my guiding philosophy is that I’ve been

there so a lot of the work that I do

with elder law actually comes from my

experience of having parents who

themselves need elder law assistance so

my dad was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in

2012 and so we knew at that point that

he was eventually going to need

long-term care we were able to work with

him to create a Medicaid asset

protection trust so that we could

protect what my parents had spent a life

building to really give them peace of

mind that when my dad eventually needed

long-term care that they wouldn’t need

to spend all of their assets to get that

for him now when someone is diagnosed

with an ailment such as Parkinson’s

there’s a lot of family stress there’s a

lot of uncertainty and worry that comes

along with that so I personally have

been there myself so my guiding

principle when I’m practicing is that

I’ve been there I bring empathy to my

practice and I really am able to give my

clients Peace of Mind based on my own

personal experience with the same life

experiences that they’re going through

foreign

giving back to the community has always

been very important to me I recently

traveled to Africa with lawyers Without

Borders to teach prosecutors immigration

officers and judges how to arrest and

put on cases and try cases under a new

anti-human trafficking act that had been

passed in Tanzania

so that really has taken me to some

great places

on that trip I actually got to be

personally introduced to Justice Sonia

Sotomayor so I know that the work that

I’m doing outside of the firm is also

having a big impact on communities

whether they are Global communities or

local communities I also like to spend

my holidays volunteering at food banks I

prefer food banks that are local so in

Chicago I like to volunteer at Rogers

Park food banks and in New York City I

like to volunteer at local food banks in

in and around Brooklyn