RALPH. M RANDAZZO - NY, MD, DC

Ralph M. Randazzo is admitted to the Bar of New York, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Pennsylvania.  Ralph earned his law degree from Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law in Washington D.C., and his Bachelor of Business Administration at Pace University in New York.  Ralph has extensive experience in elder law, estate planning, guardianship, Medicare and Medicaid, estate administration and taxation and has been the court appointed guardian to several incapacitated individuals. 

Ralph is a member of the Elder Law, Taxation Law and Surrogates Court Committees of the Suffolk County Bar Association and an appointed member of the GLBT Committee of the New York State Bar Association.  Ralph is a former member of the Board of Directors of SAGE, the past Chairman of the Taxation Law Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association, former Treasurer and Board member of the Lesbian and Gay Law Association of Greater New York, a former member of the Legal Problems of the Aging Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. 

Ralph is the author of “Elder Law and Estate Planning for Gay and Lesbian Individuals and Couples”, Marquette Elder’s Advisor, Volume 6, Number 1, Fall 2004. 

In addition, Ralph is a lecturer for Bar Associations, community groups and special interest groups on issues of elder law, estate planning and the special considerations for attorneys working with Lesbian and Gay persons.