Law Offices of Patricia G. Micek PLLC

Focus and practice areas

The firm works across two connected fields: estate planning and elder law. Its listed services include wills and trusts, Medicaid planning, health care proxies, durable powers of attorney, statutory gifts riders, probate and estate administration, asset protection, and special needs planning. Many of these matters share one aim, which is to arrange how a person's property and care decisions are handled during life and after death.

Estate planning and elder law overlap often in daily work. A client who sets up a trust may also need a health care proxy and a power of attorney. The firm groups these tasks together, so one office can prepare the documents that tend to go hand in hand. In my opinion, that grouping has a practical benefit: the same facts about a family and its assets feed into each document.

What these matters usually involve

Estate documents set out who receives property and who makes decisions when a person cannot act. A will directs how assets pass after death and names an executor to carry out those wishes. A New York will must be signed in front of witnesses to be valid, which is one reason people have a lawyer prepare and oversee it. A trust can hold assets during life and pass them on with fewer court steps, and that is part of why many families pair a trust with a will.

Medicaid planning deals with the rules that decide whether someone qualifies for long-term care coverage. The work often starts well before care is needed, because asset transfers can carry look-back periods that affect eligibility. Probate and estate administration cover the court process that follows a death, where a will is proved and an estate is settled under the New York Surrogate's Court.

Special needs planning arranges support for a person with a disability while keeping public benefits in place, often through a trust built for that purpose. Asset protection planning looks at how property is titled and held so that it is better shielded from future claims. Each of these tasks depends on documents that must meet New York's formal requirements to hold up later.

The documents the firm prepares

Several of the firm's listed items are specific legal instruments under New York law. A durable power of attorney lets a named agent handle financial matters if the principal loses capacity, and it stays in force through that incapacity. A statutory gifts rider is the New York form that allows an agent to make gifts above a small annual limit, which matters in Medicaid and estate planning.

A health care proxy names someone to make medical decisions when a patient cannot speak for themselves. These three documents work together in most plans, so a client who signs one often signs the others in the same sitting. The firm lists all of them among its services, so a client can arrange a linked set of planning documents in one place.

The attorney behind the practice

Patricia G. Micek runs the firm and carries most of its described experience. Her profile states more than 25 years of work in trusts, estates and estate planning. She represents individuals, families and business owners across those areas.

Before her private practice, she worked as a managing attorney for a large financial institution. That role covered banking products, acquisitions and credit card transactions. Her earlier work involved contracts and the financial side of how assets are held, which connects to the asset protection and planning she handles now.

She earned her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and is admitted to practice in New York. Her profile gives a personal reason for adding elder law: she took it on when her mother began facing issues related to aging. As a reviewer, I find that detail worth noting, since it ties the elder law work to direct family experience.

A second name on the roster

The site names a second attorney, Rita J. Miller, in its attorney listing. Her name appears alongside Patricia Micek's, so the firm presents two attorneys to the public.

Where the firm works

The firm's stated service area covers several counties and two city boroughs. It says it serves clients in Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties, along with the Bronx and Manhattan. That range spans part of the lower Hudson Valley and part of New York City.

A service area this broad fits estate and elder law, where clients often stay with one firm for years. In my opinion, keeping the same office through a will, a later Medicaid question and an eventual probate matter gives families a single point of contact as their records build up.

What the record shows

The firm's public information holds together on the basics. It gives a clear practice focus, a named lead attorney with a stated education and admission, a second named attorney, and a defined service area. The J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and the New York admission are facts a prospective client can verify through public records.

The site does not list a founding year, so the exact age of the firm is left open. The pages do confirm a concentration in estate planning and elder law, led by an attorney with more than 25 years in trusts and estates. The firm handles wills, trusts, Medicaid planning, probate and special needs matters for clients across Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties, the Bronx and Manhattan.

The White Plains office

The firm lists its office at 707 Westchester Avenue in White Plains, New York. The street address adds useful precision to the broader service territory described elsewhere in the listing. It identifies White Plains as the base from which the firm handles its estate and elder law work. For clients reviewing several firms, the city and full street address make it easier to confirm that they have found the intended practice before arranging contact.

The published telephone number is 914-358-4235. The firm also maintains its website at miceklaw.com. These details give prospective clients two ways to make an initial inquiry or verify office information. The telephone number uses the local 914 area code, which is consistent with the White Plains address in the record.

Listing identity and contact consistency

The directory name and legal name are both Law Offices of Patricia G. Micek PLLC. That exact match matters when a prospective client compares the directory entry with the firm's own website or saves its information for later use. The PLLC designation is part of the published legal name, and it appears with Patricia G. Micek's name rather than under a separate trade name.

The record connects that legal name to one White Plains street address and one telephone number. It also links the same practice to the miceklaw.com domain. From a review standpoint, those matching identifiers make the listing straightforward to check across its public contact points. A caller can use the stated number, while someone who prefers to read about the practice first can begin with the listed site.