Deborah Wolf Miller

Deborah Wolf Miller

  • Probate, Estate Planning, Real Estate Law ...
  • New Jersey, New York
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Biography

Deborah is a solo practitioner in Ithaca, NY, and continues to practice in NJ. Her practice focuses on estate administration and estate planning, and real property transfers. She was previously a partner with the firm of Miller and Miller in Chenango County, staff counsel for the Chenango County Department of Social Services, and an editor for Gann Law Books, a NJ legal treatise publishing company. Prior to moving to NY in 1996, she was an associate with Garrigle and Palm, an insurance defense firm in NJ specializing in construction defect defense, products liability defense, insurance coverage, and professional malpractice defense. Upon graduation from law school, Deborah served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Donald A. Smith, Jr. (Superior Court of New Jersey- Civil), as well as a teaching assistant for a tax course at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China. Deborah graduated from the Rutgers University School of Law in Camden, NJ in 1989, having received the American Jurisprudence Award for Real Estate Conveyancing, and was a pupil of the American Inn of Court #111-The Camden Inn, from 1990 to 1992. Deborah is currently a member of the Tompkins County Bar Association, CLE Chair of the Finger Lakes Women’s Bar Association, a member of the New York State Bar Association (Trusts & Estates, and Elder Law Sections), and is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Education
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
J.D. (1989) | Law
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Honors: American Jurisprudence Award - 1989 Real Estate Conveyance course; Dean's List
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Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
B.A. (1986) | History, English
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Honors: High Honors, History Dept.; Dean's List
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Speaking Engagements
Estate Planning and Administration training, Ithaca, NY
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An overview of estate planning and estate administration, with an emphasis on the attorney's role in avoiding financial exploitation of the elderly.
Professional Associations
New York State Bar Association
Member
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Tompkins County Bar Association
Member
- Current
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Finger Lakes Women's Bar Association
CLE co-Chair
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Activities: Continuing Legal Education courses
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New Jersey State Bar  # 026151989
Member
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American Inns of Court - Camden
Pupil
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
New Jersey
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New York
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3rd Circuit
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Practice Areas
Probate
Probate Administration, Probate Litigation
Estate Planning
Trusts, Wills
Real Estate Law
Residential Real Estate
Elder Law
Additional Practice Areas
  • Research & Writing
  • Avoiding Financial Exploitation of the Elderly
Legal Answers
Q. Nys if my grandmother had no will and 1 surviving child and 1 predeceased child (,my mother) who inherits everything?
A: Your mother's children have the rights your mother would have had, according to NY EPTL 4-1.1(a)(3), as long as your grandmother had no surviving spouse. Your aunt does not automatically inherit everything.
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Contact & Map
Ithaca
Notice: Hours by appointment only
416 N. Tioga Street
[MAILING: P.O. Box 538]
Ithaca, NY 14851
Telephone: (607) 277-0272