Lisa R. Valente

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

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 and is passionate about educating 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 is an active member of her local parish and serves as a Trustee of the parish. During her downtime, Lisa enjoys watching sunsets, cooking and spending time with her husband, three children and fur baby, Toby.