Mason & April Atty

Madelynn Mason is a founding member of the firm Mason & April, LLC.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Hofstra University and a Juris Doctorate from Touro Law School and has been practicing law for nearly 25 years.
Ms. Mason was admitted to practice law in the State of New York in 1988.
Ms. Mason has an extensive background in estate, disability and special needs planning as well as estate taxation and concentrates her practice in the areas of wills, disability and special needs planning, trusts and estates, probate and administration, guardianships, and elder law.

The attorneys at Mason & April, LLC, with their extensive experience in the area of estate planning, assist individuals, married couples and same sex couples in determining their particular estate planning needs and implementing a personalized plan to achieve their goals.
Our attorneys possess an in-depth knowledge of the legal, tax and personal issues that arise while planning an estate.
We offer advice on a large number of trust and tax planning techniques, lifetime gifting programs, corporate, partnership and LLC structures, and other tax-reduction techniques.

At Mason & April, LLC our attorneys efficiently manage the disposition of your loved one's estate from the commencement of a probate or administration proceeding, to the filing of an estate tax return, through the final accounting and distributions to beneficiaries.
We represent executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries of wills and trusts, whether prepared by us or drafted by other attorneys.
We work hand in hand with our clients to marshal and preserve estate assets, ensuring the proper distribution of assets to estate beneficiaries in accordance with the decedent's final wishes.

Elder law planning has become an increasingly important area of the law as a result of our aging population and longer life expectancies, coupled with the skyrocketing cost of health care.
Elder Law encompasses a very broad area of the law and is a natural outgrowth of estate planning.
While many situations cannot be preempted or resolved in advance, it is the goal of an experienced elder planning attorney to avoid "crisis planning."
The attorneys at Mason & April, LLC can assist you with planning strategies designed to avoid a crisis situation, which can overwhelm even the strongest of spouses or most reliable of children at a time when they would rather be focusing on the care and comfort of their family member.

Special Needs Planning is the practice of planning for individuals, whether they be children or adults, who require assistance for medical, developmental, behavioral, mental or learning based disabilities including but not limited to Down's Syndrome, disorders on the autism spectrum such as Asperger's Syndrome, ADD or ADHD, brain injuries, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy or Multiple Sclerosis.
The compassionate attorneys and staff at Mason & April, LLC believe that all individuals, regardless of disability, are entitled to live their lives with dignity and social engagement in accordance with their wishes and personal capabilities.