Executive Committee (Elder Law & Special Needs)

2024-25 Elder Law and Special Needs Section Officers

Chair: Britt N. Burner, Esq., Burner Law Group, P.C.
Chair-Elect: Richard A. Marchese, Esq., Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Vice Chair:  Tammy Lawlor, Esq., Miller and Milone, P.C.
Immediate Past Chair: Fern J. Finkel, Esq., Fern Finkel & Associates, PLLC
Secretary:  Lindsay V. Heckler, Esq., Center for Elder Law & Justice
Treasurer:  David I. Kronenberg, Esq., Grimaldi Yeung Law Group LLP
Financial Officer: Salvatore M. Di Costanzo, Esq., Maker, Fragale & Di Costanzo, LLP

*The Committee Officers for the 2024-25 term have not been confirmed. The Executive Committee roster linked to this page will be updated as soon as the Elder Law and Special Needs Chair’s selections are final.

Executive Committee Meetings

The Elder Law and Special Needs Section’s Executive Committee shall meet at such times and places, as it shall fix but not less than three (3) times each year. Such meetings shall include one meeting in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association, one meeting in conjunction with the Summer Program Meeting of the Section and one meeting in conjunction with the Fall Program Meeting of the Section.

The next meeting of the Executive Committee of the Elder Law and Special Needs Section is scheduled to take place in-person during the 2025 Annual Meeting on Thursday, January 16, 2025.

More details are available in the Rules of the Executive Committee of the Elder Law and Special Needs Section (PDF).

The Nominating Committee of the Elder Law and Special Needs Section of the New York State Bar Association oversees nominations for the Executive Committee.  The nominations are typically voted on at the Annual Meeting in January of each year.

Positions and Term Information:
District Delegates terms consist of three years commencing June 1 and ending on May 31.
Members-At-Large, serve a three-year term commencing June 1 and ending on May 31.
Treasurer, Secretary, Vice Chair and Chair Elect of the Section:
The Officers’ positions other than Treasurer are traditionally filled by succession. The Chair Elect automatically becomes Chair.

Please view the Elder Law and Special Needs Bylaws for more information on Positions and Terms: Elder Law and Special Needs Section Bylaws (PDF)

Elder Law and Special Needs Section Chairs by Year
2023-24: Fern J. Finkel
2022-23: Christopher R. Bray
2021-22: Deepankar Mukerji
2020-21: Matthew J.  Nolfo
2019-20: Tara Anne Pleat
2018-19: Judith Grimaldi
2017-18: Martin Hersh
2016-17: David Goldfarb, Esq.
2015-16: JulieAnn Calareso
2014-15: Richard A. Weinblatt
2013-14: Frances M. Pantaleo
2012-13: Anthony J. Enea
2011-12: T. David Stapleton
2010-11: Sharon Kovacs Gruer
2009-10: Michael J. Amoruso
2008-09: Timothy Casserly
2007-08: Ami Longstreet
2006-07: Ellen G. Makofsky
2005-06: Daniel G. Fish
2004-05: Howard Krooks
2003-04: Joan Lensky Robert
2002-03: Cora Alsante
2001-02: Louis Pierro
2000-01: Bernard Krooks
1999-2000: Michael O’Connor
1998-99: Kathryn Grant Madigan
1997-98: Walter Burke
1996-97: Robert Freedman
1995-96: Robert Abrams
1994-95: Murial Kessler
1993-94: Mortimer Goodstein