Kristine Garcia-Elliott

Kristine Garcia-Elliott is an Associate and a member of the firm’s Elder Law & Estate Planning Group in our Lake Success office. Kristine represents clients in all phases of estate planning, Medicaid planning, and special needs planning with a focus on asset protection. Kristine maximizes public benefits by assembling and submitting strong applications, prosecuting compelling internal and external appeals, and advocating for appellants at Fair Hearings. Kristine applies her knowledge and litigation skills to assist families with their unique long term health care needs, while helping maintain their autonomy and dignity. Kristine’s efforts have resulted in awards of 24-hour in-home care services, eliminations of excess income, and reversal of penalty periods due to “gifting.”

As a Court Evaluator, Kristine has intervened to prevent elder abuse and ensure the physical and financial well-being of the most vulnerable population served by Article 81 Guardianship proceedings.

Kristine lectures on various Medicaid, Medicare, and estate planning topics.

Kristine’s legal career began many years before being barred, as a litigation paralegal for 10 years, at a boutique law firm in NYC, where she would later return as an Associate attorney. During that time, she also worked for the Honorable Charles J. Thomas, retired, on Guardianship matters, and court appointments.

Prior to joining Abrams Fensterman, LLP, Kristine was a Samuels Medicaid Long Term Care Fellow at the Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program, a non-profit organization, helping low-income New Yorkers maximize their government benefits. She also conducted legal outreach by training legal, social services, health care professionals and consumers about the rules and changes in health care programs. Including presentations in Spanish for the Latinx community.