Erica R. Berger-Hausthor

Navigating the legal complexities of estate planning, aging, and long-term planning can be overwhelming, especially when the stakes involve your health, your financial security, and your family. My role is to provide you with clarity, strategy, and peace of mind at every stage of planning.

I’m an elder law and estate planning attorney serving individuals and families throughout New York and Florida. Whether you're planning for your future, your children, or helping an aging parent, spouse, or loved one manage aging-related legal needs, I can help you make informed, confident decisions, with legal strategies tailored to your unique needs and circumstances.  I strive to make the process clear, manageable, and empowering, by combining technical legal knowledge with an understanding that these decisions are deeply personal.

My practice concentrates on:

• Elder Law & Long-Term Care Planning
  • Medicaid planning and asset protection strategies
  • Nursing home and home care planning
  • Planning for incapacity and aging-related legal needs

• Estate Planning
  • Last Wills and Testaments
  • Revocable Trusts
  • Irrevocable Trusts
  • Supplemental Needs Trusts
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Health Care Proxies and Advance Directives
• Probate & Estate Administration
  • Guidance for executors, personal representatives, and families
  • Efficient estate settlement and administration