Feel confident choosing an attorney who meets AARP LSN standards of experience and client satisfaction. All attorneys are screened and interviewed by LSN staff and their bar standing and malpractice insurance are verified annually. Additionally, attorneys list their names only in those legal areas in which they have extensive experience. As a member of AARP you are entitled to benefits that may not otherwise be available to you, including a free 30 minute consultation and discount rates on approved AARP practice areas as listed below. Quality and service are what you can expect from Mark Krohn, Esq. or Sanford Altman, Esq. How may they help you?
Mark A. Krohn, a partner in the firm, has been a senior citizen advocate since 1990. Mr. Krohn has been practicing law in Orange County since 1986. His practice is broad in scope but centers on those areas particularly relevant to the needs and interest of AARP Members, from estate planning to tax law. Mr. Krohn is a member of the New York and Florida State Bar, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Florida Institute of Certified Public accountants, Orange County Bar Association, and Hudson Valley Estate Planning Council. Mr. Krohn often speaks at senior citizen events, and plays an active role in representing senior citizens in Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, and Dutchess County, New York. Mark is a graduate of the University of South Florida and received his Juris Doctor degree from Pace University. He received his LLM-Taxation from the University of Bridgeport and Quinnipiac College.
Sanford R. Altman, a graduate of New York Law School, has been an AARP Legal Services Network attorney from its inception. A former Assistant District Attorney in Kings County, he has been practicing in Orange County since 1983. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association's Elder Law and Trust and Estates Sections, the Orange County Bar Association and is Past President of the Middletown Bar Association. His practice is broad in scope but centers on those areas particularly relevant to the needs and interests of AARP Members, from estate planning for you and business-asset planning for your business, to preservation of your family assets. He is a member of the New York State and Florida State Bars.
Our team of tax experts represents a diversified clientele of businesses and individuals in tax planning, estate planning, and representation before the Internal Revenue Service and state tax departments. We have successfully guided clients in the areas of estate and gift tax, taxation of trusts, partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies. We have assisted in estate planning for families having a net worth from $100,000 to over $20,000,000. J&G assists
business clients with the transfer of ownership and control of their business by utilizing effective, efficient, and creative techniques for asset or equity transactions. We also counsel individuals who seek to transfer ownership and control of their personal assets as part of business, estate, and asset protection plans.
We can help you form a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company or other entity to protect your interests and formulate a tax strategy to help you keep what you work hard to earn. We represent clients throughout Southeastern New York in the Mid-Hudson Valley region including Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Dutchess and Rockland Counties as well as other parts of New York State. We have also assisted national and multi-national clients throughout the United States and the Caribbean.
Planning for our valued senior citizens has become an increasingly important part of our practice. Issues concerning Medicare and other health-related issues are of importance to everyone, but is a major concern for seniors and clients planning for retirement. Other important issues of concern include housing, nutrition, community awareness, and involvement. Our Elder Law practice attorneys have in-depth experience in health-related issues, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and landlord/tenant matters. We can help you and your family maintain security and dignity, allowing you to make choices about your future in advance or while facing any of these issues. Sandford R. Altman and Mark Krohn are AARP Legal Services attorneys for Orange, Ulster and Sullivan Counties.
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- Estate planning, administration/probate practice
- Trust administration
- Preparation of wills, trusts, living wills, powers of attorney, health care proxies
- Guardianships over persons and property
- Preparation of supplemental needs trusts, charitable remainder trusts, irrevocable and revocable trusts, life insurance trusts, asset protection trusts
- Life insurance planning
- Preparation of federal and multi-state corporate, partnership, and individual income tax returns
- Representation before the Internal Revenue Service
- Representation before state tax departments
- Representation in proceedings to challenge real property tax assessments
- Representation before the State Department of Social Services
- Representation in tax matters associated with contested estate proceedings and divorces, including drafting of Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs)
- Estate tax proceedings and Estate Tax Closing Letters for real estate investor with properties throughout New York and the Caribbean Islands
- Federal and state offer in compromise proceedings involving tax liabilities from $20,000.00 to an excess of $100,000.00
- Low income housing tax credit syndications for numerous senior citizen housing projects
- Counsel on behalf of local New York businesses concerning NYS Tax Department audit involving the sale of cigarettes and liquor
- Representation in connection with real property gains tax matters throughout New York
- Representation in New York sales tax audits
If you'd like to learn more about estate planning, business planning, or tax law, or if you have a specific question, please call us at (845) 778-2121 or click here info@jacobowitz.com to send us an e-mail.
