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* Corporate & Securities
* Estate Planning
* Special Needs Planning
* 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.

Ellyn S Kravitz
Littman Krooks LLP
655 3rd Ave
New York NY 10017
Tel: 212 490-2020
Fax: 212 490-2990
E-mail: ekravitz@littmankrooks.com

* Board Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation

Ellyn S. Kravitz is a partner in the law firm of Littman Krooks LLP, with offices in New York City, White Plains, and Fishkill. She specializes in elder law, estate planning, estate administration, special needs planning, and veterans’ benefits. Ellyn is an authority on issues affecting adults and children with disabilities, our senior population, and military veterans.

Ellyn is certified as an elder law attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation and is a member of the New York State, Westchester County, and Nassau County Bar Associations. She was named as a 2009 “New York Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics magazine. She has been accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to present and prosecute claims for veterans’ benefits. She is also a member of the Estate Planning Council of New York City, Inc.

She is a member of the executive committee of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and the current vice chair of the Medicaid Committee. She was former co-chair of the Estate and Tax Committee, and former chair of the Legal Education Committee and Health Care Committee. She serves as vice chair of the Elder Law Committee of the Westchester County Bar Association.

Ellyn is a member and former co-chair of the Legal Advisory Board of the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation. She serves on the Legal Advisory Committee of the Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program of Selfhelp Community Services, Inc. She also serves on the Benefit Committee of the Kellner Family Pediatric Liver Disease Foundation.

Ellyn is an adjunct professor at New York University, where she teaches courses on elder law. She is a frequent presenter to both consumer and professional groups and has provided input to state and national programs addressing legal, financial and other related matters involving persons with disabilities and our senior population.

Ellyn received her Juris Doctor degree from the New England School of Law and her LLM in estate planning from the University of Miami. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.