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Weiss Law Group, PLLC offers a comprehensive suite of Elder Law, Special Needs, Medicaid and Medicare, Guardianship, Estate Planning and Health Law Advocacy Services. Our clients and their families rely on us to plan for and to meet their legal needs with caring and compassion.

We help each client discover and understand their options under the law and create a legal plan designed to meet their needs.

Our clients feel they are receiving trusted, caring counsel because we take the time needed to understand and deliver results based on our clients’ unique circumstances.

We are the law firm that listens so we invite you to come and speak with us.

Practice Areas

ELDER LAW AND MEDIATION

Understanding elder law is a daunting challenge. We are unique in our knowledge of the law of aging, health care, insurance and special needs. We take time to listen to your concerns and address the complicated legal, financial and life planning issues that accompany aging.

SPECIAL NEEDS AND SERVICE ANIMAL LAW

We are accomplished at addressing the legal issues of persons with special needs regarding insurance benefits, special needs trusts, estate planning, and the rights of the disabled to be accompanied by a service animal.

MEDICAID, MEDICARE

We are your first stop for personalized Medicare and Medicaid consultation. We help clients understand their eligibility for benefits and walk them through planning and filing applications for long term care benefits.

GUARDIANSHIP

We serve as counsel to persons seeking to be appointed as guardian to an individual who lacks capacity to manage their legal, financial or health care affairs. Once appointed by the court, we also advise clients on their legal responsibilities.

HEALTH AND INSURANCE LAW

We provide counsel and advise to clients as they navigate through the legal complexities of the health care and insurance systems, advocating on the client’s behalf for the payment of insurance benefits or access to health care services.

ESTATE PLANNING

One size does not fit all when it comes to estate planning, wills and trusts. Let us help you exercise control over your assets with a customized estate plan and if needed provide probate services for your executors and trustees.

Your Team

Mira B. Weiss, Esq.

PRINCIPAL

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Chelsey Gottlieb, Esq.

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

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Emily Joseph, Esq.

ASSOCIATE

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Philip Nostrand, Esq.

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Senior Matters Blog

Disabled Individuals Now Allowed to Create Their Own First Party Special Needs Trust in New York State

Leah 2017-08-28T21:26:36+00:00 August 23rd, 2017|

On August 21, 2017, Governor Cuomo signed into law an amendment to New York Soc. Security Law § 366[2][b][2][iii] that enables a disabled individual to create and fund his or her own first party special [...]

Summer is a time for Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and a Toast!

admin 2017-06-29T19:45:11+00:00 June 29th, 2017|

Summer is finally here! And, though you may think it strange, summer time gatherings of family and friends can be the ideal time to talk about advance health care directives (e.g., health care proxies and [...]

The Truth About Service Animals: Blog Part One

admin 2017-06-19T18:26:24+00:00 June 19th, 2017|

Who Decides the Service Animal Rules? It wasn’t that long ago when someone’s exposure to a service animal was seeing a person with limited vision being guided by a German shepherd in a special harness. [...]

Events/Speaking
Engagements

Mira Weiss is a highly sought-after presenter on Elder Law, Medicare/Medicaid, and Trusts and Estates. She frequently presents at the New York City Bar Association, at Legal Symposiums and to Money Managers/Financial Planners.