About Mildred Michalczyk

                            Law Office of Mildred J. Michalczyk, Esq.
                            16 Walnut Avenue East
                            E. Farmingdale, New York 11735-3840
                            Phone: 631-752-2996
                            Telefax: 631-420-9604
                            Email: mildred@mildredmichalczyk.com
                                      mmichalczyk@optonline.net

Practice areas: Estate Planning, Wills, Custody, Visitation, Divorce, Appeals, Family Law.

The mission of this firm is to seek to achieve justice and a just resolution for every client.

Ms. Michalczyk was admitted to practice law in New York State in 1984. She graduated from Hofstra Law School in 1983 after receiving a Bachelor of Arts from New York University in 1980. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Women's Bar Association, and the Suffolk County Bar Association. She was also a member of the American Bar Association. She was formerly a volunteer as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for foster care children reporting to the Court about the conditions of children living in foster care. She is active in her community, her children's school, and in her religious community. She is also admitted to practice law in Federal Court in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Ms. Michalczyk has been in business since 1984, serving a wide variety of clients. She practices in the areas of Immigration, Family Law, Divorce Law, Matrimonial Law, Trusts and Estates, Personal Injury and General Practice. She practices in the Counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, New York, Kings and Westchester. She also handles all phases of Appellate work. She handles novel and difficult areas of practice with multiple approaches to litigation or to a business or legal problem.

Divorce and Property Settlements and Equitable Distribution:

       Mildred Michalczyk has extensive experience in the areas of property settlements and equitable distribution.

Pension, Profit Sharing, and Retirement Accounts:

     Mildred Michalczyk is familiar with division of pension and profit sharing plans, 401 K plans, and other type of retirement accounts.

Business Valuations:

    Mildred Michalczyk is also familiar with complicated issues involving business valuations, issues regarding distributions, stock in a closely held corporation, and dividends.

Professional Valuations:

    Mildred Michalczyk can also assist with professional valuations, and other non-tangible assets, such as valuations of educational degrees which have enhanced earnings.

Court Appointed Neutral Forensic Evaluators:

    Mildred Michalczyk is fully familar with most "Neutral Forensic Evaluators" that the Court Appoints to assist with business valuations and can let you know what documents to allow the valuation to proceed and whether you should hire your own expert.

Appellate Practice:

The reported and unreported decisions of Blackman v. Blackman,
Gross v. Levine,
In the Matter of Randall v. Randall
Comfort v. Lynch.

The appeals involve the issues of Family Court Jurisdiction, Relocation, Legal Malpractice, Breach of the Judiciary Law, and Property Settlements and Exclusive Occupancy of the Marital Residence.

Will:

    A document by which a person (the testator) regulates the rights of other over his or her property or family after death.

Trust:

    Property held by one for the benefit of another.

    Revocable Trust - A trust instrument that can be changed during the Settlor's lifetime (person creating the Trust).

    Irrevocable Trust - A trust instrument that cannot be changed during the Settlor's lifetime (person creating the Trust.)

Health Care Proxy - A document appoints an individual (a proxy) to direct health care decisions should be principal be unable to do so.

Power of Attorney - A document in which a person designates another to handle affairs for him or her during certain times during his life.

Living Will:      A document with specific directives as to the course of treatment that is to be taken by caregivers, or, in particular, in come case forbidding treatment and sometimes nutrition and hydration should the principal be unable to give informed consent due to incapacity.

Most people come to lawyers because they have a problem that they want to solve or to prevent a problem before it happens. Ms. Michalczyk helps find solutions to problems, and renders advice to prevent costly mistakes in litigation before it starts. Her diverse talent and training gives her the ability to handle novel and interesting areas of law.

For example, if you are divorced, and sharing a parenting arrangement, consult an attorney before moving out of the geographical area that you presently reside in. It can save you thousands in litigation costs.

Should you appeal, an Order of the Court, and how do you appeal and what are the costs involved?

Consult Ms. Michalczyk about what you need to know before you start a divorce action. Does equitable distribution mean equal distribution?

Mildred J. Michalczyk, ESQ