Background of Diana M. Duffy

Law Office Of Diana M. Duffy, P.C.
Licensed in New York
1767 Central Park Avenue, Suite 6
Yonkers, NY  10710
info@duffyelderlaw.com

Phone:  (914) 308-9693
Fax:      (914) 200-5948

Office hours are by appointment only.

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Phone: (914) 308-9693
Located in Yonkers, New York

Education:                                 Brooklyn Law School J. D., 1996
                                                    Marymount Manhattan College B. S., 1991


Court Admissions:                    New York State, 1997  (License: Active Status)
                                                   State of New Jersey, 1997 (License: Inactive Status)
                                                   Federal Court for the Southern District of New York, 2001



Prior Legal Experience:

September 2001 to June 2013: Of Counsel to small firm in Westchester County, New York

I have over a decade of legal experience working for a small firm focusing on the areas of probate and administration of estates and nursing home Medicaid.  In this capacity, I have successfully assisted executors and administrators in gathering the assets of estates, paying creditors and making distributions.  I have obtained nursing home Medicaid benefits for many clients including spouses, children or next of kin of the Medicaid applicant. 

1997 to 2001: Guardianship Advocate/ Staff Attorney Association for the Help of Retarded Children

Nearly four years of experience advocating for the wards with developmental disabilities of the NYSARC Inc. Guardianship Program who lived in the five boroughs of New York City.  This included researching their medical consents, assisting with trust disbursements from their supplemental needs trusts, and investigating reportable incidents involving these wards.  Also assisted in filing Article 17-A guardianship petitions for the legal services unit of this agency.



Awards:                                         Cambridge Who’s Who VIP 2010-2011 Edition
                                                       National Association of Professional Women VIP 2011
Court Appointments:                  Article 81 M.H.L. Court Evaluator and Counsel to the Guardian.
                                                       Guardian ad litem (GAL) to the Surrogate’s Courts
Committees / Service:                 Association of the Bar of the City of New York Legal Problems of the Aging 1997 to 1999
                                                       Volunteers of Legal Service Elderly Program (VOLS) 2002 to 2003
Bar Association Memberships:   New York State Bar and Westchester County Bar Association