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Bernard A. Krooks is a founding partner of the New York Elder Law, New York estate planning, and special needs planning law firm Littman Krooks LLP and Chair of its Elder Law and Special Needs Department. Mr. Krooks is a nationally-recognized expert in all aspects of elder law and special needs planning.

Mr. Krooks is immediate-past President of the Special Needs Alliance, a national, invitationonly, not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting families with special needs planning. Mr. Krooks is past President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), a Fellow of NAELA, past Chair of the NAELA Tax Section and past Editor-in-Chief of the NAELA News.  In addition, he is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. He is a founding member and past President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. In 2008, he received the Chapter’s Outstanding Achievement Award for his lifelong work on behalf of seniors and those with disabilities.

Mr. Krooks is past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and past Editor-in-Chief of the Elder Law Attorney, the newsletter of the NYSBA Elder Law Section. Mr. Krooks is a member of the Trusts and Estates Law Section and Tax Section of the NYSBA. In addition, he is a former member of the NYSBA House of Delegates and he served on the NYSBA special committee on Multi-Disciplinary Practice. Mr. Krooks co-authors (1) a chapter in the NYSBA publication Guardianship Practice in New York State entitled “Creative Advocacy in Guardianship Settings:  Medicaid and Estate Planning, Including Transfer of Assets, Supplemental Needs Trusts & Protection of Disabled Family Members.”; and (2) the NYSBA publication Elder Law and Will Drafting. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Exceptional Parent Magazine, Trusts & Estates Magazine, and Leimberg Information Services.

Mr. Krooks, a sought-after expert on elder law, special needs planning and estate planning matters, has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, Investment News, Financial Times, Money Magazine, Smart Money, Worth Magazine, Kiplinger’s, Bloomberg, Consumer Reports, Wealth Manager, CBS Marketwatch.com, Lawyer’s Weekly USA, Reader’s Digest, Bottom Line, The Journal of Financial Planning, The New York Law Journal, The Daily News, New York Post and Newsday, among others.  He has testified before the United States House of Representatives and the New York City Council on long-term care issues.  He also has appeared on Good Morning America Now, National Public Radio, CNN, PBS, NBC, and CBS evening news, as well as numerous cable television and radio shows.

Mr. Krooks is President-elect of the Westchester Estate Planning Council, a member or the Advisory Board of the National Association of Estate Planning Councils, and a member of the New York City and Hudson Valley Estate Planning Councils.  He also is a member of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section and Tax Section of the American Bar Association; a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, and a member of the American Institute of CPAs. Mr. Krooks also is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and serves on its Elder Law Committee.  He is an Adjunct Professor at NYU Center for Finance, Law & Taxation and is a member of the NYU Institute on Federal Taxation Advisory Board.

Mr. Krooks has served on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association Westchester/Putnam Chapter and the Bioethics Advisory Committee of New York Hospital.  He is a member of the board of directors of Westchester ARC, a member of the Blythedale Children’s Hospital Planned Giving Professional Advisory Board, a member of the Trusts & Estates Group of the Lawyer’s Division of the UJA-Federation of New York, and a member of the legal advisory committee of the Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program of Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.  He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America, Who’s Who in America, The New York Area’s Best Lawyers, New York Magazine and New York Times, and the Top 25 Westchester, New York Super Lawyers.

Mr. Krooks is married and has four children. He is an AYSO certified soccer coach and an NYSCA certified baseball coach.

New York corporate attorney and NY securites lawyer, Mitchell Littman is a founding partner of Littman Krooks LLP and heads the firm’s corporate and securities department.  His practice includes public and private offerings, broker dealer matters, venture and private equity capital investments, mergers and acquisitions and hospitality, marketing and sports companies.  Mitchell Littman’s clients consist of public and private companies, institutions, investment banking firms and individual entrepreneurs.  In his 27 year career, Mitchell Littman  has represented issuers, underwriters and placement agents in hundreds of private and public securities offerings, including reverse mergers, PIPEs, IPOs and SPACs.  Under his leadership, the firm’s corporate and securities department was ranked 7th in the country in 2008 on representing placement agents in PIPE transactions.

Mitchell Littman is a frequent speaker at conferences and industry events, as well as a sought after commentator across the spectrum of the securities marketplace. He has authored several articles on matters dealing with corporate law and specialty financial products, which have appeared in publications across the United States.

Mitchell Littman graduated, cum laude, with distinction, from the University of Rochester in 1980 and received his J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1983, where he served as Comments Editor of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law. He is a member of the New York County Lawyers Association Committees on Corporations and Securities and Exchange Commission, and is admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Recognizing the need for commitment and responsibility to the community at large, Mitchell Littman currently provides pro bono services to Sunflower Children, a humanitarian aid organization providing survival and development care for impoverished children, and to Camp Sussex, a charity devoted to providing the opportunity for children of limited financial means to experience a traditional summer camp environment. Previously, Mr. Littman served from 2002 to 2006 as pro bono general counsel to Baby Buggy Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting and redistributing infant gear and clothing to families in need in the five boroughs of New York City; and as pro bono general counsel for the New York Academy of Art, a graduate school offering advanced degrees, from 1991 to 1994.