Section of the NYSBA.    Lisa is also a member of the Nassau County Bar Association and serves as a Co-Chair of its Elder Law, Social Services and Health Advocacy Committee. In addition, Lisa is a member of the Portuguese American Bar Association. Lisa is a Board member and Vice President of the New York Portuguese-American Leadership Conference. Lisa was inducted into the New York Portuguese-American Women Hall of Fame in February, 2020, and she was also the recipient of the 2020 International Women’s Day award from Associação Girassol for her accomplishments as a strong Portuguese-American woman.

Lisa is a respected writer and was selected as the winner of the 2019 Elder and Special Needs Law Journal Writing Competition which was based on her article titled “Constitutional Challenges to Article 17-A Guardianships,” which has since been reprinted and cited by others in the legal community. In addition, Lisa authored an article for the Nassau Lawyer titled “Drafting Estate Planning Documents for Non-English Speaking Clients” (Nassau Lawyer, March, 2020).

Lisa concentrates her legal efforts on probate and estate administration, trust administration, accountings, beneficiary representation, asset protection planning, Medicaid applications, and drafting various estate planning documents for clients such as Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney and Health Care Proxies. Lisa is a lively lecturer and has given both in person and virtual presentations to various organizations and businesses, including a webinar on “Digital Assets” to the Nassau County Bar Association, and in person presentations on “Medicaid and long-term care planning” to local home care agencies and financial planners. Furthermore, Lisa teaches adult education courses at local public schools to help educate the community at large about Elder Law, estate planning and Medicaid planning techniques.

Lisa is bi-lingual with a fluency in both English and Portuguese. She is passionate about providing her clients with the utmost personal and high-quality legal service. Outside the office and court, Lisa teaches religious education to the children of her local parish. She also serves as a Trustee of her local parish. In addition, Lisa is involved with the Nassau County Bar Association’s mentorship program, in which she mentors a local middle school child. During her downtime, Lisa enjoys spending time with her husband, three children and her fur baby, Toby, at home.