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* Special Education

* New York Elder Law, New York Estate Planning and Special Needs Planning

Our New York Elder Law, New York Estate Planning and NY Special Needs Planning Attorneys are committed to providing you with peace of mind. Our New York Elder Law, New York Estate Planning and New York Special Needs Trust Lawyers are dedicated to developing long-term relationships with our clients. Littman Krooks LLP features Certified Elder Law Attorneys nationally recognized by the National Elder Law Foundation for their outstanding work in the area of Elder Law. Littman Krooks Special Needs Trust Lawyers will assist families of individuals with special needs plan for the future. Our Special Needs Planning Lawyers have extensive experience with Special Education advocacy and coordination of Special Education Services.

Each Westchester, New York City and Dutchess Special Needs Planning Lawyer at Littman Krooks is available to assist families of individuals with a special needs plan for the future through the use of comprehensive estate planning. Our Special Needs Trust Attorneys will show you how to use Special Needs Trusts and other planning tools to ensure that an individual with special needs will have adequate resources to provide for their long term needs. Each Special Needs Trust lawyer has extensive experience in dealing with guardianship and special education advocacy issues.

* Corporate & Securities and Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Since its inception in October 1990, Littman Krooks LLP has focused on counseling investment banking firms, private and public companies, investment partnerships and private investors in a wide variety of financing and corporate transactions. We also represent clients in mergers and acquisitions and contract negotiations and provide a full complement of legal services to our client companies and their principals. Many of our clients are from the underserved middle market, where top tier legal and capital market expertise has long been unavailable.

Although a boutique law firm, Littman Krooks LLP was ranked seventh in the nation in The 2008 U.S. PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) Market Placement Agent Counsel League Table, based on number of transactions.

Our expertise includes:
* Private placements, including PIPE offerings
* Mergers and Acquisitions
* Initial public offerings (IPO) and Reverse Mergers
* Venture Capital and Commercial Loan Financings
* Private Investment Partnerships and Hedge Funds

Notably, our New York corporate and securities lawyers have significant experience in broker-dealer and investment banking services, and represent several financial institutions and securities broker-dealers in connection with requirements under federal and state securities laws.

Bernard A Krooks
Littman Krooks LLP
655 3rd Ave - 20th floor
New York NY 10017
Tel: 212 490-2020
Fax: 212 490-2990
E-mail: bkrooks@littmankrooks.com

* Board Certified Elder Law Attorney, National Elder Law Foundation

New York Elder Law, New York Estate Planning, NY Elder Law Lawyers - Corporate Law

New York Elder Law, New York Estate Planning and Special Needs Planning

Bernard A. Krooks is a founding partner of the law firm Littman Krooks LLP and Chair of its Elder Law and Special Needs Department. Mr. Krooks is a nationally-recognized expert in all aspects of elder law and special needs planning.

Mr. Krooks is immediate-past President of the Special Needs Alliance, a national, invitationonly, not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting families with special needs planning. Mr. Krooks is past President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), a Fellow of NAELA, past Chair of the NAELA Tax Section and past Editor-in-Chief of the NAELA News. In addition, he is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. He is a founding member and past President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. In 2008, he received the Chapter’s Outstanding Achievement Award for his lifelong work on behalf of seniors and those with disabilities.

Mr. Krooks is past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and past Editor-in-Chief of the Elder Law Attorney, the newsletter of the NYSBA Elder Law Section. Mr. Krooks is a member of the Trusts and Estates Law Section and Tax Section of the NYSBA. In addition, he is a former member of the NYSBA House of Delegates and he served on the NYSBA special committee on Multi-Disciplinary Practice. Mr. Krooks co-authors (1) a chapter in the NYSBA publication Guardianship Practice in New York State entitled “Creative Advocacy in Guardianship Settings: Medicaid and Estate Planning, Including Transfer of Assets, Supplemental Needs Trusts & Protection of Disabled Family Members.”; and (2) the NYSBA publication Elder Law and Will Drafting. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Exceptional Parent Magazine, Trusts & Estates Magazine, and Leimberg Information Services.

Mr. Krooks, a sought-after expert on elder law, special needs planning and estate planning matters, has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, Investment News, Financial Times, Money Magazine, Smart Money, Worth Magazine, Kiplinger’s, Bloomberg, Consumer Reports, Wealth Manager, CBS Marketwatch.com, Lawyer’s Weekly USA, Reader’s Digest, Bottom Line, The Journal of Financial Planning, The New York Law Journal, The Daily News, New York Post and Newsday, among others. He has testified before the United States House of Representatives and the New York City Council on long-term care issues. He also has appeared on Good Morning America Now, National Public Radio, CNN, PBS, NBC, and CBS evening news, as well as numerous cable television and radio shows.

Mr. Krooks is President-elect of the Westchester Estate Planning Council, a member or the Advisory Board of the National Association of Estate Planning Councils, and a member of the New York City and Hudson Valley Estate Planning Councils. He also is a member of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section and Tax Section of the American Bar Association; a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, and a member of the American Institute of CPAs. Mr. Krooks also is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and serves on its Elder Law Committee. He is an Adjunct Professor at NYU Center for Finance, Law & Taxation and is a member of the NYU Institute on Federal Taxation Advisory Board.

Mr. Krooks has served on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association Westchester/Putnam Chapter and the Bioethics Advisory Committee of New York Hospital. He is a member of the board of directors of Westchester ARC, a member of the Blythedale Children’s Hospital Planned Giving Professional Advisory Board, a member of the Trusts & Estates Group of the Lawyer’s Division of the UJA-Federation of New York, and a member of the legal advisory committee of the Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program of Selfhelp Community Services, Inc. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America, Who’s Who in America, The New York Area’s Best Lawyers, New York Magazine and New York Times, and the Top 25 Westchester, New York Super Lawyers.

Mr. Krooks is married and has four children. He is an AYSO certified soccer coach and an NYSCA certified baseball coach.