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The law firm of Berwitz & DiTata LLP is uniquely qualified to help you and your family solve problems relating to Estate and Retirement Distribution Planning, Estate Administration and Elder Law. Our senior partners, Lawrence N. Berwitz and Maureen Rothschild DiTata, are seasoned counselors and litigators who devote their practice to:

* Preparation of Wills, Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
* Asset Preservation and Planning to Minimize Estate Tax Liability
* Creation and Implementation of Trusts
* Long-term Care and Health Care Advocacy
* Medicaid Eligibility Planning
* Retirement Distribution Planning
* Guardianship, Probate and Administration of Estates


Lawrence N. Berwitz has been practicing law since 1980. He is a graduate of St. John's University School of Law (1979) and earned his bachelor's degree cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany (1973).

Mr. Berwitz is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, serves on various committees of the New York State, Nassau County and Queens County Bar Associations dealing with trusts and estates, taxation, elder law and Surrogate's Court practice.

He has been a guest speaker on the radio, written numerous articles and lectured on issues concerning estate and retirement distribution planning, asset preservation and elder law to the public and for continuing education of accountants and other attorneys.

He is admitted to practice law before all of the courts of the State of New York and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.


Admitted to practice in 1979, Maureen Rothschild DiTata earned her Bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo (1974) and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Ms. DiTata received her law degree from St. John's University School of Law (1978). She is licensed to practice law before all New York State Courts and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and over the years has secured various pro hac vice admissions to practice in other states.

She is a member of the New York State Bar Association and serves on its Trusts & Estates and Elder Law Committees, and serves on related committees of the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations.

She also belongs to the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, North Shore Business & Professional Women’s Association, American Business Women’s Association, The Garden City Assembly and the Garden City Chamber of  Commerce.
Maureen Rothschild DiTata

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