Ms. Samuel concentrates her practice in the area of estate planning, trust and estate administration, elder law, and real estate.
In addition to estate planning and trust and estate administration, her experience includes practice in the area of employee benefits.
Ms. Samuel was awarded the designation Accredited Estate Planner (AEP®) by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils in June 2017.
Ms. Samuel received her Juris Doctorate from St. John’s University School of Law in 1983 and was admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of New York.
Ms. Samuel received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the State University of New York at Albany, graduating Summa Cum Laude. While at SUNY Albany, she became a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Ms. Samuel served as a Chair of the Tax Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association for the membership years beginning July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2010.
Ms. Samuel is a past President and Vice-President of the Estate Planning Council of Nassau County, Inc. She has also served on it's Board of Directors, as well as chairing it's Study Group Committee.
Ms. Samuel has lectured before the Tax Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association and participated in the Advanced Institute Program of the Fall 2005 meeting of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. She frequently lectures for the Nassau Academy of Law and New York State Bar Association in the area of Trusts and Estates and Planning with Retirement Assets. Ms. Samuel has also lectured at the UJA Federation of New York’s Annual Bud Rosner Memorial Long Island Estate Tax & Financial Planning Conference.
Ms. Samuel was awarded the designation Accredited Estate Planner (AEP®) by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils in June 2017.
Ms. Samuel is a member of the Tax Law, Surrogate’s Court Estates and Trust and Social Services & Health Advocacy Committees of the Nassau County Bar Association, and the Trusts and Estates and Elder Law Sections of the New York State Bar Association.
