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Our Areas Of Practice

Restitution/Pension/Property Claims for Victims of Nazi Persecution & Their Heirs

The issue of how best to protect the assets of U.S. citizens who were both Survivors of the Holocaust and who have received financial compensation, because they were victims of Nazi persecution, is a complex one, sometimes leading to confusion and misunderstandings.

Real Estate

Representation of clients from contract to closing, with respect to sales and purchases of residential properties, including homes, condominiums and cooperative apartments and transfers of same to comport with elder and estate plans.

Elder Law

Documents include but are not limited to Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives, Living Wills, Halachic Health Care Proxies, Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders, Third Party Trust; we advise and assist with planning for the aging process, disability and asset protection as well as guardianship proceedings

Estate Administration

Probate, administration, collection of assets, distribution, Judicial and Informal Accountings, Will contests, Estate Tax Returns. We efficiently manages the disposition of clients’ estates and trusts. Our trust and estate administrators address the needs of surviving family members, executors and trustees to obtain optimal results in the management and disposition of trust and estate assets.

Estate Planning

No one should leave their long-term financial planning to chance. Without an estate plan in place, your assets could be at risk. Should you die without a valid will, your estate may be distributed to unintended beneficiaries or unnecessarily probated.

Medicaid Planning

The most common misconception about Medicaid is that it is solely a program for the poor. While Medicaid is designed to provide services to those who are “technically” impoverished, it also serves to prevent families from becoming impoverished by the costs of long-term health care.

Our Firm

The law firm of Lissner & Lissner LLP, located in midtown Manhattan, consisting of attorneys licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey and Florida, has represented its clients and their families for over 65 years. We are available for meetings in all of the states in which we are licensed, either at our office or, if need be, house calls are available.

Lissner and Lissner LLP offers a wide range of legal services for appropriate legal fees in such areas as Trusts, Estate Planning and Administration, Elder Law/Medicaid Planning, Real Estate, Litigation and Restitution Law. We also offer financial management services at similarly appropriate fees either directly to the client, or in combination with the client’s family, managers, lawyers, accountants, brokers and/or other representatives.

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Our People

Michael D. Lissner, Esq.

Attorney

Michael received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1982. He is admitted and qualified as an Attorney and Counselor of the Supreme Court of the United States; is further licensed as an Attorney and Counselor at Law in the States of New York (Appellate Division, 2nd Department) and Florida and is a member of both the New York County Lawyers’ Association and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

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Woody A. Raymond

EA

Woody has been working with Lissner & Lissner LLP since February 1997. He holds a Bachelor Degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Mr. Raymond has been a tax professional for more than 15 years. He has passed the strenuous exams required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to earn the title of Enrolled Agent. As such, he is licensed to represent taxpayers before the IRS in tax audits, reduction of penalties and other negotiations.

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Attorneys Licensed In New York, New Jersey And Florida