Constantina Koulosousas, CELA*

Attorney

Constantina (Deana) is an Elder Law, Trusts and Estates attorney who assists her clients by crafting and implementing personalized estate plans. These include simple wills, complex trust structures, and everything in between.

Part of Constantina’s planning and preparation services includes advising for individuals with special needs. She helps these clients by preparing special needs trusts and assisting trustees in the administration of these trusts. She represents clients in guardianships, including complicated, contested hearings and assists appointed legal guardians as to their ongoing obligations.

Constantina advises clients on asset preservation strategies for long-term care planning, including Medicaid planning and Medicaid applications. She represents clients in probate litigation, including will contests and fiduciary litigation. Constantina also handles estate administration and serves as advisor for executors, trustees, guardians, and other fiduciaries. She herself has served as a court-appointed attorney, trustee, and guardian. Constantina is admitted in New York and New Jersey.
Constantina’s practice has a particular focus on the needs of Greek-American families. She is fluent in Greek and works closely with several professionals in the USA and in Greece to offer her clients full service, cross-border representation.

In her free time, Deana loves to spend time with her husband, three children and rescue pup, all of whom are always up for an adventure.  She loves traveling, cooking, hiking, reading and entertaining.

*Certified to be an Elder Law Attorney by the ABA accredited National Elder Law Foundation

Education

Seton Hall Law School
  • J.D.
Fairfield University
  • B.S. International Business
  • B.S. Art History

Admissions

New Jersey
New York

Specialties

  • Elder Law
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Cross-Border Estate Planning and Administration
  • Special Needs
  • Wills
  • Medicaid Eligibility and Applications
  • VA Benefits
  • SSA Benefits
  • Guardianship
  • Mental Health Law
  • Estate Litigation
  • Long-Term Care Planning
  • Tax Planning
  • Fiduciary Services
  • Advisor to Trustees, Executors, and Guardians
  • Estate Administration
  • Cross-Border Taxation Issues
  • U.S. Representative/Advisor for International Clients

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