Wills, Trusts & Estates

Individuals and families that who are either planning in advance for possible long term health care and the associated expenses, or are suddenly faced with a health care crisis and are seeking guidance and support as they travel through the labyrinth of long term health care.

• Nolo Document Review

• Estate Taxes & Gift Taxes
• Income Taxes

• Charitable Giving
• Charitable Trusts
• Drafting Trusts
• Drafting Wills
• Estate Administration
• Estate Planning
• Living Trusts
• Living Wills
• Probate
• Asset Protection
• Guardianship
• Power of Attorney
• Special Needs Trust
• Supplemental Needs Trust
• Revocable Trust & Irrevocable Trust

NY, Jan 1998
Bar Number: 2857233

All New York Courts.

American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association Elder Law Section, Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations and Elder Law respective elder related committees, WealthCounsel, ElderCounsel, National Academy of Elder Law Answers, Elder Law Answers, Christian Legal Society. For complete listing, please follow this link to our website.

I attend continuing legal education seminars both in person and via telephone or web conference. I have also received my required credits by teaching other attorneys.

I have been published in the following: The New York State Bar Association Elder Law Section quarterly Report and the Section's Long Term Care reform Report which I helped present to the New York State Legislation in 2005; The American Institute of CPA's Guide to Long Term Care (New York section); Estate Planning Strategies published through WealthCounsel (I contributed chapter 90 entitled Elder Law Concepts and was the only author from New York) and have recently been hired by a national publisher to update a Health Care Decision Making portfolio for other attorneys.

In the practice of elder law, I am fortunate to be able to assist families as they travel through the various stages of eldercare. In the 11 years of practicing as an elder law and estate planning attorney on Long Island, I have assisted some families several times as their circumstances have changed and. I have been blessed by shorter relationships with clients as they take their last days to put their affairs in order and then soon passing away; hopefully they rested with a confidence that their family will be provided for. Both scenarios are rewarding to me as both planning and preparing are issues that require a gentle and understanding touch and I believe, gratefully, that my office and I handle these affairs pretty well.

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New York

The law office was established in April, 2001 in Hauppauge, New York. In 2004, we relocated to Huntington, New York. We specializes in elder law and estate planning. In particular, we assist our clients with the following: Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts, Durable Powers of Attorney, Health Care Proxies and Living Wills, Last Wills & Testaments, Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts, Life Estate Deed Transfers, Caregiver Agreements, Gift & Note Strategies, Medicaid Applications, Estate & Trust Administration (Probate & Intestacy Administration.
For a complete listing of our specific planning areas, please follow this link to our website.

Prior to establishing the Law offices of Brian Andrew Tully in 2001, I worked as an associate attorney for a general practice law firm in Huntington, New York since 1998. I was hired to establish an elder law and estate planning practice group for the firm which successfully helped Long Island families and eventually led to the launch of my current firm.

In addition to the law practice, I have organized several Health Fairs for senior citizens at area churches as well as offered a six-part Caregiver Support Program for the caregiver adult children. In 2004, I founded the ElderCare Resource Center, Inc. which was voted the Educational Business of Year in 2005 by the Nassau-Suffolk Regional Business Partnership. The ElderCare Resource Center is an on-site library of over 200 eldercare pamphlets and books as well as an online resource of over 600 Long Island eldercare links which can be found at www.ElderCareResourceCenter.Info. In addition, I organized and presented a day long conference on LifeCare Estate Planning at Touro Law Center in 2006 which brought together the various eldercare professionals for a holistic discussion of eldercare.

Julia Jenne is my Office Manager.

(631) 278-4451

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Appointments are available by appointment only earlier in the day and on Thursday evenings.

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The majority of the legal work that my firm provides is based on a flat fee schedule. This means that at the end of a full consultation, I will make my recommendations as to which strategies, documents and steps should be taken and I will then quote our fee for the legal work. We use the same written fee schedule for every planning client at the end of the full consultation so you will know the exact cost from the beginning.

For potential clients that contact us through the Nolo site, my office will offer a reduced consultation fee of $200 (normally $300) as well as 15% off of the entire legal fee. This discount will be reflected on the written retainer agreement so we must know of it prior to being retained. Consultations are with me personally but I do have staff that assists me during the engagement.

$300 per hour for myself, $225 per hour for associate attorneys and $125 per hour for paralegal time.

For potential clients that contact us through the Nolo site, my office will offer a reduced consultation fee of $200 (normally $300). The consultation usually lasts 1 - 1.5 hours.

My office policy is to accept 50% of the entire fee and disbursements, if any, upon hiring. The balance of the fee and disbursements, if any, are due at the document signing.