Joshua Kurz is an Associate in HDRB&B’s Trusts & Estates Department. Joshua assists clients with their estate planning and asset protection needs. He prepares Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts, Last Wills and Testaments, Health Care Proxies, and Powers of Attorney. He also represents clients with their Estate & Trust administration needs, including filing various Surrogate Court proceedings and assisting executors and trustees with liquidating estate and trust assets.
Joshua has significant experience with the New York State Long Term Medicaid application process and has represented hundreds of clients and their families with the preparation and submission of their Medicaid application. He has also assisted clients with setting up their Pooled Income Trusts, and coordinating the necessary evaluations for his clients to begin receiving Medicaid Home Care Services.
Joshua is also a frequent speaker at senior centers across the region regarding the importance of proper estate planning.
Prior to joining HDRB&B, Joshua was an Associate at the Law Office of Ronald A. Spirn, P.C., a boutique Elder Law and Special Needs firm in Cedarhurst, New York. Joshua earned his J. D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he served on the Executive Board of the Trusts & Estates Society and the Jewish Law Students Association. He is licensed to practice law in the state of New York.