
The New Yorker staff writer reads a poem written for the holiday season.

This chart will serve as a valuable reference tool for attorneys to use in cross-border Medicaid planning for their clients with interests in multiple states.

Fern Finkel interviewed as Featured Section Member in Winter 2019 Edition of the NYSBA Elder Law & Special Needs Journal.

The Brooklyn Bar Association has three events scheduled for January including one that is free and open to the public on consumer debt and bankruptcy hosted by Fern Finkel and Richard Klass. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese.

The Brooklyn Bar Association hosted a Mental Hygiene Law Article 81 Training session in Brooklyn Heights.

The Brooklyn Bar Association (BBA) has many functions within the local community and one of them is to educate the public on their legal rights to issues facing them today.

The Brooklyn Bar Association’s Foundation Law Committee hosted a public seminar on Monday for co-op dwellers titled “Co-op Living: Know Your Rights as a Shareholder and as a Renter,” during which an attorney explained the common problems that arise and how to handle them.

I am very pleased, as I vacation on the beach in Connecticut, that the talented Fern Finkel has agreed to contribute a very valuable message on behalf of the Brooklyn Law Foundation.

The Brooklyn Bar Association’s (BBA) Foundation Law Committee hosted a free and public event on Monday titled “Landlord Tenant Law: Know Your Rights,” where attorneys gave a presentation on landlord and tenant proceedings at the Brooklyn Bar Association headquarters.

The Brooklyn Bar Association’s Elder Law Committee hosted a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar titled “Article 81 Skills Workshop: Motions for Interim Relief” in Brooklyn Heights.

On Tuesday, January 24, 2017, members of the Elder Law and Special Needs Section gathered in New York City for the New York State Bar Association’s 2017 Annual Meeting.

The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association (BWBA) hosted a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar with elder law attorney Fern Finkel titled “Advising Your Clients on Aging in the Community” in Brooklyn Heights.

The Brooklyn Bar Association (BBA) held a daylong Office of Court Administration (OCA) approved Mental Hygiene Law, Article 81 Guardianship Training program that was worth eight Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits. The program was hosted by Lamberti, Fern Finkel and the BBA’s Elder Law Committee.

Under Finkel’s leadership, the foundation has offered many such pro bono forums over the past several years, chock full of insightful information — at no cost — on many other matters.

In honor of this special anniversary, the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project (“VLP”) highlights some of the remarkable volunteer attorneys whose pro bono work can be seen in the strength of the VLP today.

A group of interested lawyers and members of the public joined two noted Brooklyn attorneys Monday night for a brief primer on consumer debt and bankruptcy.

One survey that was reported on television (so it must be true) claimed that members of Congress are now even less popular than lawyers.

The final Distinguished Service Award was presented to elder law attorney Fern Finkel. “This lady does things in the service sector that you cannot imagine,” Napoletano said.

Barrister Finkel, who heads the Foundation Law Committee, will serve that night as program organizer and moderator when members of the public are invited to hear from experts on how they can “plan ahead” on Elder Law challenges.