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Jason Kornfeld

Kornfeld Law Firm

Jason Kornfeld

Kornfeld Law Firm

Jason Kornfeld

Kornfeld Law Firm

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Firm Description

Making the big decisions about the legacy you leave to your family can be an intimidating experience. But it doesn’t have to be. Here at Kornfeld Law Firm, we decided that the best way to help you plan for your family’s future … is to treat you like a part of our family.

That means that when you work with us, you’re not working with stodgy lawyers who confuse you with intimidating legal terms, unreadable documents, and imposing stacks of paper.

You’ll be working with kind and helpful people.

People who understand how important it is to get this process right. People who understand what you’re going through, because we go through it with our own families. And we know how important it is to feel cared for and listened to.

We’ll take the time to answer any question you have, whether it’s in our office, over the phone or via WhatsApp … even on nights and weekends. If you need assistance getting to our office, we’ll arrange an Uber ride to pick you up and take you home, free of charge. If you need documents delivered directly to your home, and returned to us after you’ve signed them, we will make it happen.

And if you happen to be visiting our office on your birthday, we’re just going to warn you: there will be cake.

Kornfeld Law firm is a different kind of law firm. A more people-friendly kind of law firm. That’s how we like it. And we think you’ll like it, too.

For over thirty-seven years, our Brooklyn Estate PlanningElder Law, and Real Estate Law Firm has existed by one simple axiom: Our clients come first. Read more to learn about who our lawyers and staff are, what we do, and how we can help you and your loved ones.

Hours

Day From To
Monday 9:30 AM 6:30 PM
Tuesday 9:30 AM 6:30 PM
Wednesday 9:30 AM 6:30 PM
Thursday 9:30 AM 6:30 PM
Friday 9:30 AM 4:30 PM

Cost

What Is an Elder Law Attorney?

Main Office

1377 East 4th Street
Floor 3
Brooklyn, NY 11230

On the web

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Medicaid 101
What Medicaid Covers

In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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What Medicaid Covers

In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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Medicaid Planning Strategies

Careful planning for potentially devastating long-term care costs can help protect your estate, whether for your spouse or for your children.

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Estate Recovery: Can Medicaid Take My House After I’m Gone?

If steps aren't taken to protect the Medicaid recipient's house from the state’s attempts to recover benefits paid, the house may need to be sold.

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Help Qualifying and Paying for Medicaid, Or Avoiding Nursing Home Care

There are ways to handle excess income or assets and still qualify for Medicaid long-term care, and programs that deliver care at home rather than in a nursing home.

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Are Adult Children Responsible for Their Parents’ Care?

Most states have laws on the books making adult children responsible if their parents can't afford to take care of themselves.

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Applying for Medicaid

Applying for Medicaid is a highly technical and complex process, and bad advice can actually make it more difficult to qualify for benefits.

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Alternatives to Medicaid

Medicare's coverage of nursing home care is quite limited. For those who can afford it and who can qualify for coverage, long-term care insurance is the best alternative to Medicaid.

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ElderLaw 101
Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Long-Term Care Insurance

Understand the ins and outs of insurance to cover the high cost of nursing home care, including when to buy it, how much to buy, and which spouse should get the coverage.

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Medicare

Learn who qualifies for Medicare, what the program covers, all about Medicare Advantage, and how to supplement Medicare’s coverage.

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Retirement Planning

We explain the five phases of retirement planning, the difference between a 401(k) and an IRA, types of investments, asset diversification, the required minimum distribution rules, and more.

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Senior Living

Find out how to choose a nursing home or assisted living facility, when to fight a discharge, the rights of nursing home residents, all about reverse mortgages, and more.

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Social Security

Get a solid grounding in Social Security, including who is eligible, how to apply, spousal benefits, the taxation of benefits, how work affects payments, and SSDI and SSI.

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Special Needs Planning

Learn how a special needs trust can preserve assets for a person with disabilities without jeopardizing Medicaid and SSI, and how to plan for when caregivers are gone.

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Veterans Benefits

Explore benefits for older veterans, including the VA’s disability pension benefit, aid and attendance, and long-term care coverage for veterans and surviving spouses.

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