About Berwitz & DiTata LLPGarden City, NY law firm, whose partners, Lawrence N. Berwitz and Maureen Rothschild DiTata, concentrate in elder law, asset protection, Wills, trusts, trusts and estates, estate planning, probate and trust administration, estate litigation, contested Wills, Medicaid planning, tax planning, retirement distribution planning, guardianship and special needs planning.
The
law firm of Berwitz & DiTata LLP in Garden City NY is uniquely
qualified to help you and your family solve problems relating to Estate
and Retirement Distribution Planning, Estate Administration and Elder
Law in Garden City NY. We believe that our success is founded on our
commitment to our clients and our ability to communicate in a caring
and responsive manner. We are dedicated to helping our clients
identify and implement their needs and objectives. We promise to listen
to you with courtesy and respect.
Our senior partners, Lawrence
N. Berwitz and Maureen Rothschild DiTata, are seasoned counselors and
litigators with over 60 years of combined experience helping families,
individuals and businesses.
"We practice preventative law. We assist our clients in avoiding the mistakes that waste wealth and diminish dignity."
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| Lawrence N. Berwitz |
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| Lawrence N. Berwitz has been practicing law since 1980. He is a graduate of St. John's University School of Law (1979) and earned his bachelor's degree cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany (1973).
Mr. Berwitz is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Estate Planning Council of Nassau, Inc. and serves on various committees of the New York State, Nassau County and Queens County Bar associations dealing with trusts and estates, taxation, elder law and Surrogate's Court practice and is immediate past co-chairperson of the Nassau County Elder Law, Social Services & Health Advocacy Committee.
He has been a guest speaker on the radio, lectured at continuing education courses for attorneys and accountants and authored articles on issues concerning estate and retirement distribution planning, asset preservation, Surrogate's Court practice and elder law. He is admitted to practice law before all of the courts of the State of New York, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals.
Call Larry at 516-747-3200 or email him.
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| Maureen Rothschild DiTata |
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| Admitted to practice in 1979, Maureen Rothschild DiTata
earned her bachelor's degree magna cum laude from the State University
of New York at Buffalo (1974) and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
She
received her law degree from St. John's University School of Law
(1978). She is licensed to practice law before all New York State
Courts and the United States District Courts for the Southern and
Eastern Districts of New York, and over the years has secured various
pro hac vice admissions to practice in other states.
She is a
member of the New York State Bar Association and serves on its Trusts
& Estates and Elder Law Committees, and serves on related
committees of the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations.
She
also belongs to the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the
American Business Women's Association, the North Shore Business
Professional Women's Association, Mineola/Garden City Rotary and the
Garden City Assembly. She has been honored by the Yashar Chapter of
Hadassah as the 2010 Woman of the Year and serves on the Heart Advisory
Council of the American Heart Association and on the Community Advisory
Board of The Amsterdam at Harborside, a life care community which is
under construction in Port Washington, and is a frequent lecturer on
issues concerning estate planning, asset preservation and elder law.
Call Maureen at 516-747-3200 or email her.
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| Olgah Ruh |
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Olga Ruh is an associate at Berwitz & DiTata LLP. She has been practicing in the areas of estate planning and elder law for over fifteen years, first as a paralegal and, since 2004, as an admitted attorney. She obtained her law degree from St. John's University School of Law. Olga was born and raised in Russia. Before coming to the United States, she obtained her teaching certificate from the Moscow Pedagogical Institute. She is fluent in Russian and also has a working knowledge of German. She is happy to lend her linguistic assistance to the "B & D Circle of Friends."
Olga is an active member of the Surrogate's Court, Estates and Trusts Committee and of the Elder Law Committee of both the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations. In addition, she is a volunteer for the Russian Gift of Life, a non-for-profit organization which sponsors under privileged Russian children to come to the United States for open heart surgery. In her spare time, Olga enjoys participating in local community events and taking belly dance classes. She is married and has a daughter who lives in Paris, France.
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