Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman has announced that Donna J. Turetsky (resident of Roslyn) has been named to the 2024 Best Lawyers list.

Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. The process is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.

Turetsky is a co-chair of the Trusts and Estates and Elder Law Practice Groups at Certilman Balin.

She concentrates her practice on trust and estate administration, elder law, estate planning, special needs planning and guardianships.

In the area of estate administration, she assists clients in all aspects of Surrogate Court practice which includes probate and administration proceedings, construction and reformation proceedings, discovery proceedings and accounting proceedings.

Turetsky has been appointed numerous times to serve as Guardian Ad Litem through the Surrogate’s Court.

Clients receive her counsel on estate and tax planning matters. She prepares Wills, Revocable Trusts, Irrevocable Trusts, Supplemental Needs Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Proxies, and Living Wills.

In her elder law practice, Turetsky counsels seniors and their families. She assists these clients in the preservation of assets in the face of possible long-term care needs. She is also experienced in Medicaid and Special Needs Planning, and prepares applications for both home care and nursing home care.

She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami, a Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and a Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Miami School of Law.

She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA).

Ms. Turetsky was also selected to the 2023 and 2022 editions of Best Lawyers. In 2021, Blank Slate Media honored her as one of Nassau County’s Women of Distinction.

In 2011, Long Island Business News recognized her as a one of its “Who’s Who in Women in Professional Services,” and in 2016, the Center for Children, Families and the Law at Hofstra University School of Law selected her as one of its Top Women in Law and Long Island Pulse Magazine named her a Top Legal Eagle.