https://nysba.org/chaos-in-the-courts-a-procedural-solution-to-rein-in-contested-article-81-cases/Elizabeth A. Adinolfi, Partner in Phillips Nizer’s Marital and Litigation Practices, specializing in Elder Law, was published in the New York State Bar Association’s Elder and Special Needs Law Journal, for the article, “Chaos in the Courts: A Procedural Solution to Rein in Contested Article 81 Cases”, December 2023.  The article provides an in-depth review of guardianship procedure and the difficulties those bringing Article 81 guardianship proceeding face.

Phillips Nizer LLP is pleased to announce that 13 lawyers have been selected to the 2023 New York Super Lawyers list. No more than five percent of the lawyers in New York are selected by Super Lawyers.

Elizabeth Adinolfi participated as a panelist at the Aspen Institute’s 2022 Artist-Endowed Foundation Leadership Forum’s session, Closed Door Conversation: AEFs and Artists Diagnosed With Dementia: Ask the Experts Addressing Issues Relating to Guardianship and Conservatorships.  

In a major and much-awaited victory for the video game industry, the Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington, in Seattle, dismissed all claims against our client InnoGames, the makers of the online multiplayer hit game Forge of Empires, and other defendants.

“We are a practice that really I think the public doesn’t have confidence in what we do,” said Elizabeth Adinolfi, a Manhattan-based partner at Phillips Nizer, who led the program. “We have decided privacy rights outweigh the public knowing.”

From the Program Brochure: "This program...will highlight the myriad of cross over topics that confront both family and elder law practitioners including the impact of marital status on Medicaid benefits, the use of spousal refusal and mutual consent divorce, long-term care planning for the unmarried elder couple, marital status changes, spousal obligations during divorce pendency and effects on long term care planning, Medicaid planning challenges created by a second marriage, and discussion of planning techniques related to the right of election for Medicaid recipients when a well spouse dies." | More information and registration here.