Renata Landskind |

Landskind & Ricaforte Law Group, P.C.

(718) 333-5007

https://www.ricafortelaw.com/

269 86th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209

Renata Landskind | Landskind & Ricaforte Law Group, P.C.

Rating:

Google Rating:     Google Business Profile

Firm Summary

RENATA LANDSKIND, was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and grew up in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. After graduating from St. John’s University with a Criminal Justice major, she earned a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 2001. Ms. Landskind began her legal career working for the Counsel to the Public Administrator of Kings County where gained valuable Surrogate’s Court experience. She draws on this expertise as she represents spouses, heirs, trustees, and executors in will and trust contests, accounting proceedings, fiduciary removal actions, kinship proceedings, and the successful probate of lost wills, among other Surrogate’s Court actions.

Ms. Landskind later joined the Elder Law firm of Connors and Sullivan where she practiced law as an associate until she became a partner in 2009. After her departure from this firm, she briefly joined the Construction firm of Karol & Sosnik, P.C. as a contract partner until establishing her current firm, Landskind & Ricaforte Law Group, P.C. (L&R), with her partner and husband, Terence Ricaforte, Esq. L&R has been founded on the principle of providing high-quality legal services while building trusted and strong relationships with the client.

Throughout her career, she has concentrated her practice of law in the areas of Elder Law, Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning and Trusts with a focus on the Probate and Administration of Complex Estates. Ms. Landskind regularly assists clients in planning for the preservation of assets in the face of catastrophic medical events and applying for and obtaining Medicaid for both in-home care and nursing home as a vehicle to both preserve those assets and take the burden off loved ones in a time of need. Her legal ability also extends to Asset Protection, Business Planning, and Real Estate Transactions.

Television
“Ask The Lawyer” – Regular Appearances on this Live, Viewer Call-In Cable Television Show (Time Warner Cable Channel 97, Cablevision Channel 30); 2005-2007.

Bar Admissions
New York, 2000
New Jersey, 2000
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2004
U.S. Tax Court, 2008

Education
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
St. John’s University, Staten Island, New York
B.S. cum laude

Professional Associations and Memberships
New York State Bar Association – Trusts & Estates & Elder Law Sections
Brooklyn Bar Association
Bay Ridge Lawyer’s Association
STG, Business Group

Languages
English
Russian