Kenneth M. Kern
Kenneth M. Kern is an associate attorney in the Melville based Elder Law firm, Genser Dubow Genser & Cona. Mr. Kern handles a wide range of complex matters affecting the senior community concentrating his practice in the areas of Medicaid Planning, health care facility representation, guardianships, estate administration and estate litigation.
Mr. Kern practices before the Supreme, District, Civil, and Surrogate’s Courts of Suffolk County, Nassau County and the five boroughs of the City of New York. He is a member of the Health Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and a member of the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations. Mr. Kern is a New York State Certified Guardian, Guardian ad Litem, Court Evaluator and counsel to incapacitated persons. Currently, he acts as a Guardian for a woman in her late 80’s afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease.
Mr. Kern has dedicated over 10 years of his life toward enhancing the lives of the mentally ill and physically disabled. He first began working with disabled adults in 1997 at Park House Inc., a community residence located in Smithtown, New York. Mr. Kern has also worked at Concern for Independent Living, one of Long Island’s largest housing facilities providing low income and disabled adults greater independence, housing stability, and increased pride in their accomplishments.
Mr. Kern provides pro bono legal services to those with limited access to the legal system. Currently, he is providing services to a single mother with a disabled child, who as a result of a DHT vaccine was rendered mentally retarded and autistic. Mr. Kern's efforts were recently recognized as a Long Island Public Interest Attorney Recipient by Touro Law School.
Mr. Kern was recently profiled in Suffolk Lawyer’s Elder Law edition in an article titled ‘Good Things Lawyers Do: Reaching Out to the Needy.’ He has authored numerous articles, including To Appear or Not to Appear: Protecting Your Facilities Rights in a Guardianship Proceeding.
According to Mr. Kern, his role as an elder law attorney provides him with the opportunity to help clients through some of the most difficult periods of their lives such as admitting a loved one to a nursing home or appointing a guardian for a family member who is no longer able to make decisions for themselves.
Mr. Kern graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. He earned his Juris Doctor Degree with Honors in 2005 in the field of intellectual property from Hofstra University School of Law where he was a merit scholar. Mr. Kern was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 2006.
Mr. Kern practices before the Supreme, District, Civil, and Surrogate’s Courts of Suffolk County, Nassau County and the five boroughs of the City of New York. He is a member of the Health Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and a member of the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations. Mr. Kern is a New York State Certified Guardian, Guardian ad Litem, Court Evaluator and counsel to incapacitated persons. Currently, he acts as a Guardian for a woman in her late 80’s afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease.
Mr. Kern has dedicated over 10 years of his life toward enhancing the lives of the mentally ill and physically disabled. He first began working with disabled adults in 1997 at Park House Inc., a community residence located in Smithtown, New York. Mr. Kern has also worked at Concern for Independent Living, one of Long Island’s largest housing facilities providing low income and disabled adults greater independence, housing stability, and increased pride in their accomplishments.
Mr. Kern provides pro bono legal services to those with limited access to the legal system. Currently, he is providing services to a single mother with a disabled child, who as a result of a DHT vaccine was rendered mentally retarded and autistic. Mr. Kern's efforts were recently recognized as a Long Island Public Interest Attorney Recipient by Touro Law School.
Mr. Kern was recently profiled in Suffolk Lawyer’s Elder Law edition in an article titled ‘Good Things Lawyers Do: Reaching Out to the Needy.’ He has authored numerous articles, including To Appear or Not to Appear: Protecting Your Facilities Rights in a Guardianship Proceeding.
According to Mr. Kern, his role as an elder law attorney provides him with the opportunity to help clients through some of the most difficult periods of their lives such as admitting a loved one to a nursing home or appointing a guardian for a family member who is no longer able to make decisions for themselves.
Mr. Kern graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. He earned his Juris Doctor Degree with Honors in 2005 in the field of intellectual property from Hofstra University School of Law where he was a merit scholar. Mr. Kern was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 2006.