Practice Areas: Elder law, Estate planning & probate; view more
Licensed in New York since: 1986
Education: Brooklyn Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2022 Call today:
516-712-2277
Makofsky Law Group, P.C.
600 Old Country RoadSuite 444
Garden City, NY 11530 Visit website
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Five times selected to the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers list for the New York metro area, Ellen G. Makofsky is the Founding Partner of Makofsky Law Group, P.C. successor firm to Makofsky & Associates, P.C. and Raskin & Makofsky, LLP.  Ms. Makofsky has concentrated her practice in Elder Law and Trusts and Estates and Probate and Estate Administration for nearly three decades. The National Elder Law Foundation has named her a certified elder law attorney (CELA).
Ms. Makofsky is a past President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, New York Chapter and served 3 terms as Secretary of the New York Bar Association (NYSBA), the largest voluntary Bar in the United States.  She served as Chair of NYSBA's Committee on Legal Education and as Co-Chair of NYSBA's Women in the Law Committee and as Chair of the Working Group to amend the Power of Attorney statute.  Ms. Makofsky has served as a member of the Executive Committee of NYSBA for three terms  and served as Chair of NYSBA's  Elder Law Section. She is currently sits on the Board of The New York Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the New York Bar Association. Ms. Makofsky  is a past president of the Estate Planning Council of Nassau County, served as a Chair of the Long Island Alzheimers' Foundation Legal Advisory Board and is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and a member of the Elder Law, Social Services and Health Advisory Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association.  She is also one of the founders of the Senior Umbrella Network of Queens and  founder of the Sun Council, Inc. She is past president of the Nassau chapter of the Gerontology Professionals of Long Island and the Senior Umbrella Network of Nassau. Â
Ms. Makofsky graduated cum laude from  Brooklyn Law School. She is the recipient of the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Elder Law and Special Needs Section of the New York State Bar Association. In 2017 Ms. Makofsky received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Law from Long Island Business News. In 2016 Ms. Makofsky was honored by The Maurice A. Deane School of Law Center for Children, Families and the Law as an Outstanding Woman in the Law. Long Island Business News named her a Top 50 Woman in 2014. In 2010, the 7th Senatorial District of New York State named her a Woman of Distinction. In 2009, she received an award from the NYSBA Elder Law Section for her work in furtherance of the rights of the elderly and the disabled.
Practice areas
Elder law, Estate planning & probateFocus areas
Estate planning, Guardianships & conservatorships, Living wills, Power of attorney, Probate & estate administration, Wills
- 50% Elder law
- 50% Estate planning & probate
First Admitted: 1986, New York
Professional Webpage: https://makofskylaw.com/our-attorneys/ellen-g-makofsky/
- Elder Law Attorney, National Elder Law Foundation 2003 to present
- Â Advance Directive News Column, NYSBA, Quarterly Column
- Improving Long Term Care, New York Law Journal, January, 2007
- Ask the Expert-Yes, Mom Can Buy Your Help, Newsday, December 29, 2007
- Elderly Will Suffer With Medicaid Change, Times Union, June 25, 2006
- Advance Directive News:Circumstances Change, NYSBA Elder and Special Needs Law Journal, 2012
- Past Trustee of Landmark on Mainstreet, Port Washington, NY
- Member of the Board of The New York State Bar Foundation, 2020
- Nassau County Bar Association Access to Justice Champion
- Attorney volunteer to the monthly Nassau Bar Association Senior Clinic, 2005
- Founder NYSBA Elder Law Section Pro Bono Senior Clinic, 2006 - 2010
- Initiated Statewide Pro Bono Senior Clinic for the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, 2007
- Past Member of the Board of Directors of the Children's Center Located in Port Washington, New York
- Brooklyn Law School, 1985
- Queens College of the City of New York, Queens, New York, M.S.
- Boston University, Boston, New York, B.S. in English, 1966
- Chair of the New York State Bar Association, Elder Law Section, 2007
- Member of the Board of Directors of The New York Bar Foundation, 2022
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Trust and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association, 2020
- Secretary of the New York State Bar Association, 2014
- Member of The Nassau County Bar Association and member of the Elder Law, Social Services, Health Advocacy Committee, Surrogate's Court Estates & Trusts Committee and Women in the Court's Committee
- Secretary of the New York State Bar Association Senior Lawyer Section Executive Committee, 2014
- President of the Estate Planning Council of Nassau, Inc, 2011
- Secretary of the New York State Bar Association, 2017
- President of The Sun Council, Inc., 2011
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1986
- Member of the House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1995
- Member of the Trusts and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association
- Co Chair of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Women in the Law, 2014
- Past Chair of the Senior Umbrella Network of Nassau ("Sunn")
- Secretary of The New York State Bar Association, 2016
- President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys ("NAELA") New York Chapter, 2014
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1986
- Member-at-Large of the New York State Bar Association Executive Committee, 2009
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1990
- Member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association Elder Law Section
- Chair of the Legal Advisory Board of the Long Island Alzheimers Foundation ("LIAF"), 2012
- Past Chair and Co-Founder of the Senior Umbrella Network of Queens (Sun-Q) an organization that of professionals who serve older adults and the disabled.
- Secretary of the New York State Bar Association, 2015
- Past President of the Gerontology Professionals of Long Island, Nassau Chapter
- Â New York, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1990
- Award for Advocacy and and Representation of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilites, Lifetime Acheivement Award , New York State Bar Association Elder Law and Special Needs Section, 2020
- Cum Laude, Brooklyn Law School
- Annual award to the 50 most influential businesswomen on Long Island, Top 50 Long Island Business Woman, Long Island Business News, 2014
- Award for Outstanding Service to the Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation ("LIAF"), Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation
- Award for Pro Bono Service to The Nassau Bar Association Senior Citizen Clinic , The Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association  Access to Justice Award, 2013
- Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Law, Long Island Business News, 2017
- Award for Special Distinction, The Visiting Nurse Association of Long Island
- Award for contributions to the 7th Senatorial District and the Long Island community at large, Woman of Distinction, 2010
- Outstanding Woman in the Law, The Maurice A. Deane School of Law Center for Children, Famiilies and the Law, 2016
- Ranked by U.S. News Best Lawyers as the Best Law Firm for Elder Law on Long Island in 2018, 2018 Best Law Long Island Elder Law Lawyer of the Year, U.S. News-Best Lawyer, 2018
These comments were made by fellow attorneys during the annual nomination process.
“Wonderful, caring attorney.”
“I have worked with Ellen Makofsky for many years. She is certainly one of the best Elder Law attorneys in New York State.”
“She is very experienced, knowlegeable and personable.”
“Premiere Elder Law Attorney and former head of the New York State BarAssociation's Elder Law Section.”
Office location for Ellen G. Makofsky
600 Old Country Road
Suite 444
Garden City, NY 11530
Phone: 516-712-2277
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2009 - 2022
Top Lists
Top 50: Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2013, 2015, 2019 - 2022- Top 50: 2022 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2021 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2020 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2019 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2015 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2013 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2012 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2011 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2010 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
