Edward V. Wilcenski, Esq.

- Special Needs Estate Planning,
- Trust & Estate Administration, and
- Elder Law and Long Term Care Planning.

Ed holds the highest rating for both expertise and ethics awarded by Martindale Hubbel, the independent rating service of legal professionals. He is a graduate of Albany Law School, and received his Bachelor of Science in economics, magna cum laude, from Siena College in Loudonville, New York.

Mr. Wilcenski is past Vice Chair of the Medicaid Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Elder Law Section. He is a Trustee of the NYSARC (formerly the New York State Association for Retarded Children) Pooled Trust, serves as a Trustee of the Wildwood Programs Third Party Pooled Supplemental Needs Trust, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Living Resources Home Health Agency, an organization which provides home care services for the elderly and disabled. In 2009, he received the Marie Ivancich Award from the Brain Injury Association of New York State for professional commitment to the organization’s mission of advocacy for individuals living with brain injuries.

His professional affiliations include membership in the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the New York State Bar Association Elder Law Section, and its Committee on Issues Affecting Persons Under a Disability. He is a member and past President of the Special Needs Alliance, an invitation-only, national network of leading disability attorneys who practice in the areas of Special Needs Trusts and public benefits. The Alliance provides support for individuals with disabilities and their families, for attorneys involved in personal injury and medical malpractice litigation, and for Trustees of Special Needs Trusts.

He is a contributing author to various publications of the New York State Bar Association, including Representing People with Disabilities, and Planning for Incapacity, and Guardianship Practice in New York State, and has co-authored a quarterly article entitled "Regulation News" for the NYS Bar Association Elder Law Section Newsletter.

Presentations for the NYS Bar Association

- Supplemental Needs Trusts
- The New Medicaid Law (Deficit Reduction Act)
- Fundamentals of Supplemental Needs Trusts
- Administering Supplemental Needs Trusts
- Current Development in Elder Law
- Supplemental Needs Trusts in Spousal Cases
- Pooled Supplemental Needs Trusts in New York
- Advanced Elder Law Litigation
- Pooled Supplemental Needs Trusts: An Update
- Elder Law: Beyond the Basics
- Strategies in Settling the Case and Considering the Medicaid Lien
- Drafting Supplemental Needs Trusts
- Planning to Protect the Spouse
- Estate and Future Care Planning for the Disabled and Their Families

Articles for the NYS Bar Association

- An Elder Law Attorney's Role in Personal Injury Litigation: A Value Added Approach
- SSA Clarifies Treatment of Post Death Expenses Paid from Supplemental Needs Trusts
- Drafting Supplemental Needs Trusts: Some Practical Observations and Suggestions
- Medicaid Liens and Recoveries:020MM/ADM-3 Hot off the Press
- The Lesser Known Recovery Right: Medicare Recoupment in Personal Injury Settlements
- The Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 and the SSI Program: Just What Was Needed -
         More Transfer of Asset Rules
- Same Issues, Different Agency: Transfer Penalties and Trust Rules Under the Section 8 Housing Program
- Social Security Administration Issues New Guidelines on Treatment of Trusts for SSI Recipients
- Planning with Trusts and Transfers for Veterans and Their Families
- Negotiating the Benefit Program Maze to Provide Residential Supports for Individuals with Disabilities
- Chapter Two: Social Security Administration Issues New Guidelines on Treatment of Trusts for
         SSI Recipients

Special Needs Estate Planning and Elder Law Presentations

- HB Litigation Conferences, Special Settlement Issues in Lead Litigation (2009)

- Brain Injury Association of New York State Annual Conference, Legal and Financial Issues for
          Participants in New York’s TBI Waiver Program (1999, 2007, 2008, 2009)

- Estate Planning Council of Eastern New York, Mixing Government Benefits, Special
         Needs Trusts and Tax Planning for the Younger Disabled Client (2008)

- The Learning Disabilities Association of America International Conference, Legal and Financial Planning
         Issues for Individuals with Mild Cognitive Disabilities (2008,2009)

- NYSARC Executive Directors Association Annual Meeting, Advanced Financial Planning for the
         Disabled and Their Families (2004)

- New York Public Welfare Association, Article 81 Guardianships and Supplemental Needs Trusts (2004)

- Capital District Conference on Future Care Planning: NYSARC Annual Program, Special Needs
         Estate Planning (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

- Brookdale Institute on Law and Aging, Supplemental Needs Trusts for the Younger Disabled Client
          (2002)

- New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Program Annual Conference, Long Term Care Planning with
         Supplemental Needs Trusts (1999, 2000, 2002)

- New York State Rehabilitation Association Annual Conference, Government Benefit Eligibility and
         Future Care Planning (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)

- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) New York State Annual Education Conference,
         Financial and Estate Planning for the Disabled and Their Families (1998, 1999, 2000, 2005)

- Network of Choice and Opportunity Annual Meeting (Wildwood Programs, Catholic Charities, Living
         Resources), Financial Planning for the Disabled and Their Families (1999, 2000, 2001)